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Hello Espoo – a friendly welcome to the city

Espoo has established a new web portal for foreigners looking to move to the city, with step-by-step guides containing all the advice they need...
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Espoo’s Independence Day concert celebrates 20 years

News from Espoo

Free sports gets young people moving

News from Espoo

Buses spark a silent transport revolution

News from Espoo

Espoo project brings early child development back home

News from Espoo

POLITICS

HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

Domestic

Poll: Finns – mostly young people – have doubts about coronavirus vaccine

A new survey by MTV News finds a large number of Finns have doubts about getting a coronavirus vaccine, with just over a third...
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Domestic

THL: Quarter of all coronavirus infections in speakers of foreign languages

The Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare THL says that a quarter of all Covid-19 infections in the country have been detected in people...
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New capital region covid restrictions come into force

Domestic
New restrictive measures to slow the spread of coronavirus are being introduced Monday  in the capital city region. Joint action by Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and...

PM: State of emergency one step closer as coronavirus cases rise again

Domestic
Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) says the continued rise in coronavirus cases in Finland is bringing the government closer to enacting emergency powers to help curb...

ECONOMY & BUSINESS

Economy & Business

Alko sales increased in November

New figures show the number of liters of alcohol sold in Alko stores during November increased 5% compared with the previous year. There's been a...
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Economy & Business

Stockmann will sell flagship Helsinki store to pay debts

Finnish retailer Stockmann plans to sell its flagship Helsinki department store, as well as stores in Tallinn and Riga, to pay off some of...
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Stora Enso investing €14 million in Kotka mill facility

Economy & Business
Stora Enso is set to invest €14 million building a new specialist plant at the Sunila Mill in Kotka. The new facility will make it...

Espresso House offers new ‘Netflix’-style unlimited drinks option

Economy & Business
One of the biggest coffee shop chains in Finland, Espresso House, is launching the Nordic region's first an all-you-can-drink option for customers - which...

SPORT

Sport

Young Lions enter ‘ice bubble’ after slippery start to Canada world champs journey

Finland's u20 men's ice hockey team have arrived in Edmonton Canada to enter a coronavirus 'bubble' ahead of this year's World Championship Tournament. But the...
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Sport

WATCH: Spectacular last gasp goal seals Helmarit win in Scotland

A last gasp goal in the 95th minute of the game sealed victory for the Finnish women's national football team 0-1 against Scotland in...
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Valtteri Bottas salutes medical crews after Grosjean’s Bahrain F1 crash

Sport
Finnish Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas has praised the reactions of race officials and medical crews after a dramatic crash on the first lap of...

Huuhkajat arrive in Wales for crucial decider without key players

Sport
The Finnish men's national football team arrived in Wales on Monday ahead of a crunch match, without their captain at the helm, or two...

COLUMNISTS & EDITORIAL

Domestic

Ahtisaari Day celebrated for 10th time this year

The national Ahtisaari Day, named after former Finnish president and Nobel Peace Laureat Martti Ahtisaari, is behing held in Finland for the 10th time and...
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Columnists

Ted Urho column: Celebrating the Swedish king who fell off his horse in Germany

Being a Swedish-speaking Finn means you’re just like everyone else, but at the same time not. In my language it’s known as being finlandssvensk,...
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Pirita Näkkäläjärvi column: Sámi homeland, a scarce resource

Columnists
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...

Pirita Näkkäläjärvi column: Stereotypes keep minorities “in their place”

Columnists
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...

ARTS & CULTURE

Arts & Culture

€17 million coronavirus grants for orchestras, museums and theatres

Finland's arts and culture sector, hard hit by the downturn in visitors and events during the coronavirus crisis this year, is getting a €17...
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Economy & Business

Espresso House offers new ‘Netflix’-style unlimited drinks option

One of the biggest coffee shop chains in Finland, Espresso House, is launching the Nordic region's first an all-you-can-drink option for customers - which...
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Finnish truffle hunters strike black gold with fungus harvest

News Now Original
When Labradors Noora and Neea put their specially-trained noses to work, they're striking black gold in southwest Finland - but this black gold isn't...

Ted Urho column: Celebrating the Swedish king who fell off his horse in Germany

Columnists
Being a Swedish-speaking Finn means you’re just like everyone else, but at the same time not. In my language it’s known as being finlandssvensk,...

HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

Domestic

Poll: Finns – mostly young people – have doubts about coronavirus vaccine

A new survey by MTV News finds a large number of Finns have doubts about getting a coronavirus vaccine, with just over a third...
Read more
Domestic

THL: Quarter of all coronavirus infections in speakers of foreign languages

The Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare THL says that a quarter of all Covid-19 infections in the country have been detected in people...
Read more

New capital region covid restrictions come into force

Domestic
New restrictive measures to slow the spread of coronavirus are being introduced Monday  in the capital city region. Joint action by Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and...

PM: State of emergency one step closer as coronavirus cases rise again

Domestic
Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) says the continued rise in coronavirus cases in Finland is bringing the government closer to enacting emergency powers to help curb...

