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Miranchuk's goal helps Russia beat Finland 1-0 for 1st points at Euro 2020

With a slick one-two and a beautiful curling shot, Aleksei Miranchuk finally gave Russia something to smile about at the European Championship

Finland plays Russia with Euro 2020 knockout stage in reach

Lost, perhaps, in the drama surrounding Christian Eriksen's collapse during Denmark's game against Finland at the European Championship was the result after play resumed. The Finns, playing in their first ever game at a major soccer tournament, won 1-0 in Copenhagen. It will likely go down as one of the most overlooked scorelines in the history of the tournament, given what had happened to Eriksen. Indeed, Finland captain Tim Sparv said there were barely any celebrations in the dressing room. It was very quiet, Sparv said, and understandably so. Maybe Finland can now start to get excited. A place in the knockout stage at Euro 2020 is within reach and will be guaranteed with a win over Russia on Wednesday. That hasn't happened in more than a century since a 2-1 victory at the Olympic soccer tournament in 1912, when Finland was under the control of Russia but the Finns might not have a better chance to end that long wait. Russia was beaten by Belgium 3-0 in its opening game in G

Finland start-up targets to remove car addiction, cut carbon emissions

MaaS Global says its app can fix urban congestion and reduce pollution.

For the fourth time in a row, Finland is the world's happiest country

The World Happiness Report uses data from interviews of more than 350,000 people in 95 countries, conducted by Gallup

Finland resumes use of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine for people above 65 yrs

Finland has resumed the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, but only for people over the age of 65, as per the guidelines issued by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Finland retains title of World's Happiest Country for 4th consecutive year

Finland has taken the top spot for the fourth year as the happiest country in the world despite the global pandemic's devastating effects according to the UN-curated World Happiness Report 2021

Finland suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccines after cases of blood clots

Finland on Friday suspended the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines after two cases of blood clots were reported in people after receiving the dose

World Happiness Report: India ranks 139 out of 149, Finland tops for 4th yr

India has been ranked 139 out of 149 countries in the list of UN World Happiness Report 2021 released on Friday which is topped by Finland

India, Finland announce digital partnership in IT, mobile technology

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin announced a digital partnership in information and communications technology, future mobile technologies and digital education

PM Modi to hold virtual summit with Finnish counterpart Marin on Tuesday

The summit will provide a "blueprint" for the future expansion of the bilateral partnership, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said

Finland's national carrier cuts 700 jobs as Covid-19 pummels global travel

Finnair, which is heavily focused on flights from Europe to Asia, said Tuesday that some 600 of the redundancies would be in Finland and another 100 outside the Nordic country

Finland deploys coronavirus-sniffing dogs at main airport on trial basis

Four dogs of different breeds trained by Finland's Smell Detection Association started working Wednesday at the Helsinki Airport as part of the government-financed trial

Finland is building its Nokia stake in response to US interest: Report

The state's equity-asset manager Solidium Oy recently crossed the 5% threshold in Nokia shares, and now has about 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) worth of stock

Cabinet approves pact between India, Finland for cooperation in geology

The MoU aims to provide a framework and a platform to promote and foster cooperation in the fields of geology, and mineral resources between for mutual economic, social and environmental benefit

Coronavirus outbreak: Nokia cancels AGM 2020, convenes a new meeting later

Nokia said it would convene the annual general meeting as soon as it is practical to do so and called for measures to allow fully virtual general meetings

Finland's Sanna Marin to be world's youngest-serving prime minister

Sanna Marin narrowly won Sunday's vote to replace outgoing leader Antti Rinne, who resigned on Tuesday after losing the confidence of the coalition partner

Sanna Marin to be PM of Finland, world's youngest head of govt at 34 years

Finland, like much of the West, has seen a rise in right-wing populists and the nationalist Finns Party did well in April election, though centrist and left-wing parties won most votes

Finland to reduce time for grant of work visas to under two weeks

The move was aimed at attracting more software professionals from countries like India, he said

Wipro, Finland varsity sign pact to develop 5G, 6G wireless technologies

The University of Oulu is an international science university, which focuses on innovation for the future, well-being, and knowledge through research and education.

Finland tops global happiness ranking as the most happy nation

Finland has witnessed modest but steady gains since 2014