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1. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Wif Stenger

   What to know about Finland's spiking tick population and TBE cases (opens the original)

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   There are a record number of ticks in Finland’s forests, parks and meadows this year – while the number of cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) has doubled. According to Ilari Sääksjärvi, a professor of biodiversity research at the University of Turku, Finland’s tick population is growing rapidly, partly thanks to the warming climate. Almost 200,000 tick sightings have been reported to the university’s Punkkilive portal this year, compared to around 140,000 reported during all of la

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2. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Wif Stenger

   Times may be tough, but these Finnish firms are booming (opens the original)

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   The Helsinki Stock Exchange is typically sleepy in July, but on Friday investors rushed to buy stocks in Finnish drugmaker Orion as it reported better-than-expected profits. The Espoo-based pharmaceutical firm saw its share price leap by nearly 10 percent on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. That followed the release of Orion's second-quarter results, which showed revenue up by more than a quarter while operating profit rose by nearly 70 percent compared to a year earlier. "We expect that at least on

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3. Article · Jul 10, 2026 · Wif Stenger

   Digital crooks don't take holidays: AI-powered cyberattacks on the rise (opens the original)

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   You may be on vacation – but not so data crooks who may be scheming to attack your small business or organisation. Cyberattacks targeting Finnish victims have increased by 35 percent compared to June last year, according to a report released by the cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies on Friday. Anssi Kärkkäinen, Director General of National Cyber Security Centre Finland (NCSC-FI), is sceptical of that figure, but says that there are plenty of bad actors at work 24/7. "We

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