Finland (Finnish: Suomi [ˈsuo̯mi] (listen); Swedish: Finland [ˈfɪnland] (listen), Finland Swedish: [ˈfinlɑnd]), officially the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland (listen to all)), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, Estonia to the south, and north-eastern Norway to the north. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Other major cities are Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Oulu, Turku, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Kuopio.
Finland's population is 5.52 million as of July 2019, the majority of whom live in the central and south of the country and speak Finnish, a Finnic language from the Uralic language family, unrelated to the Scandinavian languages. Finland is the eighth-largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. It is a parliamentary republic of 310 municipalities, and includes an autonomous region, the Åland Islands. Over 1.4 million people live in the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area, which produces one third of the country's GDP. Swedish is the second official language of Finland, which is mainly spoken in certain coastal areas and on Åland. A large majority of Finns are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.Finland was inhabited when the last ice age ended, approximately 9000 BC. Comb Ceramic culture introduced pottery 5200 BC and Corded Ware culture coincided with the start of agriculture between 3000 and 2500 BC. The Bronze Age and Iron Age were characterised by extensive contacts with other cultures in the Fennoscandian and Baltic regions. At the time Finland had three main cultural areas – Southwest Finland, Tavastia and Karelia. From the late 13th century, Finland gradually became an integral part of Sweden through the Northern Crusades and the Swedish part-colonisation of coastal Finland, a legacy reflected in the prevalence of the Swedish language and its official status.
In 1809, Finland was incorporated into the Russian Empire as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland. In 1906, Finland became the first European state to grant all adult citizens the right to vote, and the first in the world to give all adult citizens the right to run for public office. Following the 1917 Russian Revolution, Finland declared itself independent. In 1918, the fledgling state was divided by civil war, with the Bolshevik-leaning Red Guard, supported by Soviet Russia, fighting the White Guard, supported by the German Empire. After a brief attempt to establish a kingdom, the country became a republic. In World War II, Finland lost parts of Karelia, Salla, Kuusamo and Petsamo to the Soviet Union.
Finland remained largely an agrarian country until the 1950s. After World War II, the war reparations demanded by the Soviet Union forced Finland to industrialise. The country rapidly developed an advanced economy while building an extensive welfare state based on the Nordic model, resulting in widespread prosperity and a high per capita income. Finland is a top performer in numerous metrics of national performance, including education, economic competitiveness, civil liberties, quality of life, and human development. In 2015, Finland was ranked first in the World Human Capital and the Press Freedom Index and as the most stable country in the world during 2011–2016 in the Fragile States Index, and second in the Global Gender Gap Report. It also ranked first on the World Happiness Report report for 2018 and 2019.Finland joined the United Nations in 1955 and adopted an official policy of neutrality. The Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948 gave the Soviet Union some leverage in Finnish domestic politics during the Cold War. Finland joined the OECD in 1969, the NATO Partnership for Peace in 1994, the European Union in 1995, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in 1997, and the Eurozone at its inception in 1999.
Waziri Nape Afanya Mazungumzo na Balozi wa Finland Tanzania
Waziri wa Habari, Mawasiliano na Teknolojia ya Habari, Mhe. Nape Moses Nnauye (Mb.) amekutana na kufanya mazungumzo na Balozi wa Finland nchini Tanzania Mhe. Theresa Zitting Ofisini kwake jijini Dar es Salaam aliyeambatana na Mkuu wa...
Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania kwa mara ya kwanza imefanya majadiliano ya kidiplomasia na Serikali ya Finland kwa lengo la kuimarisha, kukuza na kudumisha ushirikiano katika sekta mbalimbali za kipaumbele kwa maslahi ya pande zote mbili.
Pamoja na Tanzania kuwa na uhusiano mzuri na...
Martti Ahtisaari
Rais wa zamani wa Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, ambaye alikuwa mpatanishi mashuhuri wa amani, amefariki akiwa na umri wa miaka 86. Martti ambaye pia alikuwa ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Nobel mwaka 2008, alikuwa rais wa Finland kuanzia mwaka 1994 hadi 2000.
Rais wa Finland, Sauli...
Serikali ya Finland imetoa onyo kali kwa nchi za Afrika na Asia kuchagua kuiunga mkono Urusi ama kuchagua misaada.
Finland imesema ukiunga mkono Urusi inakata misaada na mikopo nafuu.
Soma hapa.
Urusi imeutaja uanachama wa Finland katika jumuiya ya Kujihami ya NATO kuwa ni uvamizi dhidi ya usalama wake na kusema itachukua hatua za kiufundi na kimkakati
Urusi imeutaja uanachama wa Finland katika jumuiya ya NATO kuwa ni uvamizi dhidi ya usalama wake na kusema itachukua hatua.
Msemaji wa...
Finland officially joins NATO, as Russia says it may have to respond
Finland shares a 1,340km (832-mile) border with Russia, so its entry will more than double the size of NATO's border with the nation.
Finland applied to join NATO in May 2022, setting aside years of military nonalignment to...
