Nordic fiber firm GlobalConnect is to deploy a new subsea cable in the Baltic Sea. The company this week said it has started ...

Åland was, along with Finland, a part of the Kingdom of Sweden but became part of the Grand Duchy of Finland in 1809 when Sweden was forced to relinquish Finland and Åland to the Russian Empire. In ...

Åland is in fact an archipelago rather than a single island and is made up of 6500 islands though only 65 of them are ... The largest of these municipalities is Mariehamn, the main town, which ...

ALAND IS A Swedish-speaking autonomous region of Finland and consists of 16 municipalities. The island population is close to 30,000; around 12,000 live in Mariehamn. The smallest municipality ...

Half a dozen municipalities will levy the highest rate, 21 percent. These are Karjaa and Pohja in western Uusimaa, Pelkosenniemi in Lapland and three in Oulu Province: Kestilä, Oulainen and Rantsila.

The information is based on an Yle survey sent to 293 municipalities. Yle received a response from 288 municipalities, and the information for five municipalities was taken from the municipalities' ...

Aland, a Skye-sized island surrounded by 7,000 islets and rocks, is awkward for Finland. Over 95% of its trade passes through or near the islands, as do crucial data and electricity cables linked ...

Today, there are 309 municipalities in Finland, and these will be divided into only 21 counties. The capital of Helsinki and the Åland Islands will be excluded from the new county structure, since ...