Researchers at Aalto University have, for the first time, investigated the occurrence of wolverines across the whole of ...

Nordic countries are pooling resources to counter Russia amid uncertain security guarantees from Trump’s White House.

When Finnish architects Alvar and Aino Aalto completed their Paimio Sanatorium in 1933, the streamlined building must have ...

Donald Trump said over the weekend that he was planning to reveal a tariff rate on imported semiconductors this week.

A study published in the journal Nature Communications reveals that the global population, particularly in rural areas, may have been vastly underestimated for decades. According to The Independent, ...

Georgi Iliev of Delasport examines the current state of Finland's gambling scene, and assess what lies ahead as the country ...

and visiting the sauna daily (there are three million saunas for a population of 5.5 million). Visit Finland, the country’s tourism agency, uses the happiness ranking to entice travelers.

they miss entire settlements that don’t officially exist on the map. To uncover the scale of the undercount, the researchers analyzed 300 dam projects across 35 countries. These projects typically ...

Even though much of Europe is off-limits to wild campers, there are pockets of solitude where you’ll find magnificent ...

Ukraine is one of only two countries in the "do not travel" advisory, but travellers to the likes of Sweden and Spain are told to "exercise increased caution." ...

Consequently, the accuracy of rural population estimates—where individuals are scattered and data is less accessible—has been drastically affected. Researchers at Aalto University in Finland ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...