Helsinki Times

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Helsinki Times
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Type Online newspaper
Editor Alexis Kouros
Founded2007
Ceased publication2015 (print)
Headquarters Helsinki
Website www.helsinkitimes.fi OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Helsinki Times is the first English-language daily online newspaper in Finland providing domestic and international news for the country's English-speaking readers. A weekly printed edition was issued between 2007 and 2015.

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History

Helsinki Times one-year anniversary advertisement on a Helsinki Tram in 2008 Helsinki Times 2008.jpg
Helsinki Times one-year anniversary advertisement on a Helsinki Tram in 2008

Helsinki Times was established in April 2007 by Iranian-born doctor, writer, journalist and director Alexis Kouros, who settled in Finland in 1990. [1] A paper version was published in tabloid format [2] and was eventually discontinued in February 2015. [3]

The website has republished articles from the People's Daily , the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. [4] In 2020, the Helsinki Times published an article from the People's Daily which included a conspiracy theory about the origins of COVID-19. [4] The Helsinki Times said the "barter-exchange" arrangement with the People's Daily was an attempt to balance western media coverage which it said was "at times extremely one-sided and biased". [4]

In March 2025, Kouros announced that the Helsinki Times had been acquired by an unspecificed "international media company." [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ English Supplement Archived 14 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine Helsinki Info. Issue 6. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Newspapers and News Magazines - Europe". Infocobuild. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Pietiläinen, Tuomo (10 February 2015). "'Emme halunneet myydä propagandalehdeksi' – Helsinki Times lopettaa paperiversionsa". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Kinetz, Erika (15 February 2021). "Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID, China took leading role". Associated Press . Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021. On Feb. 22, People's Daily ran a report highlighting speculation that the U.S. military brought the virus to China, pushing the story globally through inserts in newspapers such as the Helsinki Times in Finland and the New Zealand Herald.
  5. ↑ Alexis (31 March 2025). "From SixDegrees to Helsinki Times: passing the torch after two decades in Finnish media". Helsinki Times. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
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