Finland and Britain on Saturday wrapped up the Northern Axe 25 joint military exercises, one of several early winter drills held by the Northern European nation and attended by NATO allies this year.

Police in Russia's northwestern region of Karelia detained blogger Aleksei Trunov for unknown reasons after searching his home on August 5. Trunov had planned to attend an event that day to ...

In 1940, following its defeat in the so-called Winter War with the Soviet Union, Finland was forced to cede its eastern province of Karelia to Moscow, and the region's Finnish population was summarily ...

The Republic of Karelia is a land that is bringing tensions between Russia and Finland. Since the Scandinavian country joined NATO, relations between the two countries have been compromised. Let us ...

Located about 1,000 kilometers from Moscow, the Republic of Karelia prides itself on its forests, which account for 80 percent of its surface area, and its 60,000 lakes. The republic is a popular ...

North Karelia Project – An unrepeatable success story in public health A few decades ago in eastern Finland, a dramatic reduction in the cardiovascular disease mortality rate was achieved through ...

In 1972, an international team of academics identified a new and terrifying public-health crisis. In a far eastern province of Finland—North Karelia—middle-aged men were dropping dead of heart attacks ...

Workplace wellness programs are not uncommon these days, but how many of them offer personalized nutritional counseling, accountability benchmarks, and financial incentives for those willing to take ...