Monocle magazine’s message is clear: if you want to know what it takes to make a city both liveable and lively, Helsinki is first stop!

Video-installation queen Eija-Liisa Ahtila’s

We Finns are on a first-name basis with design; it forms a familiar part of our daily lives. We are well acquainted with the design pedigrees of our kitchen cupboards, stocked with Arabia tableware and Iittala glassware that we use on a daily basis. Alvar Aalto's Savoy vase is often placed on the table for special occasions.

When Turku celebrated the start of its year as European Capital of Culture in mid-January 2011, it was a night to be remembered and the first taste of what is sure to become a year that will never be forgotten.

Finnish citizens need to keep their address updated in the Population Register System to ensure that they are informed about their right to vote in the parliamentary elections of spring 2011. Finnish citizens who reside abroad are obligated to make a notification of change of address to a local register office in Finland. It is advisable to inform the address to the nearest Finnish diplomatic or consular mission too.

From singing bus drivers to seagoing vessels made of trash, here are eleven art acts to catch when the southwestern Finnish city of Turku steps up as 2011 European Capital of Culture.

Young people have the key role in resolving global challenges in the future. The target of the international Millennium Youth Camp (MY Camp) is to find young people interested in mathematics, science and technology, and help them start up a career in these fields.

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The Winner of the 2010 Millennium Technology Prize is Professor Michael Grätzel from Switzerland for his third generation, low cost, dye-sensitized solar cells. President of the Republic of Finland Tarja Halonen handed the EUR 800,000 Grand Prize and the prize trophy “Peak” to Professor Grätzel today at the Grand Award Ceremony at the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki.