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People watch the annual Air Force flyover on Israel's 69th Independence Day in Jerusalem on May 2, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 14, 2018, 6:14 pm
Israel is 11th happiest nation in the world; US slides to 18th
Jewish state maintains its high ranking on list of 156 countries for fifth successive year, but gets less praise for attitude to migrants; Finland tops list, PA is at 104
By TOI staff and AP
Palestinian children hold bread patties during a protest against aid cuts, outside the United Nations' offices in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 28, 2018. (SAID KHATIB/AFP)
February 10, 2018, 12:56 am
UN agency for Palestinian refugees fundraises after US cuts
President Trump said last month that the Palestinians must return to peace talks in order to receive American aid money
By Edith M. Lederer
An armed police officer stands guard at the Turku Market Square in the Finnish city of Turku where several people were stabbed on August 18, 2017.( AFP PHOTO / Lehtikuva / Roni Lehti )
February 7, 2018, 6:21 pm
Finnish knife attacker who killed two identified with IS, police say
Asylum seeker Abderrahman Bouanane, who last year went on stabbing rampage in Turku, said to have acted alone, reacted to Syria bombardments
By JARI TANNER
Men of the Finnish Waffen-SS return home in 1943 (Wikimedia/Creative Commons)
January 24, 2018, 5:27 pm
Finland to probe troops’ alleged role in the Holocaust
Inquiry launched following discovery of written testimony by a Finnish Waffen-SS officer, who described murdering Jews in Ukraine
By JTA
Finnish educator Marja-Kristiina (second from right) and ICEI director Don Futterman in an Israeli classroom. (Courtesy Ilan Spira)
January 20, 2018, 8:59 am
For classroom success, import the Finnish method, says Israeli group
The Israel Center for Educational Innovation compares notes with a Finnish education professor, and laments that the Jewish state gives 'lip service' to good education for all
By Jessica Steinberg
Picture taken on December 21, 2016 shows Jesse Torniainen (C), a member of the Finnish neo-Nazi group Finnish Resistance Movement (FRM), during his trial at the District Court in Helsinki, Finland. (AFP/Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen)
November 30, 2017, 9:33 pm
Finland bans neo-Nazi group for being racist, violent
Senior police officer says decision to outlaw Nordic Resistance Movement sends message hate 'has no place in Finnish society'
By AP
Candles and flowers are left at the makeshift memorial by well wishers for the victims of Friday's stabbings at the Turku Market Square, Finland on August 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen)
August 21, 2017, 5:47 pm
Israel condemns Finland terror stabbing, expresses ‘shock’
Foreign Ministry conveys condolences, 'solidarity' with victims of Friday attack in port city of Turku
By TOI staff and AFP
Candles and flowers are left at the makeshift memorial by well wishers for the victims of Friday's stabbings at the Turku Market Square, Finland on August 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen)
August 21, 2017, 2:03 pm
Finnish court identifies Turku stabbing suspect
Deadly stabbing spree carried out by Abderrahman Mechkah, 18, is being probed as the country's first-ever terror attack
By AFP
Hassan Zubier wipes his face as he visits Turku Market Square in Turku, Finland, August 20, 2017. (Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva via AP)
August 21, 2017, 12:20 am
Man who fought Finland stabber leaves hospital to pay respects
British paramedic, injured as he tried to help a woman fatally wounded, attends memorial for two killed by attacker in Turku
By AFP
Rescue personnel cordon off the area at the Turku Market Square in the Finnish city of Turku where several people were stabbed on August 18, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Lehtikuva / Roni Lehti)
August 19, 2017, 11:45 am
Police investigating Finland stabbing as terror attack
Officials say suspect in assault that left two dead, eight injured is a Moroccan asylum seeker who specifically targeted women
By AFP
A video grab taken from Twitter on August 18, 2017 shows officials standing in a street in the Finnish city of Turku where several people were stabbed. (Juha Riihimaki/AFP)
August 18, 2017, 6:14 pm
Two dead, six injured in Finland stabbing spree
Police shoot suspect and arrest him after attack in city of Turku, officers searching for possible accomplice
By AFP
Picture taken on December 21, 2016 shows Jesse Torniainen (C), a member of the Finnish neo-Nazi group Finnish Resistance Movement (FRM), during his trial at the District Court in Helsinki, Finland. (AFP/Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen)
December 31, 2016, 3:21 am
Finnish neo-Nazi jailed for 2 years over assault
Jesse Torniainen, 26, kicked anti-racism protester in the chest, ultimately leading to his death a week later
By AFP
Participants demonstrate against racism and fascism in Helsinki, Finland on September 24, 2016. AFP/Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa)
September 24, 2016, 5:12 pm
15,000 march in Finland anti-racism protest
Thousands more demonstrate across the country against far-right extremism and violence
By AFP
A group of men calling themselves the ‘Soldiers of Odin, a’ Finnish group claiming to protect locals from asylum seekers, February 5, 2016. (AFP/Sam Kingsley)
February 10, 2016, 9:53 pm
Finland’s neo-Nazis face off against pro-refugee huggers
Women's group tries to counter 'Soldiers of Odin,' who patrol streets claiming to protect Finns from 'Islamic intruders'
By Anne Kauranen
Migrants and refugees walk past a tree after crossing into Serbia via the Macedonian border near the village of Miratovac on January 28, 2016. (AFP / ARMEND NIMANI)
January 28, 2016, 10:56 pm
Sweden, Finland to deport tens of thousands of migrants
Stockholm could send back as many as 80,000 people; Helsinki to reject two-thirds of 32,000 aslyum seekers who arrived this year
By Pia OHLIN
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