A century after gaining independence from its powerful neighbour Russia, Finland continues to consolidate its ties to the West, as tensions flare between Moscow and the West. Russia's 2014 annexation ...

The Finlandia Foundation Northland Chapter is encouraging people to light two candles in each window on Sunday, Finland's 103rd Independence Day. According to the foundation, placing candles in ...

On September 22, 1940, the first ships carrying Wehrmacht soldiers from Nazi Germany arrived in Finland. The startled chief of police at the port city of Vaasa rang the ministry of the interior for ...

HELSINKI/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Finland and Sweden, who are expected to decide this week to apply to join NATO, have long had strained ties with their giant neighbour Russia. - Sweden's and Finland's ...

On July 2, 1776, a Finnish American man held the destiny of the United States in his hands. The scene was the hall in Philadelphia that hosted the Second Continental Congress of the 13 American ...