RIIHIMAKI, Finland (Reuters) - This autumn, pupils in the Finnish town of Riihimaki headed back to school with backpacks full of books after a decade of state-backed promotion of laptops and other ...

FinnFest USA will celebrate Finland’s Centennial Sept. 22-24 in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Orchestra and other Nordic cultural institutions will be participating. For a flavor of Finland try a Finnish ...

There’s nothing like getting lost in a good book, but one reader in Finland seems to have taken that to an extreme. Staff at a public library in Helsinki were rather surprised when a copy of Arthur ...

Here in the United States, we view winter as a drudgery to withstand. In Finland and other Nordic countries, winter is relished and enjoyed, with lots of sledding, coffee and trips to the sauna. This ...

HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — A book borrowed from a Helsinki library was returned in May — 84 years overdue, a librarian told AFP on Wednesday. A Finnish translation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s book ...

American author Hanya Yanagihara’s novel “A Little Life” published in 2015, earned widespread acclaim and sold copies worldwide. Then out of nowhere, in May 2019, it became the hottest book in Finland ...

THIS autumn, pupils in the Finnish town of Riihimaki headed back to school with backpacks full of books after a decade of state-backed promotion of laptops and other digital devices in the classroom.