Google is planning to spend $1.1 billion to build out its main data center in Finland because of its easy access to green energy bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology

Finland’s government introduces a draft law that allows it to stop migrants pushed by Russia to its eastern border bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

The Aland Islands -- variously described as the lock to Finland, a pistol pointed at Sweden, and a beacon of peace -- have been demilitarized for a century. With Russia jostling with NATO in the Baltic Sea, Finnish hawks want to change that bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg Politics

Finland calls for the EU to procure a vessel to be on standby for oil spills in the northern parts of the Baltic Sea, as Russian crude transports pose a growing threat bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology

Finland’s PM Petteri Orpo tells Bloomberg that his nation is preparing steps to address the potential security risks from Russian property holding near critical infrastructure bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Sampo has agreed to buy Topdanmark in an all-share deal that valued the target at 33 billion kroner, consolidating the insurance landscape in Denmark bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Vladimir Putin's hybrid war launches a second front on NATO’s eastern border. Governments there admit they're one step behind Moscow bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Finland’s President Alexander Stubb told us China’s power over Russia has grown so great that President Xi Jinping could force an end to the war in Ukraine with just one phone call. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Danish police has filed charges against Nordea Bank, in what its National Special Crime Unit says is the biggest money laundering case in the country to date bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Finland’s parliament voted in favor of a law that allows the Nordic country to push back migrants that Russia sends to its border as part of Moscow’s hybrid warfare bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Earlier this year, Leo Laikola and I reported on the Aland Islands, a unique archipelago in the middle of the Baltic Sea. The Bloomberg Originals documentary was released today. Watch here: bloomberg.com/news/videos/20… or here: youtu.be/uUGKRpPkUNM and original print story below

Finland’s finance ministry said it’s more vital to implement the government’s austerity measures after Fitch Ratings cut the Nordic country’s credit outlook bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Finland’s economy extended its rebound in the second quarter, according to preliminary data from one of Europe’s worst-performing economies bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

Increasing risks to Europe’s growth outlook have reinforced the case for a policy adjustment when the European Central Bank meets next month, according to Governing Council member Olli Rehn. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

Finnish forestry company Stora Enso suspends some harvesting activities after thousands of endangered freshwater pearl mussels died at one of its sites bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Finland unveils plans for a full ban on property acquisitions by some foreign nationals as security concerns surface over purchases with links to Russia bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Finland’s coalition government needed just one day to hammer out a budget for next year, with the ruling parties united on a need to halt debt growth even as the Nordic nation runs a shortfall for the 17th consecutive year. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

Finland’s Sampo succeeded in pushing through an offer for Topdanmark in its second attempt to gain control of the Danish insurer bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

A shortage of wood in Finland risks becoming entrenched and is set to put pressure on forestry companies’ profitability, according to forestry firm UPM’s CEO Massimo Reynaudo bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

ECB’s Rehn says slowing inflation firms the case for an October rate cut bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Leo Laikola