HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea may not be a security risk to Nordic countries, though environmental concerns remain, officials say.

HELSINKI, Finland, June 3 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived Wednesday in Finland to lobby for the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea, Moscow said.

ROME, March 26 (UPI) -- A top U.N. official met Wednesday with Pope Benedict XVI and Italian leaders in Rome to talk about climate change, religion and the poor.

HELSINKI, Finland, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- Helsinki Energy director Peter Manninen said the company is considering a switch from coal to wood chips at one of the company's power plants.

Finland criticizes EU's energy road map; Russia, Bulgaria to hold energy talks; France inks nuclear deals with Gulf states

BRUSSELS, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Norway has surplus funds for defense

BERLIN, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- What may turn into a Cold War-like resource conflict started quietly, with a vehicle called "Peace 1" some 2,500 miles below the North Pole. The Mir 1 miniature submarine, manned with three Russian scientists, on Aug. 2 planted a titanium capsule with a Russian flag into the seabed -- a symbol for Russia’s controversial claim of the vast resources that are believed to be stored below it.

HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Controversy over the use of genetically-modified pig feed has Finland’s farmers union calling for voluntary labeling of food produced using GM ingredients.

HELSINKI, Finland, March 18 (UPI) -- The political fate of Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen was in the hands of his country's 4.3 million voters Sunday.