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August 26, 2026
Finnish carrier Finnair is also suspending its connections between its Helsinki hub and Dubai for the entire upcoming 2026/2027 winter schedule. The company…
Finnish-headquartered sovereign intelligence provider ICEYE has announced the establishment of two new subsidiaries, ICEYE Netherlands and ICEYE India, operating from Amsterdam and New Delhi…
Patria and Ukrainian drone manufacturer Center of Unmanned Technologies LLC (“General Cherry”) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) on 23 August, 2026. As part of the collaboration, Patria plans to…
August 25, 2026
Qatar Airways Cargo launches weekly Helsinki freighter service, adding 100 tonnes of capacity from Finland to Doha. The post Qatar Airways Cargo Launching New Flights to Happiest Country in the…
After Norway joined the framework agreement on the multinational Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) back in late May, the country has now ordered its first 6×6 armoured vehicles from the…
Ukrainian unmanned aerial systems developer and manufacturer Airlogix and Finnish contract development and manufacturing organization Innokas have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to cooperate on…
August 24, 2026
On August 23, Finnish defense company Patria and Ukrainian drone manufacturer Center of Unmanned Technologies LLC (General Cherry) signed a … more...
Finnish synthetic aperture radar (SAR) operator ICEYE announced on August 24, 2026, that it has formally established ICEYE… The post ICEYE sets up India arm, plans local radar satellite production…
Qatar Airways Cargo will next month operate its first scheduled freighter service from Helsinki, Finland. This once weekly service will begin on 2 September on a Doha-Budapest-Helsinki-Doha route…
August 23, 2026
Finland’s Patria and Ukrainian drone manufacturer Center of Unmanned Technologies LLC have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) on 23 August, 2026. As part of The post Finland’s Patria and Ukraine’s…
August 21, 2026
A Russian Il-20M electronic intelligence aircraft violated Finnish airspace and penetrated about 8.7 kilometres into Finnish territory. The incident took place in…
Finland’s Ministry of Defense suspects a Russian aircraft of violating Finnish airspace over the western Gulf of Finland… The post Russian Il-20 suspected of flying nearly 9 km into Finnish airspace…
Finnish meteorological technology company Vaisala says it expects to include a €25m (US$29m) award for airport weather systems in Indonesia in its orders received for the third quarter of 2026, now…
HELSINKI — Finland’s Defence Ministry announced on Thursday evening that it is investigating a suspected violation of its airspace by a Russian aircraft over the western Gulf of Finland, marking the…
August 20, 2026
A decade-long study designed to prove screens damage children's brains found the opposite instead, challenging one of parenting's most cherished anxieties. The post Researchers in Finland tracked…
August 19, 2026
In Finland's hottest rooms, power dissolves and truth emerges—where politicians and ordinary citizens shed their titles along with their clothes. The post Finland has more saunas than cars — about…
HELSINKI — Landspace successfully landed the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket Tuesday following the second launch of the rocket from the Gobi Desert. The second Zhuque-3 rocket lifted off […] The…
August 18, 2026
Discover Airlines, which is part of the Lufthansa group, announced a series of weekly services to two new destinations in Finland. Flights from Discover’s operating base at Frankfurt Airport (FRA)…
A Finnish law grants strangers the right to cross, camp, and forage on private land—a radical inversion of property rights that most countries would find unthinkable. The post Under everyman’s…
August 17, 2026
Brussels Airlines adds scheduled flights to Evenes (Norway), Kemi and Kittilä (Finland) to its winter 2026-27 schedule from Brussels, turning what until now operated mainly as charters to the Arctic…
Brussels Airlines is adding scheduled flights to Evenes (Norway), Kemi and Kittilä (Finland) to its winter 2026-27 program from Brussels, turning into scheduled routes what until…
Brussels Airlines announced on August 17, 2026, a significant increase in the capacity it offers to Europe’s far… The post Brussels Airlines expands Arctic network with services to Norway and…
Brussels Airlines is expanding its offering in the far north, adding Evenes in Norway as well as Kemi and Kittilä in Finland as regular scheduled destinations for the winter timetable. Kittilä will…
HELSINKI — China launched a new batch of Guowang megaconstellation satellites over the weekend, following up with a separate launch of a developmental satellite for the UAE. The launch of […] The…
Brussels Airlines is expanding its winter leisure network with scheduled services to Evenes in Norway and Kemi and Kittilä in Finland, responding to growing demand for winter holidays in the Arctic…
August 15, 2026
A speeding ticket in Finland might cost you a few hundred euros—or your annual salary, depending on how much you earn. The post Finnish police do not simply look up a fixed speeding fine: for speeds…
August 14, 2026
NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace this Friday, August 14, in another incident involving unmanned aircraft near the borders of…
"We are grateful to our Italian allies for their service in NATO's air defence mission in the Baltic states and for maintaining the integrity of allied airspace," he wrote on…
This morning, NATO fighter jets scrambled and shot down an unidentified drone that had entered Latvian airspace, while Finland restricted…
NATO fighters shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace early on August 14, 2026, as neighboring Finland… The post NATO fighters shoot down drone over Latvia as Finland restricts airspace…
