EU's top economic official lashes out at IMF
The man in charge of the European Union's rescues of its debt-crippled countries has slammed the International Monetary Fund's criticism of the Greek ...

EU rejects IMF criticism on handling Greek crisis
Two of the main institutions in charge of managing Europe's debt crisis have clashed over whether mistakes were made in the handling of Greece's debt ...

Finnair removes painting on plane over plagiarism
Finnair says it will remove a Finnish artist's painting adorning one of its Airbus aircraft after the designer acknowledged she copied the theme of ...
Nokia unveils metallic smartphone, stock tumbles
Nokia Corp. on Tuesday unveiled its first Lumia smartphone with a metal cover, low-light camera features and new social network apps. But the new ...

Icy Arctic rising as economic, security hot spot
The icy Arctic is emerging as a global economic hot spot — and one that is becoming a security concern for the U.S. as world powers jockey to tap its ...

Russia shocked by France 2-1 at ice hockey worlds
Defending champion Russia was upset 2-1 by France, which shocked a team dominated by NHL and KHL players at hockey worlds on Thursday. Russia lost to ...

US beats Finland 4-1 at ice hockey worlds
Craig Smith had a hat trick and teenager John Gibson was stellar in net to lead the United States over host Finland 4-1 at the ice hockey world ...

Karzai: US gives funds to national security team
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that his national security team has been receiving payments from the U.S. government for the past 10 years.

Drugs found on Bieber tour bus in Sweden
The list of troubles linked to Justin Bieber's tour of Europe grew again after Swedish police said Thursday they had found drugs and a stun gun on the ...
US destocking dents earnings at Amer Sports in Q1
Sports equipment maker Amer Sports Corp., whose brands include Atomic, Salomon and Wilson, says first-quarter earnings fell 20 percent to 14.8 million ...

Nokia cuts losses but sales continue to plummet
Nokia continues to take a hammering in the smartphone market, with sales for the handset maker falling by 20 percent in the first three months of the ...

Putin on Finland's criminal blacklist by 'mistake'
Vladimir Putin, banned in Finland? Finnish police say the Russian president's name was mistakenly placed on a secret criminal register that could ...
Angry Birds maker sees profits surge
Mobile game developer Rovio Entertainment Ltd. says the popular Angry Birds franchise helped it double revenue in 2012, with net profit surging more ...
Finnish hotel seeks professional guest for 35 days
Fed up with the neighbors? Pipes burst in the kitchen? Or, you just want to get away from it all for a while? Hotel Finn in the heart of Helsinki ...
Former Finnish diplomat Max Jakobson dies
Max Jakobson, a former Finnish diplomat who helped shape his country's policy of neutrality during the Cold War, has died. He was 89. Jakobson was ...

Northug, Kowalczyk win cross-country races
Petter Northug of Norway dominated a men's 15-kilometer classical race Sunday to gain ground in the overall cross-country World Cup standings, while ...

Randall of US wins cross-country WCup sprint title
Kikkan Randall of the United States clinched the cross-country World Cup sprint title on Saturday by edging Norwegian world champion Marit Bjoergen ...

Randall clinches cross-country WCup sprint title
Kikkan Randall of the United States clinched the cross-country World Cup sprint title on Saturday by beating Norwegian world champion Marit Bjoergen ...

Quaint Finnish homes in Warsaw face destruction
Nearby the big city rumbles, but one feels almost transported to a quiet forest village when standing amid a colony of Finnish wooden houses in ...
Kidnapped Austrian says his captors demand ransom
An Austrian man held hostage in Yemen for two months has appealed to his government to save his life, saying his captors would kill him in a week if ...

Police track elusive figure in soccer match-fixing
At 5:45 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2011, when early risers would have been sipping espressos and buttering toast, a man dressed in black disembarked at Milan's ...
Finland halts tank parts from Russia to Syria
Finnish customs says it has intercepted a shipment of tank spare parts en route to Syria from Russia, suspecting it was in breach of a European Union ...

Much-investigated ref denies fixing soccer matches
It was in the final minutes of a June 2011 soccer game between Nigeria and Argentina when the little green flags on computer screens in London started ...

Arrested Singaporean reveals match-fixing secrets
When police arrested Wilson Raj Perumal in Finland, it didn't take long for him to realize that his criminal buddies had ratted him out. He's been ...
Blue Jackets hire 1st European as NHL GM
The Columbus Blue Jackets hurried to make history. Just more than 24 hours after firing Scott Howson, they announced the hiring of Jarmo Kekalainen ...