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Finland - encyclopedia article about Finland. (5313 words) |
 | The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bounded by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. |
| The judicial system of Finland is divided between courts with regular civil and criminal jurisdiction and administrative courts with responsibility for litigation between the individuals and the administrative organs of the state and the communities. |
| The climate in Southern Finland is a northern temperate climate. |
| Elections in Finland - definition of Elections in Finland in Encyclopedia (374 words) |
| An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. |
| Finland has a multi-party system, with three strong parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. |
| Elections were last held on March 16, 2003 and the next ones will be held in 2007. |
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