For Estonian speakers, the Finnish accent is the easiest to recognize. In contrast, accents such as Lithuanian and Danish tend to be more challenging to identify. However, attitudes toward Estonian ...

FITCHBURG - Though plenty of traditions for Finnish-Americans date back hundreds of years, sometimes you have to try new things. For the Finnish Center at Saima Park, 67 Scott Road, taking part in a ...

HELSINKI – No matter how long he talked, no matter how much he gushed about Finland, no matter the amount of Scandinavian pride pooling inside him, Saku Koivu eventually would have to answer our two ...

Less than a week after Sacha Baron Cohen aired a 'Who Is America?' episode featuring Joe Arpaio, the Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff says that he responded to questions about oral sex and a "golden ...

VIRGINIA -- Eila Ivonen is a "vihurit" within the Finnish community. Translated from Finnish: a whirlwind. Ivonen, of Virginia, a slender, spirited woman, has spent thousands of hours teaching and ...

Two soaring birds, dark metal images in perpetual flight over the grassy banks of Lake Worth, symbolize the journey of Finnish immigrants to Palm Beach County. Atop its red granite base in Lake ...

Klaus Haro takes a fourth stab at an Oscar nomination with his true story of a Soviet dissident who becomes a fencing teacher in rural Estonia. By Nick Holdsworth Klaus Haro is no stranger to the ...