FITCHBURG — Finnish is often regarded as one of the most difficult languages to learn, those looking to learn it will now have an opportunity in a fun, encouraging setting. This fall, the Finnish ...

The Greens' latest policy programme on immigration calls for immigrants to study Finland’s official languages, Finnish or Swedish, more intensively. The party wants to light a fire under newcomers by ...

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FITCHBURG – While Finnish may be a difficult language to learn, instructor Saija Laurla’s says her classes are always fun and interesting, and she is excited to welcome the community to classes this ...

While most Finns are willing to help immigrants learn Finnish or Swedish, the study shows that over 90 percent expect newcomers to learn one of the country’s national languages. Finnish people show ...

This makes learning Finnish already considerably less of a challenge for an Estonian than for most others (and vice versa). The two languages share many cognates, though pitfalls also include the ...

For the second year in a row, Finland has been named the world’s happiest country (while the U.S. barely broke the top 20, ranked at 19th). What makes the Finnish so happy? Well, you might just have ...

Samiuela benefited from the international environment of the ICE programme and enjoyed the diverse backgrounds and views represented by the students and teachers. For him, Finland is paradise. However ...

Thanks to a new set of reforms focused on interdisciplinary learning, Finnish students can say goodbye to subject-area classes like math and language arts—at least for a few weeks each year. Starting ...