CRIME

Crime

MTV News: Police investigating far-right plot to target minister, prosecutor

The National Bureau of Investigations NBI says it is investigating a "serious and wide-ranging" plot by far-right activists to carry out criminal offenses "against...
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Crime

Police investigate Oulu councilor’s video broadcast

Police in Oulu say they’re investigating a suspected incident of threatening language and defamation by city councilor Junes Lokka. The alleged incident took place during the time of...
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Four-month sentence for man who threatened Maria Ohisalo

Crime
A man who threatened Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo (Green) on social media has been convicted, and sentenced to a four-month suspended sentence. It means he...

Crosshairs: Accused man apologises in court for online harassment of interior minister

Crime
A 30-year old man has apologised in court on Tuesday, for online posts he made about Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo (Green). The comments came on...

DOMESTIC

Domestic

Morning headlines: Wednesday 27th January 2021

Sanna Marin holds first talks with new Estonian prime minister Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has held her first video call with the new Estonian...
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Domestic

Morning headlines: Monday 25th January 2021

Haavisto joins EU meeting with Russia on the agenda Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) joins his EU colleagues in Brussels today for the first Foreign...
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Morning headlines: Monday 18th January 2021

Domestic
PM calls for release of Russian opposition politician Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has joined other EU leaders in calling for the release of Russian...

Morning headlines: Friday 15th January 2020

Domestic
Cold snap continues across the country  A cold front with some extremely chilly temperatures continues across most of central, southern and eastern Finland on Friday...

FINLAND INTERNATIONAL

Finland International

Sanna Marin holds first talks with new Estonian prime minister

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has held her first video call with the new Estonian PM Kaja Kallas who took office on Tuesday. The pair...
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Finland International

Across Our Region: Top stories from the last seven days

Hej! Tere! Sveiki! Halló! If you're a regular News Now Finland reader then hopefully you're well-versed in all the news that's happening here at home....
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Across Our Region: Top stories from the last seven days

Finland International
Hej! Tere! Sveiki! Halló! If you're a regular News Now Finland reader then hopefully you're well-versed in all the news that's happening here at home....

Finland to slash Afghanistan troop deployment

Finland International
The Finnish Defence Forces says its cutting the number of troops deployed to Afghanistan, with two-thirds set to come home. There are currently 60 Finnish...

EXPERT BLOGGERS

Expert Bloggers

Analysis: Russia’s western heliport near Finland’s coast

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...
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Expert Bloggers

Analysis: A dawn raid in the Archipelago

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...
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Analysis: Finland’s Basic Income Experiment

Expert Bloggers
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...

Analysis: Finland Goes Missile Shopping

Expert Bloggers
By Robin Häggblom In the shadow of the HX-fighter competition, the state of the ground based air defences in Finland has again appeared in the...

STARTUPS & TECH

Startups & Tech

More than 2.5 million downloads help break coronavirus infection chains

Finland's coronavirus track and trace app Koronavilkku has now been downloaded more than 2.5 million times since it was release on 1st September, and...
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Startups & Tech

Working from home? Sales of laptops increasing year-on-year

As many people settle in for a longer period of working from home in Finland - the government recommends doing this where possible until...
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One giant leap for Nokia, as telecoms company lands lunar contract

Economy & Business
The US space agency NASA has announced $14.1 million funding (€12 million) for Nokia to build a 4G communication network on the moon. It was...

Koronavilkku app now available in English for Android and iPhone

Startups & Tech
The Koronavilkku track and trace app has released a new update, adding English to the existing Finnish and Swedish language options. Although many Android and...

WEATHER

Domestic

Agency: Finland one of the few European countries protecting citizens from air pollution

A new scientific study from the European Environment Agency finds that Finland is one of the few European countries protecting citizens from air pollution. In...
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News Now Original

GALLERY: Winter is around the corner

Winter is coming, but it will be a bit late. Sometime soon most if not all of Finland should get a covering of snow,...
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Finland’s all-time November heat record broken

Weather
It’s already been a mild start to November, and in one part of the country the national heat record has been broken. The temperature at...

Ready for winter driving? Police offer seasonal advice for motorists

Weather
With frosty mornings back on the calendar, police are offering some seasonal safety tips for motorists as road conditions turn more wintry. Vehicle windshields need...

LATEST

Finland International

Sanna Marin holds first talks with new Estonian prime minister

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has held her first video call with the new Estonian PM Kaja Kallas who took office on Tuesday. The pair...
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Domestic

Morning headlines: Wednesday 27th January 2021

Sanna Marin holds first talks with new Estonian prime minister Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has held her first video call with the new Estonian...
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Domestic

Morning headlines: Monday 25th January 2021

Haavisto joins EU meeting with Russia on the agenda Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) joins his EU colleagues in Brussels today for the first Foreign...
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Domestic

Morning headlines: Monday 18th January 2021

PM calls for release of Russian opposition politician Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has joined other EU leaders in calling for the release of Russian...
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Videos

GALLERY: Discovering Finland’s urban wildlife residents

How well do you know your neighbours? No, not your human neighbours, but the other animals that share our cities, towns and villages with...
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