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After 18 years under construction, the Olkiluoto 3 reactor in Finland, Europe's most powerful nuclear power plant unit at 1.6 GW, begins delivering regular electrical output.
2023-04-16

Finnish seismologists at the University of Helsinki say that last week they detected five explosions in Russian territorial waters of the Baltic Sea, with the largest explosion having a 1.8 magnitude. The cause of the blasts is currently unknown.
2022-10-25

Following a joint police operation by Europol and Interpol last October and November across much of Europe, dubbed "Operation Pandora", more than 3,500 stolen artwork and artifacts are recovered, with 75 people arrested and 48,588 more being investigated.
2017-01-23

Avian flu virus H5N8 outbreaks are reported in birds in India, Germany, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and several other European nations. The World Health Organization advised on 17 November that human infection is possible, but unlikely, based on information available.
2016-11-26

Finland's government plans to give all its citizens, rich or poor, a monthly payment of €800, with no strings attached. The Finnish government says it wants to launch a “universal basic income experiment” in 2017 to test the feasibility of this program, which would replace the country’s current benefits system.
2015-12-6

More than a dozen alleged ISIS-linked, terrorist members of Rawti Shax, a European offshoot of the Iraqi Kurdish jihadist network Ansar al-Islam, are arrested in a coordinated, multi-nation sweep by police across Europe. The operation dismantled an integrated cell in Italy, the United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, and Germany. The group is accused of radicalizing fighters, planning attacks targeting Norwegian and British diplomats in the Middle East, and planning to establish a caliphate in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
2015-11-12

Some scientists express concern that an influenza vaccine marketed by GlaxoSmithKline called Pandemrix may be responsible for an increase in cases of narcolepsy in Europe.
2013-02-8

The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls over 1% amid concerns in Europe over its debt crisis.
2012-04-10

European Union leaders meet to discuss Europe's economic problems and to reappoint Herman Van Rompuy as the President of the European Council.
2012-03-1

David Beckham flies to Finland to have surgery for a torn Achilles tendon, after the injury thwarts his attempt to become the first English footballer to play at four editions of the FIFA World Cup. [http:--sport.scotsman.com-sport-David-Beckham39s-bid-to-become.6151139.jp "(The Scotsman)"]
2010-03-15