Finland’s traditions, from sisu to saunas, are alive and well in this area of the Upper Peninsula, where the vibes are more ...

Georgianna "Johanna" McCollam Oja's life took a dramatic and very unexpected turn when her aunt and uncle asked her to introduce her friends to a lonely Finnish man they knew in 1960s West Virginia.

Something similar has happened to Toni Morrison (1931-2019), in my judgment the most influential American novelist of the past 50 years. Morrison’s importance today is usually pegged to the issue of ...

Learning to read reshapes how the brain processes language. New research from Baycrest and the University of São Paulo shows that learning to read fundamentally changes how the brain responds to ...

When Laura Pakenham began sharing Irish language videos on TikTok, she did not expect that her passion would lead to a US book deal before an Irish one. Now, after being published in the US and Canada ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

Georg Wilhelm Steller, the naturalist who accompanied Vitus Bering to North America in 1741, has long been a character of great interest to historians and others with an interest in Bering’s fateful ...

Finland only funds overseas Finnish schools for students registered in a Finnish municipality. Due to a data reform, those in Estonia risk losing this support. Four Finnish-curriculum schools operate ...

How would you feel if your therapist’s notes – your darkest thoughts and deepest feelings – were exposed to the world? For 33,000 Finnish people, that became a terrifying reality, with deadly ...

The bilingual programme combines Finnish language studies with early childhood education and is aimed at students who do not speak Finnish or Swedish. Peppi Taalas, the programme's director, said the ...