Current affairs

Finland comes alive with art and music during the long days of summer. How do you choose where to go and what to see? The Cultural Fitness project's summer tour map provides you with the ultimate easy-to-use resource.

A late-night climb to the scenic summit of Luosto Fell, 100 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, is a great way to experience the phenomenon of the midnight sun.

For the first time ever it will be possible to follow Tangomarkkinat, the oldest Tango Festival in the world from Seinäjoki, Finland, live over the internet.

Her name is Mari Kiviniemi and she will head the government of Finland for the next ten months.

The value of FDI flows from the four Nordic countries increased from 143.5 million Euro in 2002 to 1613.9 million in 2008.In terms of number of entities in Poland Scandinavians came third, following Germany and the Netherlands.

The Savonlinna Opera Festival is launching an unprecedented project in which anyone can contribute to the creation of an opera. For any member of the Internet community can help to write the libretto, compose the music, design the sets and costumes – from beginning to end.

Finnish circus company Circo Aereo's show Petit Mal is on a collision course. They bill it as

Swedish-speaking Finnish artist and author Tove Jansson’s first book about the beloved Moomin characters appeared 65 years ago. In honour of the anniversary year, we find out how and where the first Moomin was drawn, interview Jansson’s niece, Sophia, about the business of Moomin commercial rights and visit a Helsinki museum where you can walk through a Moomin picture book. Enjoy!

Nuclear weapons are not a solution to such current security threats as terrorism, cyber attacks, fragile states or pandemics. Nuclear weapons will be of no assistance when it comes to problems related to energy security, poverty or climate change, writes Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb.

The famous Café Engel is out of commission, its home on Helsinki’s Senate Square under renovation until spring 2011. We present our purely subjective list of ten other capital cafés to visit – plus one so exclusive that it disappears in the summer.