But intensive logging in this part of Finland has started to threaten the work and culture of this group.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

In the ancient forests of the Lapland area of Finland, many people in the Sami native group make a living raising reindeer.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Finland's forestry agency cuts down trees that are very old because they earn the most money.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

He will now travel to Oulu,Finland for the Air Guitar World Championships starting August nineteenth.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

In the latest test, the countries with the best readers were South Korea and Finland.

VOA: special.2010.12.16

Later,they were given to the national museum in Helsinki,Finland, where they remain today.

VOA: special.2011.03.30

She said she chose "Ayn" after the name of a writer from Finland.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

In Helsinki, Finland she sang for the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Such campaigns are already in place in Britain, Japan and Finland.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

Some experts say only five percent of Finland's old-growth forest remains.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Mister Rowan later was appointed ambassador to Finland.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

before topping Finland to win the gold. Poile hopes the 30th anniversary of that win will inspire the team.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"The nations that lead everybody in math and science education are Finland and the Scandinavian countries and we are well behind.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

So,at the age of 24, the Kenyan got a ticket to Finland to learn how to cross country ski.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

It notes three out of 1,000 children under age five die in Iceland, Sweden and Finland compared to in Sierra Leone.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

"Actually all the countries are going really well, we're running out." "Finland,USA I've sold out three times.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

Russia,Czech Republic,Slovakia and Latvia in Group B, and Sweden,Finland, Belarus and Germany in Group C.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

it was U.S. and Canada and in Torino [2006 it was Sweden and Finland.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

Because some of the countries competing in Vancouver border the Arctic Circle, Michael Kusugak says similar stories can be found in Russia,Mongolia,Finland, Sweden and other nations.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

Tournament director Michalak says wherever it stared, the sport is now governed by the Professional Disc Golf Association, which includes countries like Finland, France, Germany, and Spain.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Sweden beat Switzerland,3-0, and in Sunday's late game, Finland topped Russia,5-1.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Researcher Katariina Kallio of the University of Turku in Finland says her study on teenagers extends previous research, which found cardiovascular damage in grown-ups who breathed in other peoples' smoke.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Earlier,Finland defeated Sweden, 3-2 to take the bronze medal.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

Just over two weeks after the start of the German invasion in the west, Soviet troops entered Poland in the east and later occupied the Baltic states as well as parts of Finland and Romania.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

A little farther down Granville Street is the Granville Sports Corner shop, a small,dimly lighted shop with every centimeter from floor to ceiling crammed with commemorative team gear not just Canada, but also Switzerland,Germany, the Czech Republic, the United States and Finland.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

"I met a blonde man and he said, 'That's a very interesting word.' And I said, 'What word is that?' And he said, 'Kiviuq!' And I said,' What do you mean?' And he said, 'We have a word just like that.' And I said, 'Where are you from?' And he said,'Finland,' Canada's Northern House exhibit is open throughout the Games.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19