Putin aliivamia Ukraine na kuanza kuiba ardhi yao kama njia ya kuwaadhibu kwenye mipango yao ya kutaka kujiunga NATO, sasa ni rasmi amepata ujirani wa NATO utakaokatiza mpaka mrefu takriban kilomita 1,340 km, yaani mithili ya Dar hadi unapitiliza Kigoma au Mwanza.
Huyo Putin aliwahi kuwatisha...
Ofisi ya Rais wa Finland imetangaza kuwa Finland itakuwa Mwanachama rasmi wa NATO ifikapo kesho.
Tangazo hilo limethibitishwa na Katibu Mkuu wa NATO Jens Stoltenberg.
Akizungumza kutokea jijini Brussels Bw.Stoltenberg amesema "Tutapandisha Bendera ya Finland kwa mara ya kwanza hapa kwenye...
Uturuki ilikuwa inazingua hadi wengi tukawa tunajiuliza ipo kwa maslahi ya nani, wengi walishuku itakuwa kiaina misimamo yao inaongozwa kidini dhidi ya Marekani kimya kimya.
Hatimaye wameachia, Finland sasa inaelekea kuwa mwanachama wa NATO, ikumbukwe urefu wa mpaka wa Finland na Urusi ni...
Hamna kizuri uja kwenye kupoteza biashara, hata ujipige kifua mara ngapi, ukipoteza mteja hata mmoja ni hasara sana. Bara Uropa lote linakimbia gesi ya Mrusi.
Like many countries in Europe, Finland is looking to liquified natural gas (LNG), to replace the mainly pipeline-transported gas it used...
"Lazima tufikirie juu ya muundo wa usalama, ambao tutaishi kesho. Ninazungumzia, haswa, maneno ya Rais wa Urusi Vladimir Putin kwamba NATO inakaribia mipaka ya Urusi na kupeleka silaha ambazo zinaweza kutishia usalama wa Urusi," alisema.
Rais wa Ufaransa Emmanuel
Muundo wa usalama wa baadaye...
Nchi za Magharibi zinapaswa kuimarisha ulinzi huku mzozo wa Ukraine ukiendelea, Waziri Mkuu Sanna Marin amependekeza
Nchi za Ulaya zingekuwa katika hatari sasa kama isingekuwa kwa Marekani kubeba jukuu katika mzozo wa Ukraine, Waziri Mkuu wa Finland Sanna Marin alidai Ijumaa. Pia aliwataka...
Urusi alijaribu kuparamia Ukraine kisa hakutaka wajiunge NATO, sasa ndio kama kafungulia lango kuu, maana Finland na Sweden sasa wameruhusiwa kujiunga NATO, wamekidhi vigezo, ifahamike Finland ina mpaka na Urusi wenye kilomita 1,271.8 km, hiyo ni zaidi ya umbali wa Dar hadi Kigoma au Dar hadi...
Salama wandugu,
Mambo yalifanyika May sijui watu kujaza form tukasema hii comedy tu kwa sababu mwamba Putin hataki hayo yafanyike katika utawala wake, kwa sasa kimyaaaa watu wamepigwa stop na hakuna kinachoendelea kila mwanachama amesusia hayo maombi hata ukraine haiwezi kujiunga kamwe kamwe kamwe.
Safi sana Finland na mataifa mengine wamepiga pini, hakuna kuingia, warudi wapambane na Putin humo humo Urusi, walikua wakichekelea waliposkia ameanza vita vya kijinga dhidi ya kataifa ka-Ukraine. Wachague kwenda kufa au jela miaka kumi..............................
Kuna taarifa vijana...
Bara Ulaya kuzuia visa kwa Warusi, na hii ni pamoja na mataifa yaliyoizunguka Urusi, yaani Putin anapitisha taifa lake kwenye hali ngumu sana.
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European Union foreign ministers have agreed to suspend a visa agreement with Moscow, making it harder for Russian citizens to obtain entry...
Marekani imekuwa mwanachama wa 23 wa NATO kukubali ombi la Sweden na Finland kujiunga na muungano. Licha ya vitisho kutoka Russia Finland na Sweden zimeendelea na mchakato wa kujiunga na NATO huku wakipuuza mkwala mbuzi kutoka Moscow.
Ama kwa hakika matatizo ni mtaji. Finland nchi ambayo imepakana na urusi na ambayo imekuwa ikipata nishati hasa ya gas kutoka Urusi na mabayo Urusi imeikatia huduma hiyo imegundua aina mpya ya nishati ambayo inaweza kuzalishwa na kuhifadhiwa kwa mda mrefu. Nishati hiyo ni betri maaluma ambazo...
Rais Vladimir Putin amesema Urusi itajibu ikiwa NATO itapeleka Vikosi na Miundombinu katika Mataifa ya Sweden na Finland baada ya kujiunga na Muungano huo
Ameeleza, Nchi yake haina shida kama Sweden na Finland zinataka kujiunga NATO, Mataifa hayo lazima yaelewe kwamba hakukuwa na tishio awali...
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