Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has been forced to order the release of papers that show how an expert committee handled coronavirus deliberations, after being...
The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare THL says there were no new coronavirus-related deaths reported in Finland on Friday.
The total number of people...
The team of public health experts monitoring the government's hybrid strategy of slowly easing restrictions says the coronavirus epidemic continues to slow down compared...
The Government has unveiled new guidelines for older people during the coronavirus crisis, stressing a flexible individual approach to keeping them safe.
These new instructions...
Researchers at the University of Helsinki are investigating whether dogs' sense of smell could be a faster and more accurate test for coronavirus.
Scientists from...
The number of summer jobs available this year in Finland has dropped compared to the year before.
According to the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade...
The majority of Finns say that although they accept there's gloomy economic times ahead, they're in agreement that there needs to be some exceptional...
Finland's semi-professional floorball league is being rebranded and given a new identity as F-Liiga.
The new brand incorporates 30 clubs with 16 women's teams and...
Finland's grass pitches stand idle. The basketball courts are empty. The ice rinks have melted.
Pro sports is caught in the middle of unprecedented restrictions...
Finnish Member of Parliament and a former comedian Pirkka-Pekka Petelius (Green)
apologised this week to the Sámi people for his offensive 'drunken Sámi' TV sketches.
Petelius...
As the party line-up of the new Finnish government and its policy program was formally announced on Monday, the fiscally conservative right, who for...
There are two versions of autonomy within Finland: the region of the Åland Islands between Finland and Sweden is autonomous; and the indigenous people...
The Turku Exhibition Centre has come up with an imaginative summer programme to bring audiences together for concerts, cinema, comedy and karaoke - but...
Overture.
Opera singer Karita Mattila is as energetic on the telephone as you would imagine from scrolling through her up-beat Twitter feed.
"Oh no! I've called...
The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare THL says there were no new coronavirus-related deaths reported in Finland on Friday.
The total number of people...
The team of public health experts monitoring the government's hybrid strategy of slowly easing restrictions says the coronavirus epidemic continues to slow down compared...
The Government has unveiled new guidelines for older people during the coronavirus crisis, stressing a flexible individual approach to keeping them safe.
These new instructions...
Researchers at the University of Helsinki are investigating whether dogs' sense of smell could be a faster and more accurate test for coronavirus.
Scientists from...
Helsinki Police are investigating a scammer targeting foreigners and offering them bogus apartment rentals in the capital city.
Authorities have taken the unusual step of...
Police in Eastern Finland have launched a formal preliminary investigation into the Kallionsydän nursing home in Kiuruvesi where at least 11 elderly people have...
The trial gets underway at Turku District Court today in the case of a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend.
Military conscript Milla Aronen, 21, was...
Three Finnish companies have started large-scale manufacturing of protective face masks this week.
Ministers announced on Wednesday that Filterpak, Lifa Air and Teho Filter are...
Unemployment numbers almost doubled in April
The Ministry of Employment and Economy has published new figures which show the number of registered unemployed jobseekers at...
Here’s our evening round-up of the latest coronavirus news from Finland:
Latest virus numbers and new heatmap from THL
Confusion & delays for restaurants...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is bringing repatriation flights to an end, after returning 3,227 tourists back to Finland or their home countries in...
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö has used the launch of his Kultaranta summer discussion event to criticise the idea of bailing out eurozone countries during the...
Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde says she's concerned that travelers from her country might not be allowed to travel freely to other Nordic countries as...
By Robin Häggblom
Russia built a heliport on Gogland .
Russian news agency TASS provided some details. A Mi-26, the Soviet C-130 sized helicopter, flew in...
By Robin Häggblom
The day started with what sounded like a rare but not unique message on Twitter by the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation:
The current search...
By Simo Raittila
Finnland's basic income experiment will end – as planned.
In recent days there have been some news sites claiming that the Finnish basic...
A Porvoo software company is urging the government to take more care with cyber security, and perhaps switch even casual communications between ministers to...
This year's Slush startup event, set to be held in November, has been canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Organisers made the announcement on...
New data released by tech giant Google shows how peoples' movement has been affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
The COVID-19 Communities Mobility Report for Finland...
A storm system moving into southern and central areas of Finland on Wednesday brings with it high winds, rain, sleet and snow.
The Finnish Meteorological...
Warm winter temperatures in January mean that many parts of Finland saw new weather records being set.
According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute January was...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is bringing repatriation flights to an end, after returning 3,227 tourists back to Finland or their home countries in...
Three Finnish companies have started large-scale manufacturing of protective face masks this week.
Ministers announced on Wednesday that Filterpak, Lifa Air and Teho Filter are...
Unemployment numbers almost doubled in April
The Ministry of Employment and Economy has published new figures which show the number of registered unemployed jobseekers at...
