Party chief meets with First Deputy Speaker of Finnish Parliament

HELSINKI — Vietnamese Party General Secretary Tô Lâm met with First Deputy Speaker of the Finnish Parliament Paula Risikko on Wednesday as part of his ongoing official visit to Finland. General Secretary Lâm commended the Finnish Parliament’s role...

Vietnam and Finland vow to strengthen aviation ties

By Alimat Aliyeva General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, To Lam, and Finnish President Alexander Stubb have pledged to strengthen cooperation in aviation training and human resource development, according to...

Bipartisan effort in Michigan seeks new icebreaker from Finland for Great Lakes

Two U.S. representatives from Michigan are asking the federal government to send at least one new icebreaker ship to the Great Lakes as part of a bilateral deal between the U.S. and Finland. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump and Finnish...

Party chief visits Aalto University, meets Vietnamese students in Finland

HELSINKI — General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee Tô Lâm visited Aalto University on Wednesday (local time) as part of his ongoing official visit to Finland, where he met with the university's leadership and...

Vietnam and Finland elevate ties to strategic partnership during Nordic visit

Party General Secretary Tô Lâm and his spouse meet with representatives of Vietnamese embassies and communities from Nordic countries in Helsinki on October 21. Photo: VNA/VNS Vietnam and Finland have officially upgraded their bilateral...

India Leads World in Mobile Gaming Downloads as App Market Surges

Gaming apps dominated the sector rankings, with publications and utilities trailing at 30.8 and 27, respectively. Hyper-casual and hybrid-casual game formats proved particularly popular with users, according to Adjust's Mobile App Growth Report....

The minds that move economies

Economic headlines in 2025 read like a weather report: sudden storms, unpredictable currents and flashes of breakthrough amid uncertainty. Against this backdrop, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in...

Finnish researcher highlights labour exploitation of Thai berry pickers

Finnish researcher Minna Seikkula during her field visit in Chaiyaphum province, northeastern Thailand, where she met former Thai berry pickers who had worked in Finland. Photo: The Isaan Record Finnish researcher Minna Seikkula has raised new...

Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing: 10/27/2025

Below is Insider NJ's Morning Intelligence Briefing: QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Federal government overreach is concerning and given the election deniers who have supported the current administration, I would be concerned that this is a cover for a...

Finland sees more bankruptcies in Sep

Published : 20 Oct 2025, 12:08 Updated : 20 Oct 2025, 12:09 A total of 289 bankruptcy proceedings were instigated in September 2025, which is 15 more than in the corresponding period one year earlier, according to Statistics Finland. The number of...

Lithuanian arms manufacturers criticize government: weapons should be purchased locally

Lithuanian arms and ammunition manufacturers are calling on the government to order more weapons from local manufacturers, saying that bureaucracy and giving preference to Western manufacturers are weakening the country’s defense industry....

European Fintech TrueLayer to Acquire Nordic Pay By Bank Network Zimpler

October 22, 2025 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi TrueLayer says it has signed an agreement to acquire Zimpler, a Pay by Bank network in the Nordics. The acquisition will now aim bring together two of Europe’s Pay by Bank providers, further strengthening...

MI reps. request Trump administration send at least 1 new icebreaker from Finland to the Great Lakes

Two U.S. representatives from Michigan are asking the federal government to send at least one new icebreaker ship to the Great Lakes as part of a deal between the U.S. and Finland. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump and Finnish President...

China is soaking up oil imports, and the US and Russia are reasons why

There is a mystery at the heart of the global oil market. China has soaked up a torrent of oil imports this year, filling tanks and underground caverns. Without this, prices would be much lower. But why is Beijing snapping up oil it doesn’t...

TrueLayer to Acquire Zimpler and Champion Pay by Bank in Europe

TrueLayer, a leading European payment provider, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire fellow payment provider Zimpler for an undisclosed sum. While the deal is still subject to regulatory approvals, the former company called it a...

Temporal Relationship Between Visceral Fat and Inflammation, and Their Joint Effect on Cardiometabolic Diseases: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

Introduction Cardiometabolic diseases (CMD), mainly involving hypertension, diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, contribute more to morbidity and mortality than any other disorders.1,2 Globally, CMD is one of...

Vietnamese Party chief meets with Chairperson of Communist Party of Finland

Helsinki (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam had a meeting with Tiina Sandberg, Chairperson of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) in Helsinki on October 22 (local time) as part of his...

Violence of Melt: Visual Infrastructures and Erasure in the Arctic

Editor’s Note: This is the second post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by Isabelle Gapp and guest edited by Sarah Pickman. Figure 1 & 2. Columbia Glacier, Alaska: Time-lapse showing retreat from 1984 to...

Azerbaijan strengthens economic ties with Latvia, Estonia, and Finland

Today’s event marks a new stage in strengthening economic partnerships between Azerbaijan and the business communities of Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, said Ziya Hajiyev, Secretary General of the National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers)...

Lagos state announces innovation partnership agreement with Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark

Lina Gandløse Hansen Denmark’s state secretary for Trade and Investment and Dr. Bosun Tijani, minister for Communications and Digital Economy Lagos state has announced its plan to establish a Lagos–Nordic Innovation Corridor, a partnership with...