The ancient symbol was hijacked by Nazi Germany The Finnish Air Force is set to remove the swastika from its flag after joining NATO two years ago. Infamously adopted by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party in 1920 (and still appropriated to this day by neo-Nazis), the 15,000-year-old symbol is associated with Hinduism and Buddhism outside the […]

7 months ago

The happiest country has held the top spot for five years. An annual UN-sponsored index has ranked Ireland as the 13th happiest country in the world. After launching ten years ago, the World Happiness Report’s findings are based on people’s evaluation of their happiness, along with economic and social data. For the fifth year in […]

4 years ago

Christ almighty. The medical benefits of giving up smoking are well known to everybody but what about the damage that smoking can have on household furniture? Jeff McCarthy is an Irish painter that’s living in Tampere, Finland and he sent us in this footage of an apartment that he’s currently renovating. As the man from […]

8 years ago

It happened late Saturday night. A mayor and two journalists have been shot dead by a man with a rifle in the small town of Imatra in Finland. The three women were shot multiple times in their head and torsos as they left a restaurant in the small town. A 23-year-old man was arrested at the […]

10 years ago

This goes really, really, really, really, really, really, really far. Really, it does.

12 years ago

The EFAF European Championship finals are Europe’s equivalent of the Super Bowl, but instead of franchised teams, it’s a battle of country vs. country…

12 years ago