Helsinki - Competitors literally started to sweat Friday as qualifying rounds for the Sauna World Championships opened in the small town of Heinola, southern Finland.

Hopefuls - who have proved they have a clean bill of health - sit in the sauna where the temperature is about 110 degrees Centigrade. Every 30 seconds organizers throw about half a litre of water on the stove, generating plenty of steam - and humid heat.

The winner - in the men's and women's respective competition - will be known late Saturday.

Helsinki - Finland, current chair of the 56-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), expressed "serious concern" over the situation in South Ossetia in Georgia.

Helsinki - A small fire was extinguished early Wednesday at the building site of a nuclear power reactor at Olkiluoto, south- western Finland, officials said.

Helsinki  - The Finnish parliament Wednesday approved the Eur

Helsinki - Bioscientist Robert Langer of the United States on Wednesday won the Finni