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Top US general meets with his Russian counterpart in Finland
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley met his Russian counterpart for about six hours Wednesday in a "productive" meeting in Helsinki at a time of heightened tensions between the US and Russia.
[ cnn.com ]'Mortifying and humiliating for the country': Fiona Hill recalls 2018 summit
Fiona Hill, former President Trump's top Russia adviser, talks to CNN's Don Lemon about the summit with Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, in 2018.
[ cnn.com ]Helsinki violinist delivers food by bike as city fights coronavirus
The second violinist of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra has been redeployed to help fight the coronavirus crisis - he's using an electric bike to deliver food to the Finnish capital's elderly residents.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,Novelty toilet roll cakes keep Finnish baker in business
A quick-thinking Helsinki bakery has saved itself from financial ruin due to the new coronavirus pandemic by creating a cake that looks like a toilet roll.
[ reuters.com ] healthNews,Court finds Helsinki less at fault than Siemens in metro dispute
The city of Helsinki had the right to scrap its contract with Siemens over the failed automation of the Finnish capital's metro, but both sides broke agreements, a Helsinki district court ruled on Tuesday in a long-running legal dispute.
[ reuters.com ] technologyNews,Finland blocks roads to Helsinki to curb coronavirus spread
Police and the Finnish army set up roadblocks on all routes that connect Helsinki with the rest of the country, while Finland's parliament approved the plan at the last moment to enforce the capital region's coronavirus blockade by midnight on Friday.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,Finland restricts movement to and from capital region to reduce coronavirus spread
The Finnish government decided on Wednesday to issue a three-week blockade of the Uusimaa region around Helsinki, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Finland, to prevent people from travelling and spreading the virus elsewhere in the country.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,Russia will not stop fighting terrorism to solve Europe's migration crisis: Lavrov
Russia will not stop fighting terrorism in Syria's Idlib region in order to solve Europe's migration crisis, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday at a news conference alongside his Finnish counterpart in Helsinki.
[ reuters.com ] topNews,Coronavirus travel: national advice not all of a piece
Should travellers avoid parts of the world near coronavirus hotspots? Or go - but then tread carefully? The official advice they receive may depend on whether they live in Amsterdam, Helsinki, Madrid or Lagos.
[ reuters.com ] companyNews,Watch new kind of Northern Lights
A group of amateur Finnish amateur stargazers along with scientists from the University of Helsinki have discovered a new auroral phenomenon.
[ cnn.com ]Watch: Schiff's scathing rebuke of Trump's 'propaganda talking points'
Impeachment House manager Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) criticizes a moment from the 2018 Helsinki summit where President Donald Trump repeated "Kremlin propaganda talking points" next to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
[ cnn.com ]Poo power: Horse manure from World Cup powers Helsinki homes
Horse power has a different meaning at the Helsinki International Horse Show as the electricity needs for the FEI World Cup Jumping qualifiers comes entirely from horse manure.
[ reuters.com ] environmentNews,U.S., Russia diplomats meet in Helsinki to discuss relations
Senior U.S. diplomat David Hale met with Russia's deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, in Helsinki on Wednesday to discuss U.S.-Russian relations, the State Department said, amid tensions between the two countries over a range of issues.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,HELSINKI DISPATCH: Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public
For years, a subculture of teenage hobbyhorse enthusiasts flourished under the radar. Now the craze is a national export, and a celebration of girlhood.
[ nytimes.com ] Women and Girls,Reindeer Powder and Arctic Turnip Crepes: Helsinki’s New Food Scene
Local ingredients, including that most Nordic of fruits, the lingonberry, show up in creative combinations as the Finns join the restaurant revolution.
[ nytimes.com ] Restaurants,Finns with fins make a splash at 'mermaiding' classes
At a pool in Espoo, near Finland's capital Helsinki, Maija Mottonen is teaching adults to swim like mermaids in a class that combines fantasy with fitness.
[ reuters.com ] lifestyleMolt,Top Intel Dem: US government 'does not know' what Trump and Putin discussed
The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee bemoaned on Sunday that the US government does not know what President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed last year at their summit in Helsinki, Finland.
[ cnn.com ]Finnish game maker Supercell launches free coding school to combat labor shortage
Finland's Supercell, maker of the Clash of Clans mobile game, said on Wednesday it would fund a new software programming school free of tuition fees to be established in Helsinki next year, to combat a lack of skilled coders.
[ reuters.com ] technologyNews,Panthers capitalize on power plays, beat Jets
Goalie Roberto Luongo, who hadn't played since the season-opener because of a knee injury, returned to action and led the Florida Panthers to a 4-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday in Helsinki, Finland.
[ reuters.com ] sportsNews,Trump, Putin may meet again in Helsinki next year: report
U.S. President Donald Trump may meet Russia's Vladimir Putin in Helsinki next spring, the daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat said in its online edition on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.
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