Current affairs

The 4th International Dry Toilet Conference will be organized in Tampere, Finland 22-25 August 2012. Since 2003, the City of Tampere has hosted the DT Conference organized by the Global Dry Toilet Association of Finland, a non-governmental organization promoting the use of dry toilets throughout the world. In 2012 the main theme of the conference is Drivers for ecological dry toilets in urban and rural areas.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland has granted Euro 190 000 for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Piracy Prisoner Transfer Programme (PPTP). The main aim of the programme is to construct a new prison in Garowe, Puntland. The 500 bed prison will be mainly used for housing convicted Somali pirates.

Tikau combines Scandinavian design with the aesthetics and craftsmanship of rural areas of India, providing a unique alternative to mass-produced products.

Video coverage: Millennium Youth Camp (MY Camp) is a new way of offering talented young people from all over the world an overview of Finnish expertise and top-level research in science, mathematics and technology.

A peaceful crowd marched through the Finnish capital, showing support for the victims of recent events in Norway and emphasising that extremism, hatred and violence are unacceptable.

A peaceful crowd marched through the Finnish capital, showing support for the victims of recent events in Norway and emphasising that extremism, hatred and violence are unacceptable.

A peaceful crowd marched through the Finnish capital, showing support for the victims of recent events in Norway and emphasising that extremism, hatred and violence are unacceptable.

A peaceful crowd marched through the Finnish capital, showing support for the victims of recent events in Norway and emphasising that extremism, hatred and violence are unacceptable.

A peaceful crowd marched through the Finnish capital, showing support for the victims of recent events in Norway and emphasising that extremism, hatred and violence are unacceptable.

A peaceful crowd marched through the Finnish capital, showing support for the victims of recent events in Norway and emphasising that extremism, hatred and violence are unacceptable.