Football fans in Lapland can look forward to European competition in 2014 after Rovaniemi Palloseura (RoPS) won the Finnish Cup final 2-1 against the Kuopio team KuPS on Saturday night in Helsinki.
RoPS won their second-ever Finnish Cup in front of 4,032 fans at Töölö's Sonera Stadium on Saturday. Aleksandr Kokko scored both goals including a penalty to give RoPS the win.
Their reward is a 30,000 cash prize, a trophy and a place in the 2014-15 Europa League. It will be the Laplanders' first foray into European competition since 1990.
A band of precipitation and wind brought strong thunderstorms to South and North Karelia, cutting off electricity and felling trees.
"I don't lead the Finns Party; I can't be watching over everyone," Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) said when asked about his main government partner.
Almost all respondents said that racism should not be allowed. However, it is unclear what is ultimately understood as racism, according to a survey carried out by Eva.
