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Literature

Finlandia literary prize shortlist unveiled, half of candidates are previous winners

Coronavirus Restrictions

Covid restrictions set to ease in the capital region

Sports Awards and Prizes

Friday's papers: Finland freezes, sports awards, death of famous author

Power tools become Finnish library hit

Author, director and politician Jörn Donner dies at 86

Finnish actor lands "role of lifetime" as lead in Tove Jansson biopic

Student Admissions

Finland's police college launches entrance exam audiobook

Claes Andersson

Humanist poet and Renaissance man Claes Andersson dies aged 82

Statistics Finland

More people read in Finland – but fewer books per year

Television Productions

Finland’s most expensive TV show: New Moominvalley series

Mermaid swimming in Finland: 'Don't judge it until you try it'

Plans for €70m "Children's World" theme park in Espoo

Risto Siilasmaa

"Finndians," Nokia's rebirth, and fantasy tales vie for Finlandia literature prize

Nordic Literature

Author Arto Paasilinna dies aged 76

Kimi Räikkönen

Finnish F1 driver Räikkönen authors haiku booklet

Finnish libraries experience renaissance with renewed investment

Finland's Reading Week reignites young people's interest in books

Finlandia Prizes: Stories of humanity and ecology

Cinema, Literature, And Audiovisual Media

Finlandia book prize shortlists: Climate change, sexual exploitation, True Finns satire and Stubb's fall from grace

Moomin boom boosts British charity

Kate Winslet to star in new Moomin animation

Marriage and Cohabitation

Friday's papers: Marriages lasting, Afghan deportations, church poetry

Walter Jon Williams (Author)

Helsinki hosts sci-fi greats at Worldcon

Finnish Directors

Finnish director Karukoski attached to US Tolkien movie

Electronic music

Electronic music trailblazer Erkki Kurenniemi dies at 75

New Moomin TV series aims at older, more sophisticated fans

Out of the shadow of the Moomins: Celebrating the graphics of Tuulikki Pietilä

Runeberg's Torte

Winter treat sales season extended

Wednesday's papers: Killer on the loose, pension cuts loom, wheelchair racer wins big, Moomins uncensored

Locally built bookmobile a hit at home and abroad

Cinema, Literature, And Audiovisual Media

Poet Jukka Viikilä nabs Finlandia Prize with debut novel

Finlandia Junior

Stiff competition for 2016 Finlandia literary award

Author of Finnish Nightmares comic wins Lempi Prize

Annina Holmberg (Author)

Theatre director Kalle Holmberg is dead

Monday’s papers: "Lurid mistake" in tell-all book about former president, "humiliating" firing, and cleaning up after unusually heavy rains

Findians – The story of Finns' distant cousins

Fancy a karaoke day at the library? Go to Tikkurila

Statue of Minna Canth wreathed in Kuopio for 22nd time

Writer Aki Ollikainen longlisted for Man Booker Prize

Sanni Grahn-laasonen

At 170, National Library re-opens amid contemporary pressures