Finland must rectify injustices committed against the indigenous Sami people, a truth and reconciliation commission said on Thursday as it finalised a report after four years' work. The commission ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earlier this month, the Finnish government released its Truth and Reconciliation report, which documents years of harm done to the ...

(The Conversation) — In May 2025, Tapio Luoma, archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, delivered an apology to the Sámi, the only recognized Indigenous people in the European Union.

Meet the Sámi, an Indigenous community still thriving in the Sápmi region, which today encompasses Norway, Sweden, Finland, and northwest Russia. In this week’s podcast episode of Lost Cultures: ...

Special nurseries are helping the Sámi people in Finland to bring their almost-lost language back from the brink of extinction. It's -8C (17.6 F) and snowing heavily, but in Inari, a village in ...

When artist Tia Keobounpheng jumped onto Zoom from Finland, north of the Arctic Circle, it looked like the middle of the day, but it was actually evening. "It gets darker but it never gets dark," ...

UTSJOKI, Finland — It was well past midnight when Mihkku Laiti appeared on stage to perform at an open-air music festival in the Finnish village of Utsjoki, north of the Arctic circle. Despite the ...

'It is clear to me that an apology must be made,' Petteri Orpo said - Copyright Lehtikuva/AFP Markku Ulander 'It is clear to me that an apology must be made,' Petteri ...