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, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden on the west, Norway on the north and Russia on the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland. - Source: Wikipedia

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Letter to the editor: Bible on trial in Finland

Dr. Päivi Räsänen, a Finnish member of parliament and the nation's former interior minister, went on trial on Jan. 24 in Helsinki over comments she believes express her religious beliefs on homosexuality. She was found not guilty by a trial court, but Finland’s prosecutor general filed an appeal of the March 30 Helsinki District Court ruling exonerating Ms. Räsänen and Lutheran bishop Juhana Pohjola on criminal “hate speech” charges. (Courtesy of Päivi Räsänen) ** FILE **

Politician on trial for sharing Bible verse, Christian views refuses to back down

By Billy Hallowell

Finnish member of parliament Päivi Räsänen and attorney Matti Sankamo during an Aug. 31 appeals court hearing on hate speech charges. An appeals court in Helsinki dismissed all charges against Mrs. Räsänen and evangelical Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola on Nov. 14, but prosecutors may still appeal. (Photo courtesy of ADF International)

Jail time for sharing a Bible verse? Terrifying persecution case should rattle the world

By Billy Hallowell

A World War II-era airplane is seen after crashing minutes after takeoff, near the Rayskala aviation airfield, southern Finland, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Juha Tamminen/Lehtikuva via AP)

2 German pilots killed when WWII-era airplane crashes after takeoff in southern Finland

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Bayern's Harry Kane gestures during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Captain Kane trains alone after joining England with suspected leg injury

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A girl competes during a hobby horsing competition in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Several dozen kids, 48 girls and one boy, from first-graders to teenagers gathered in a gymnasium in northern St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, for a hobby horsing competition. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) ** FILE **

Hobby horse championship comes to America thanks to four girls’ love for fast-growing sport

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Finland's President Alexander Stubb speaking during his arrival at the NATO summit in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Finnish lawmakers approve controversial law to turn away migrants at border with Russia

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420 ft. icebreaker homeported in Seattle, Wash., breaks ice in support of scientific research in the Arctic Ocean. (Photo credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Second Class Prentice Danner)

U.S. joins pact to address icebreaker gap with Russia in race to exploit Arctic

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video, police arrest some 125 activists as they broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration camp at the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, as protests that have roiled campuses in the United States spread into Europe. (AP Photo InterVision)

Police break up pro-Palestinian camp at Amsterdam university as campus protests spread to Europe

By Mike Corder and Barbara Surk - Associated Press

A woman is carried away by police officers during a pro-Palestinians demonstration by the group "Student Coalition Berlin" in the theater courtyard of the 'Freie Universität Berlin' university in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Pro-Palestinian activists occupied a courtyard of the Free University in Berlin on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Police break up a pro-Palestinian student protest in Berlin as demonstrations spread across Europe

By Mike Corder, Barbara Surk and Pietro De Cristofaro - Associated Press

FILE - In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a leak from Nord Stream 2 is seen, on Sept. 28, 2022. A Chinese container ship remains to be the prime suspect in causing damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline running between NATO members Finland and Estonia which was reopened this week after multimillion-euro repair work, (Swedish Coast Guard via AP, File)

A Chinese ship remains the focus of the investigation into Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged last year

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen faces a third trial over posting a Bible verse online. She is shown here with ADF International executive director Paul Coleman. (Photo courtesy of ADF International)

Finnish ‘Bible trial’ case goes to high court as prosecutor appeals acquittal, defense attorneys say

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen looks on during her joint press conference with Finnish Prime Minister Petter Orpo at the Lappeenranta airport, eastern Finland, Friday April 19, 2024. President von der Leyen and Prime Minister Orpo visited the eastern border region of Finland on Friday and discussed what Finland and the EU can do to prevent instrumentalised migration to Finland's eastern border. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva via AP)

European Union official von der Leyen visits Finland-Russia border to assess security situation

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Candles, flowers and other memorabilia are placed at the Viertola school in Vantaa, Finland, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. A 12-year-old student opened fire at a secondary school in southern Finland on Tuesday morning, killing one and seriously wounded two other students, police said. The suspect was later arrested. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP)

Mourners gather outside a Finnish school where a 12-year-old is suspected of firing at classmates

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

One of three Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft takes off from the Blekinge Wing F17, based in Kallinge southern Sweden for a base in Sardinia to join the Nato-led operation in Libya, on Saturday, April 2, 2011. As Sweden joins NATO, it bids a final farewell to more than two centuries of neutrality. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Patric Soderstrom, File)

Newly enlarged NATO starts drill in Finland, Norway and Sweden in defense of its Nordic turf

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press