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Angela Merkel is set to be awarded the Finnish Government’s first ever gender equality prize today, although she won’t actually be attending the Tampere ceremony to collect it in person. Prime Minister Juha Sipilä (Centre) and Tampere Mayor Anna-Kaisa Ikonen (NCP) will both be…

Finnish scientists, entrepreneurs and government initiatives are taking the country on a rocket ride into orbit, but approaching the journey in very different ways. Now, people working in different parts of Finland’s growing space industries are hoping a new ‘space…

Forecasters in Finland have issued an extreme weather warning for much of the country, as temperatures plunge close to -30°C this week. And in a once-in-every-30-years phenomenon, we’re likely to see temperatures stay below -20°C even into next month. "We have…

The Finnish government marks a milestone today, one thousand days on the job with Juha Sipilä (Centre) as Prime Minister. Compared to some recent previous Finnish governments, that’s positively ancient. Alexander Stubb was Prime Minister for just about 11 months before leading…

Finland is suffering from a seasonal ailment. Not the flu, but an acute case of industrial strife. It’s not hard to notice strikes, threats of strikes, overtime boycotts, employee lock-outs, work-to-rule-threats and wage hike demands from unions making almost daily…

A former soldier from the Czech Republic has been convicted of murdering Scottish tour guide Rebecca Johnson in Enontekiö in December 2016. Karel Frybl – who was in a long term relationship with Johnson and went by the name Radek…

The last time anyone saw Osama Jebari alive was a Saturday night at the end of January. The following morning Finns would go to the polls to elect their president. But at Joutseno Detention Centre near Lappeenranta it was just another…

Finland is missing out on tens of millions of euros in tax revenues each year from legal cannabis sales, but it’s a topic the country’s main political parliamentary groups aren’t about to tackle any time soon. Instead, discussions about drugs…

Finland’s two hundred members of parliament get back to work today after the Christmas break, with a busy legislative agenda ahead. The holiday season was punctuated by a presidential election, and industrial action against the so-called ‘active model’ to reduce…

Thousands of people gathered in Helsinki’s Senate Square today, to protest against the government’s so-called ‘active model’ for tackling unemployment. The event was organised by trade unions, who called for a day of action with strikes. But if their aim…