Officials at Helsinki Airport say that "all the processes were very smooth" on the first day of offering coronavirus tests for arriving passengers.
Public health...
A group of Finnish researchers have concluded that there's some significant benefits in combating coronavirus if people wear masks.
The independent analysis by the Get...
Two young entrepreneurs are set to launch a brand new bus service linking Helsinki and Turku with low-cost fares.
Twins Henri and Eero Autio are just 21-years...
Estonia's Minister of Administration Jaak Aab says his government will not support the privately-financed Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel initiative championed by a Finnish company.
FinEst Bay Area Development...
Finnish travel agency Aurinkomatkat is canceling all of its August holidays to Spain, Croatia and Turkey - with Croatia trips also canceled in September.
Aurinkomatkat...
The new episode of our summer Podkäst is available now wherever you listen to your podcast content.
On this week’s show Centre Party leader Katri Kulmuni talks about her summer 'listening...
Finnish Formula 1 racer Valtteri Bottas has clinched third place at the Hungarian Grand Prix which took place on Sunday.
It completes a 1-2-3 podium Finnish for...
The Formula One season got into gear again on Sunday, with the first race of the re-arranged schedule taking place in Austria.
Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas...
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...
Watching one industrial project after another trying to enter the Sámi homeland in Finland, I’ve started wondering whether companies and authorities understand that the...
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 new episode of our summer Podkäst is available now wherever you listen to your podcast content.
On this week’s show Centre Party leader Katri Kulmuni talks about her summer 'listening...
Organisers of the annual Blockfest music festival in Tampere have decided to cancel this year's event despite the improved coronavirus situation in Pirkanmaa region,...
After months of lockdown and coronavirus restrictions, Finland's museums are hoping for for a visitor boom in July.
There's already been a rise in the...
Officials at Helsinki Airport say that "all the processes were very smooth" on the first day of offering coronavirus tests for arriving passengers.
Public health...
A group of Finnish researchers have concluded that there's some significant benefits in combating coronavirus if people wear masks.
The independent analysis by the Get...
Finnish Customs and the National Bureau of Investigation have broken up what they describe as a "large-scale" drugs network which imported and distributed illegal...
Eastern Uusimaa Police say they've busted a large professionally-run cannabis farm in Kerava.
Investigators suspect that two people were behind the operation which may have...
Contact tracing app launches in test phase today
A new mobile phone application which helps public health officials track and trace cases of coronavirus is...
Officials at Helsinki Airport say that "all the processes were very smooth" on the first day of offering coronavirus tests for arriving passengers.
Public health...
Covid-19 testing for airport passengers - if needed
Passengers at Helsinki Airport are being offered coronavirus tests and health counselling from Monday - if the...
Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) married her long-term partner Markus Räikkönen on Saturday at a small ceremony at the PM's official Kesäranta residence in Helsinki.
The nuptials...
Estonia's Minister of Administration Jaak Aab says his government will not support the privately-financed Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel initiative championed by a Finnish company.
FinEst Bay Area Development...
People in Finland are becoming more open to the idea of globalisation, and the benefits of international trade and cooperation.
That's according to a new...
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...
Two young entrepreneurs are set to launch a brand new bus service linking Helsinki and Turku with low-cost fares.
Twins Henri and Eero Autio are just 21-years...
Laakso Health Centre in Helsinki is trialing a new brethalyser test to see if it gives a reliable coronavirus diagnosis.
The results are available in...
Finland is roasting this week as temperatures peaked on Thursday at 32.7°C in Kronoby in Ostrobothnia - between Jakobstad and Kokkola.
It's officially the hottest...
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...
Contact tracing app launches in test phase today
A new mobile phone application which helps public health officials track and trace cases of coronavirus is...
Officials at Helsinki Airport say that "all the processes were very smooth" on the first day of offering coronavirus tests for arriving passengers.
Public health...
