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Tractors and peat faming machineries are lined up in Taisto Raussi's peat fields in Sippola, Finland, on September 22, 2020. - On a barren expanse of bog in southeast Finland the size of 180 football pitches, Taisto Raussi's yellow harvester hoovers up a thin layer of rich peat and deposits it into a heap, to be sold as fuel.nThe Nordic country is by far the EU's largest burner of peat and is mired in a divisive battle over the energy source which is more polluting than coal and can cause catastrophic environmental damage. (Photo by Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP)

Finland's muddy fight over super-polluting peat energy
LAHTI: Janne picks up strawberries in Lahti, Finland. Thousands of Finns have answered a desperate call from farmers to save the summer’s berry harvest, after coronavirus restrictions have kept many of the usual foreign pickers away. —AFP

Finns turn to berry-picking amid job losses
HELSINKI: The chairman of the National Coaltion Party and parliamentary candidate Petteri Orpo (center) speaks next to the Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness of European Commission Jyrki Katainen (left) and the Vice President of European Investment Bank Alexander Stubb during a campaign rally for the parliamentary elections yesterday. — AFP

Finland: From suicide hotspot to world's 'happiest country'
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