Meduza EN
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Ukraine attacked the port of Ust-Luga in Leningrad Oblast. In Smolensk Oblast, “drone debris” hit a residential building, killing two people
🇫🇮 Passenger planes traveling to St. Petersburg from Istanbul and Hurghada landed in Helsinki after Pulkovo Airport closed because of a drone attack. Finland thus served as a temporary destination for flights bound for St. Petersburg.
In particular, passenger planes traveling from Istanbul and Hurghada to St. Petersburg landed in Helsinki.
Meduza EN
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4 h ago
There’s a huge skyscraper in Manhattan with not a single window. It has long been a pop-culture symbol of secret government organizations. It’s also the central location in the game Control (and that’s no coincidence!)
🇫🇮 At the end of September, Finnish game studio Remedy released Control Resonant, a sequel to its popular 2019 action game Control. The article’s connection to Finland is Remedy’s role in making the game.
At the end of September, Finnish game studio Remedy released Control Resonant, a sequel to the popular action game Control (2019).
SCMP
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4 d ago
🇫🇮 The article identifies 26-year-old Tarmo Peltokoski as a Finnish conductor. He officially began his tenure as music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic with the orchestra’s premiere of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8.
Gustav Mahler’s rarely performed Symphony No 8, a work requiring such a large orchestra and choir it is known as “Symphony of a Thousand”, finally received its Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra premiere on Saturday, heralding an ambitious new chapter as the 26-year-old Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski officially took the podium as music director.
Al Jazeera
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🇫🇮 Henna Virkkunen, a Finnish European Commission executive vice-president, said TikTok’s algorithm shows users more of the same content when they scroll or like videos. She warned that this can lead users into rabbit holes that are difficult to escape.
“Every time a user scrolls or likes a video on TikTok, the algorithm serves more of the same, leading users down rabbit holes they cannot easily escape from,” European Commission Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen, who oversees tech sovereignty, said in a statement.
DW English
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5 d ago
🇫🇮 In Finland, a Google data center project is facing a criminal investigation over land-clearing work. The article cites the case as part of growing environmental scrutiny of data center expansion in Europe.
A Google project in Finland faces a criminal investigation over land clearances, while Italy and Portugal are tightening environmental rules for data centers.
Straits Times
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5 d ago
🇫🇮 A recent series of hoax bomb threats disrupted passenger flights from Serbia via Finland to Spain and elsewhere. Flights were diverted, some planes made emergency landings, and security checks were carried out, but no explosives have been found so far.
They also follow a string of hoax bomb threats that has disrupted passenger flights from Serbia to Finland to Spain and beyond in recent days, forcing diversions, emergency landings and security sweeps, though no explosives have been found so far.
The Guardian
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🇫🇮 Henna Virkkunen, a Finnish European Commission official responsible for tech policy, said TikTok’s algorithm keeps offering users more of the same content. She warned that this can lead users down rabbit holes that are difficult to escape.
“Every time a user scrolls or likes a video on TikTok, the algorithm serves more of the same leading users down rabbit holes they cannot easily escape from,” said the European Commission’s lead official on tech policy, Henna Virkkunen.
Euronews
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5 d ago
🇫🇮 A separate headline alongside the article says a Finnish minister accused the US of “playing politics” with Patriot missiles. The article provides no further details about the minister or the allegation.
Exclusive: US is 'playing politics' with Patriots - Finnish minister
Euronews
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5 d ago
🇫🇮 The bulletin reports that a Finnish minister accused the United States of “playing politics” with Patriot missiles. The excerpt does not name the minister or provide further context for the remark.
Exclusive: US is 'playing politics' with Patriots - Finnish minister
Straits Times
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5 d ago
🇫🇮 An email sent to airports in Rome and Milan claimed that explosives had been placed on incoming flights from Helsinki and Dublin, set to detonate in 60 minutes. The sender and the claim’s credibility had not been verified.
The email, which claimed it was from “fighters of the Male State”, said devices had been placed on inbound flights from Helsinki and Dublin and they would explode in 60 minutes.
Al Jazeera
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🇫🇮 In the Finland-related case, a court dismissed charges against the captain of a Russian oil tanker accused of damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea. The charges were dismissed because the court lacked jurisdiction.
In another case from Finland, a court dismissed charges against the captain of a Russian oil tanker accused of damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea on account of lack of jurisdiction.
Euronews
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5 d ago
🇫🇮 Shona Murray reports on Ukraine’s need for interceptor missiles and speaks with Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen. The interview comes ahead of next week’s talks in Abu Dhabi.
Shona Murray brings the latest on Ukraine's need for interceptors and talks to Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen ahead of next week's Abu Dhabi talks.
Japan Times
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🇫🇮 A Finnair flight from Helsinki landed in Rome as scheduled on Thursday. Italian Air Force jets escorted the plane safely to its destination following bomb threats.
People walk at Fiumicino Airport after Italian Air Force jets safely escorted a Finnair plane from Helsinki to its scheduled landing in Rome following bomb threats on Thursday.
Straits Times
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6 d ago
🇫🇮 A Finnair plane was photographed taking off from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on November 5 after being diverted because of a bomb threat. The article gives no further details about the flight or its passengers.
A Finnair plane taking off from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on Nov 5, after it was diverted due to a bomb threat.
BBC World
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6 d ago
🇫🇮 Italian fighter jets escorted Finnair’s Helsinki–Rome flight amid the bomb threats targeting flights across Europe. The article does not report that anything dangerous was found on the aircraft.
Italian fighter jets escorted Finnair's Helsinki-Rome flight.
EUobserver
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6 d ago
🇫🇮 According to Finland’s Black Bird Group, Russian forces made almost no progress along the frontline in October. The article cites the group’s assessment in its review of monthly frontline shifts.
October figures on frontline shifts according to Finland’s Black Bird Group: Russians barely moved.
NDTV World
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🇫🇮 A flight from Helsinki to Rome was escorted to Rome by a fighter jet. An airport spokesperson said bomb disposal experts inspected the aircraft.
The Helsinki-Rome flight was escorted to Rome by a fighter jet and was checked by bomb disposal experts, an airport spokesman told AFP.
DW English
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6 d ago
🇫🇮 Finland is a member of the Arctic Council, alongside the United States, Russia, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. The council says a record 1,812 vessels operated in the Arctic last year; the article does not specify how many were Finnish.
According to the Arctic Council, an international body which includes the US, Russia, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland, last year saw a record 1,812 vessels operating in the Arctic.
Meduza EN
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6 d ago
The Swift space telescope burned up in Earth's atmosphere after 22 years in orbit. Scientists tried to save it, but failed.
🇫🇮 The article says a Russian satellite may have approached a Finnish and a U.S. spacecraft in orbit to within less than 30 metres. It describes the manoeuvre as highly risky and as a threat to Western companies supporting Ukraine, including Starlink.
The Kremlin is escalating its space war with the West: a Russian satellite may have come within 30 metres of a Finnish-American spacecraft in orbit.
Euronews
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6 d ago
🇫🇮 Shona Murray reports from Helsinki on Europe’s reaction to the Democrats’ victory in the US midterm elections. She also discusses what to expect from the Ukraine talks planned for next week.
Shona Murray reports from Helsinki on Europe's reaction to the Democratic win and what to expect from the Ukraine talks planned for next week.