Finnish university’s online AI course is open to everyone

Helsinki University in Finland has launched a course on artificial intelligence — one that’s completely free and open to everyone around the world. Unlike Carnegie Mellon’s new undergrad degree in AI, which the institution created to train future experts in the field, Helsinki’s offering is more of a beginner course for those who want to […]

Lapland: An action-packed Finnish adventure that is not just for Christmas

NORTHERNLIGHTSRANCH Northern Lights Ranch comprises a collection of plush cabins with glass ceilings and walls The wind whips my face and my fingers are numb with cold, yet it’s exhilarating. I’m spending the afternoon snowmobiling through the forests and fields of Lapland, northern Finland. While Britons may associate this part of the world with Santa, […]

Driving a 1972 Ford station wagon from Berlin to a Finnish ice-racing course

I didn’t visit Berlin just to get some excellent döner kebab, but it was part of why I boarded a plane in late January and landed at the Schönefeld airport south of the city. The other part had to do with an ice track weekend in Northern Finland, and a daily-driven 1972 Ford Country Sedan […]

Trump promises Hurricane Harvey aid & boosts border wall at White House with Finnish president

President Donald Trump addressed Hurricane Harvey, terrorism, US-Russia relations and more during a joint news conference with Finnish president Sauli Niinisto at the White House. FUNDING FOR TEXAS Monday’s conference marked the first time Trump spoke publically since Hurricane Harvey, downgraded to a tropical storm, caused at least nine fatalities in the Gulf Coast. Trump […]

Finnish police are treating Friday’s stabbing spree as a potential terror attack

Reuters (AP) — Finnish police say a stabbing in the western Finland city of Turku that killed two people and wounded eight is being investigated as murder with possible terrorist intent. The National Bureau of Investigation, which is heading the investigation, says Saturday that those killed in the attack a day earlier are Finnish citizens, […]

Take virtual tour of downtown Pyongyang thanks to this brave Finnish reporter (VIDEO)

Published time: 30 Apr, 2017 17:19 A Finnish journalist has braved North Korea’s notoriously intense and paranoid security regime to smuggle out some extremely rare footage of Pyongyang without any of the pomp and propaganda. Mika Makelainen, the Asian correspondent for Finland’s state broadcaster and news agency Yle, was in Pyongyang to cover the reclusive […]