When I first came to Finland in 2004, someone told me I “shouldn’t even try” to learn the language. Impossible, they said

Now, 20 years later, I speak Finnish (badly) and so this episode of APN is for all of us out there trying to do the “impossible”

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Tourism in the Instagram era: How #Finland is harnessing aurora power
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Snaps, safeties and sisu? I spent this past weekend covering the Maple Bowl and American football in Finland, take a look here
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I just gave Jaakko Keso’s China Trilogy English subtitles, I highly recommend checking it out if you get the chance

I went to cover the demonstration in Helsinki last night. Outside of Finland winning in hockey or Vappu, it's rare to see the streets of the city so packed.

Protesters march over government immigration plans

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Perhaps it's inappropriate given the news about #Berlusconi , but here's a video I made a few years back on #Finland 's pizza inspired by the former Italian PM's antics. Inappropriateness was the name of Silvio's game though...
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If there's anything we missed, feel free to leave it in the replies!

Finland gears up to defend world title on home ice
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🇫🇮 Sub-sergeant Tamminen finds the cooperation with the #Allies in the #arrow23 pleasant and he has been able to utilize his English skills.

– Our Allies have adapted well in the Finnish circumstances. Common language, English, plays a big role, too.

All signs pointing to #Finland and #Käärijä making a big splash in Liverpool next week

Quite a significant development as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський is in Helsinki today to attend a meeting of Nordic PMs at the invite of Finnish President Sauli Niinistö

More here through the day:

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Erik Haula iski lopullisen niitin ja Devils tyrmäsi Rangersin, kammotaklaus puhutti – tässä Stanley Cupia yhä tavoittelevat suomalaiset yle.fi/a/74-20029703?…

We ate.

Game Story: bit.ly/3AIpcmD

'It's not every day that an NBA All-Star reports for military service, but it's nothing out of the ordinary for people in Finland.'

Greetings to one of 🇫🇮's new conscripts, NBA All-Star Lauri Markkanen.

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NBA All-Star ⁦Lauri Markkanen⁩ has completed his first day of military service.

Ok, most of the 20 000+ that go through training every year don’t have a media-swarm but start seems very much like for everyone else.

Sharpshooter material? 👍🏼/👎🏼 🤷🏼 yle.fi/a/74-20027537

Spent the day working on this, thanks Lauri Markkanen for the interview! Tsemppiä!

#utahjazz #nba #FDF

Great working with Veronica Kontopoulou to make this video, check it out!