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  • US tops Finland 5-0 at ice hockey worlds

    team.The Finns also lost to Canada in the round-robin tournament.Canada tops Group A with 16 points, followed the U.S. with 13 points and Finland with 12. If Finland beats Kazakhstan on Monday, it will again face the U.S. team in Thursday's quarterfinal.   Read more »

  • Finnish Parliament approves new bailout for Greece

    -- Finland 's Parliament has approved a new 130 billion ($175 billion) rescue package for Greece after opposition parties presented a motion of no-confidence in the government.Lawmakers voted 111-72 in favor of the second bailout for Greece in less than two   Read more »

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About Finland

The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomi, Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland (help·info)), is one of the Nordic countries and a member of the European Union. Situated in Northern Europe, it shares land borders on the Scandinavian peninsula with Sweden to the west, Russia to the east and Norway to the north while Estonia lies to its south. Finland is bounded by the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. The Åland Islands, off the south-western coast, are an autonomous province of Finland.

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