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Eurovision Song Contest oddsmakers predict Israel will win televoting again this year

The Eurovision World website presented the oddsmakers who predict the televoting results separately from the overall results, and according to them, Israel has a 26% chance of topping the televoting.

People cheer as they watch the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest finals being screened at a community center in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 17, 2025.
Paivi Rasanen (R), member of the Finnish Parliament, testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Europe's Threat to American Speech and Innovation" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2026.

Finland's Supreme Court fines MP for calling homosexuality 'developmental disorder'

A YOUNG woman celebrates her birthday with a cake along the Tel Aviv beach promenade despite the ongoing war with Iran and missile fire toward Israel, March 5, 2026.

War does not stop Israel from being one of the very happiest nations in the world - opinion

"Bringing several casino comparison websites under one platform points to a broader shift in the Finnish digital gambling sector."

Online casino review platforms merge in Finland as competition intensifies in the Nordics


Sixth-grader killed in Finnish school shooting, police say, child suspect held

The shooting took place at the Viertola school in Vantaa, a suburb of the capital Helsinki, which has around 800 pupils from first to ninth grade and a staff of 90 people.

 Police officers operate at the Viertola comprehensive school in Vantaa, Finland, on April 2, 2024. Three minors were injured in a shooting at the school on Tuesday morning. A suspect, also a minor, has been apprehended.

Finnish Airline will start weighing people before flights

Taking accurate weight measurements can increase passenger safety on flights. 

 FAT-SHAMING is just one of the problems with the ‘Family First’ ad, which also ‘singles-shames.’

UK, Italy, and Finland join US in defunding UNRWA amid October 7 probe

The Palestinian foreign ministry criticized what it described as an Israeli campaign against UNRWA, and the Hamas terrorist group condemned the termination of employee contracts.

 UNRWA truck crosses into Egypt from Gaza at Rafah border crossing, November 27, 2023

Turkey approves Sweden's NATO membership bid after 20-month delay

Hungary's approval is also needed for Sweden to join NATO

 A view of the flags of Finland, NATO and Sweden during a ceremony to mark Sweden's and Finland's application for membership in Brussels, Belgium, May 18, 2022.

Finland to sign defense pact with US

The agreement with the United States is aimed at allowing swift military access and aid to Finland in case of conflict, officials said ahead of the announcement.

 US President Joe Biden sits next to Finland's President Sauli Niinisto, during a US-Nordic Leaders meeting, in Helsinki, Finland, July 13, 2023.

Boost your vocabulary throughout your life – not just in school – to become a better reader

Vocabulary is something you have to work on your whole life, stressed Sigmundsson. “We have to work on our vocabulary from birth, throughout our school years, and really our whole lives.”

 Books that have been donated to the "Read with Love Book Drive" run by PFLAG Bucks County to help place LGBTQ+ books in Bucks and Montgomery County libraries are placed in a donation box at the Doylestown Bookshop in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 7, 2023.

This Finnish Jew wore a dress with names of Israeli hostages to Independence Day ball

Yaron is currently a member of the European Jewish Congress Executive representing Finland.

The President of the Jewish Community of Finland Yaron Nadbornik wore a #bringthemhomenow necklace, while his wife, Galith’s, dress featured the names of the hostages.

After leading minister joked about Nazis, Finland moves to criminalize Holocaust denial

The only Jewish member of Finland’s parliament, Ben Zyskowicz, contributed the statement’s passage on criminalizing Nazi and Communist symbols.

Vilhelm Junnila meets the press at a Finnish parliament in Helsinki, Finland, June 28, 2023.

Wagner says Russian arrested in Finland is neo-Nazi top fighter

A man arrested in Finland at Ukraine's request has been identified by Russia's Wagner group as a top fighter and far-right activist affiliated with one of their subunits.

 A flag with the logo of Wagner private mercenary group is attached to a car during an automobile rally at a patriotic festival marking Russia's National Flag Day in the Moscow region, Russia, August 23, 2023.

Israel's defense tech industry defies negative economy forecasts - analysis

With Israel's sale of Arrow 3 to Germany and David's sling to Finland, the country's defense industry continues to boom.

The David's Sling interceptor