Finland faces a sudden return to wintry weather ahead of May Day, with snowfall and sub-zero temperatures forecast across ...

In what became known as the Winter War, Finland fought off an invasion from the Soviet Union in 1939, but ended up ceding most of its eastern province of Karelia. Anna-Liisa Anttila was a teenager ...

The Winter War began on November 30, 1939 (three months after the beginning of World War II) with the Soviet invasion of Finland ... their eastern province of Karelia to Joseph Stalin, but ...

It blended tactical combat engineering, winter survival and soldiering ... Pasi Välimäki, commander of the Finnish Army, visited the Karelia Brigade and 237th Engineer Company.

Finland is set to experience its warmest week of the year, with temperatures reaching up to 23°C in the south by Good Friday. Forecasters report above-average warmth nationwide, though cloud cover and ...

a former Finnish diplomat, wrote in his new book that in the late 1980s-early 1990s Moscow was allegedly ready to discuss possible transfer of Karelia to Finland but the ten Finnish President ...