Finland jails Russian internet trolls for campaign against journalist

Jessikka Aro, an investigative reporter with the social media division of Finland's state broadcaster, Yle Kioski, who was harassed after reporting on the rise of abusive pro-Russian posts on the Internet, pictured in Helsinki, in April 2016. Credit: …

Three Internet Trolls Convicted of Systematic Defamation Against Journalist in Finland

MOSCOW — For more than three years, a Finnish journalist who investigated Russia’s army of vicious internet trolls faced a barrage of false accusations online that she was an American intelligence operative, a drug dealer and an unhinged bimbo driven by …

Finland to prohibit energy use of coal on 1 May 2029

Piles of coal outside the Hanasaari Power Plant in Helsinki on 26 December 2015. The Finnish government has tabled a proposal to prohibit the use of coal for energy production by 1 May 2029. (Credit: Timo Jaakonaho – Lehtikuva)  The Finnish government …

Court in Finland Finds Pro-Kremlin Trolls Guilty of Harassing Journalist

Narrow majority of Finns would adopt winter time permanently, finds survey

Slightly over a half (52%) of Finns are supportive of adopting winter time on a permanent basis, according to an online survey launched by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. (Credit: Martti Kainulainen – Lehtikuva)  Most Finns are of the …

Frontman of MV-Lehti jailed for one year and ten months

Ilja Janitskin, the founder and frontman of MV-Lehti, was yesterday found guilty of a total of 16 offences, including three counts of aggravated defamation and two counts of ethnic agitation. (Credit: Roni Rekomaa – Lehtikuva)  Ilja Janitskin, the founder …

Telia Finland Q3 EBITDA climbs 6.1% in local currency, thanks largely to lower OPEX

Telia said that net sales in Finland said that net sales in local currency rose by 1.4 percent year on year in the third quarter and EBITDA in local currency climbed 6.1 percent, partly thanks to service revenue growth of 0.8 percent but mainly thanks to …

Finland to invest in Kazakhstan

ASTANA (TCA) — President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, during his visit to Finland on October 16, met with representatives of leading Finnish companies, such as Nokia, Wartsila, Vaisala, Metso, Koja, and Nurminen Logistics. Following the visit, more …

Finland prepared to help Malaysia empower education system

Finland prepared to help Malaysia empower education system Published on: Friday, October 19, 2018 PUTRAJAYA: Finland is prepared to send its experts to Malaysia to help empower the country's education system, said Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik …

Pushing Donegal to the ‘fore’ in Germany, Denmark, Norway and Finland

Golfers in Germany, Denmark, Norway and Finland – and potential golf holidaymakers for Donegal and Ireland – are set to read all about our world-class golf, following a visit by leading golf writers from those countries. The journalists – who were here as …