Italy victorious in Nations Cup final round win
There were only two double-clear performances, and the one produced by Andres Rodriguez riding Darlon van Groenhove helped Venezuela line up fifth ahead of Finland and Germany in equal-sixth while Poland slotted into eighth place. There were only five ...
R.I.P. Peter von Bagh, the movie buff’s movie buff
Finland—with the wider world. Finnish and Italian news outlets are now confirming an earlier report that von Bagh passed away after a long illness on September 17. He was 71. Von Bagh was the editor of Filmihullu magazine for more than 40 years ...
Fixing our broken education system
However, two countries seem to define the apex of education in the world – South Korea and Finland. In a global education league table, measured by student performance in the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) survey and many other ...
20% of teachers in the country not sincere, Azim Premji says
India is investing only 3% of its GDP in education, while countries like Finland invest 8% of the GDP. "We have to invest at least 4% to 6% of our GDP," said Premji. Applauding the graduates of APU, Premji said, "70% of the graduates from the first batch ...
Finnair Flight to New York Powered with Recycled Cooking Oil
“As air traffic contributes 2 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions, it is very important to have this trial with the use of biofuels,” says Finland’s Minister for International Development Pekka Haavisto. “If the price of oil rises and biofuels ...
Over Half the World's Population Still Can't Connect to the Internet
Singapore, Finland and Japan rank highest on mobile broadband connections, each averaging more than one connection per person (hence the scale you'll see on the map below). The United States makes a more honorable showing on this map, with 92.8 percent of ...
Microsoft Ditches Android After Four-month Fling
nullMicrosoft ditches Android after four-month fling News Tweet Microsoft has pulled the plug on the Android mobile operating system, discontinuing its Nokia X smartphone products less than five months after it launched them . In an email sent to staff , Microsoft Devices EVP and former Nokia chief ...
Mark’s 100 Beer Summer
For years, my husband Mark Wollemann drank only Summit beer, a craft beer made in Minnesota. In fact, I can’t remember him drinking any other beer except an occasional Miller High Life, but only when he was hanging out with his firefighter brother in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. But for most of the time we ...
My amazing strategific thingamabobs, let me show you them.
Now where was? Oh, yes. I was in the middle of relating the distinctly less than glorious story of... It was August 1676, and Charles XI, King of Sweden, was sitting in his headquarters in Växjö going "OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT", because the last two months or so had not been kind. Two Danish armies h ...
The problems of Northern Kenya arise from poverty
Source: Finn Church Aid Country: Kenya The biggest problem of the five provinces of Northern Kenya is poverty. This was the conclusion made in a meeting between four northern governors in Nairobi. The meeting was summoned and hosted by Finn Church Aid, who also showed preliminary results from a risk ...
En båttur i den finska skärgården
Resan till Porvoo sitter fortfarande kvar på näthinnan, varmt ombonad i magen och hjärtat slår extra slag när jag tänker tillbaka på vad jag fått uppleva. En av de de finaste minnena var nog från den eftermiddagen då vi begav oss ut i skärgården. Porvoo är beläget vid havet och det var en kort biltu ...
See you, Suomi!
[Disclaimer: None of the pictures I use on this post are mine] The combination of Anathema’s “Weather Systems” album and the sight of night pink-ish sky outside is making me weep. Listening to this album reminds me of my student days in a quiet Finnish town a couple of years ago, the friendships for ...
Over Half the World's Population Still Can't Connect to the Internet
Map by author using GunnMap and data from the UN. Over the weekend, while you were streaming Netflix and swapping memes, representatives from the United Nations were trying to bring the internet to the rest of the world. The UNs Broadband Commission for Digital Development, which convened on Sunday, ...
