Finnish researchers said the country is working to decrease the health risks from a boom in the barnacle goose population. The researchers said the number of barnacle geese in Finland totaled 14,200 at last count, with 8,600 of the birds in the Greater Helsinki area, the Helsingin Sanomat reported Friday.

Excerpt from report by Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat on 8 July [Report by Jyri Raivio: "Billion-Euro Contract for Building Pipeline to Italian Company"] Nord Stream, the Swiss company that wants to build a Baltic Sea gas pipeline has signed an agreement with the Italian company Saipem on building the first 1,220 km of the pipeline.

Text of editorial "Finland still in political minefield" by Finish popular conservative newspaper Helsingin Sanomat website, on 30 May The negotiations on banning cluster munitions culminated in Dublin in an outcome that exceeded all expectations and is threatening to push Finland, for example, into an increasingly-more- difficult situation.

Computer usage in Finnish schools at average international level: survey HELSINKI, March 10 (Xinhua) -- An international survey has shown that the use of information and computing technology (ICT) in teaching and learning in Finnish schools is only at average international level, the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported Monday.

Text of report by Finish popular conservative news