World Junior Championship is upon us. Here are 10 players, one from each country, to watch when it all gets started on Dec.

Former Bay of Plenty teacher Virginija Werder has been working as an elf in a Santa Claus village in Rovaniemi, near the ...

The city, spread across a series of islands, has many exceptional galleries and museums (though sadly, no Guggenheim).

Despite snowy weather, activists in Helsinki took to the streets to protest against Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip.

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The World Junior Championship is always unpredictable, but that doesn't mean we can't make some bold predictions on what will ...

Leaders of Finland, Latvia and Estonia tell The Independent that Ukraine’s victory over Russia is vital to the defence of a poorly armed Europe ...

Faced with the rapid spread of avian flu through California dairies, health officials are now doing weekly testing of every ...

Finland is consistently ranked as Europe's most media literate country and the skills needed to spot online hoaxes are on the ...

The 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship will be played in Ottawa from Dec. 26-Jan. 5. Group A for the preliminary round is Canada, Finland, Germany, Latvia and the United States, which won the ...

Eagles forward Ryan Leonard put Team USA in front 1-0 with a goal at the 14:54 mark of the opening frame, the first by either ...

Musician Annamaret comes from a Sámi reindeer-herding family and lives way up in northern Finland, close to the Arctic Circle. She describes how the ancient Sámi tradition of yoiking helps connect her ...