Finland
Republic of Finland
Suomen Tasavalta
CAPITAL: Helsinki
FLAG: The civil flag contains an ultramarine cross with an extended right horizontal on a white background.
ANTHEM: Maammelaulu (in Swedi...
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Finland
Finland is a highly developed democratic country situated in northeastern Europe. It borders Russia to the east, Sweden to the west, Norway to the north, and the Baltic Sea to the south. Since...
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Finland
POPULATION 5,183,545EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN 84.9 percentORTHODOX CHRISTIAN 1.1 percentPENTECOSTAL 1 percentOTHER 1.1 percentNONAFFILIATED 11.9 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
Situated ...
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Area: 338,145 sq km (130,559 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 5,265,000Capital:
Helsinki
Chief of state:
President
Tarja
Halonen
Head of government:
Prime Minister
Matti
Vanhanen
In 2006
Finlan...
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A teenage killer's deadly school rampage has put Finns on the defensive about their relationship to guns.With 1.6 million firearms in private hands, the Nordic nation is an anomaly in Europe, laggi...
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The Finnish government on Friday granted permission to a local company for uranium exploration in northern Finland, and rejected applications from French nuclear group Areva for similar searches in...
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TUUSULA, Finland, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Flags flew at half-mast
across Finland on Thursday in mourning for eight people killed
by an 18-year-old gunman at a school hours after he posted a
video on You...
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Helsinki (dpa) - Week-long talks between four parties resulted
late Sunday in a formal announcement on a new Finnish coalition
government with Centre Party leader Matti Vanh...
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Representatives from feuding Sunni and Shiite groups met Friday at a secret location in Finland to discuss ways of ending the bloodshed in Iraq, officials said.The Crisis Management Initiative, a c...
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