Domestic

An intense storm front ripped through southern and eastern Finland on Saturday evening, causing travel disruptions, power outages, and delays to performances at Helsinki’s Flow Festival. Strong winds gusting up to 30 metres per second, dozens of lightning strikes,…

Police now say 16 passengers on board a tourist bus were slightly injured when the drive became ill, and crashed into a tree on Helsinki’s Mannerheimintie on Wednesday morning. All the passengers on the bus were from Finland. Officials say the…

Have you ever wondered how much money political party leaders in Finland make? On top of their salaries for being members of parliament or government ministers, some parties also give bonuses to their chairpersons, according to a story in Uutisuomalainen…

Viking Line is enduring a second day of disruptions on the Helsinki to Tallinn ferry route. Today, several of the company’s scheduled FSTR catamaran services have been canceled: Helsinki – Tallinn: 08:00 and 13:00 departures; Tallinn – Helsinki: 10:30 and 15:30 departures. Viking…

Starting in 2018, Helsinki’s blue ribbon running events will be combined into one day. Races will include a marathon, half marathon, marathon relay, 5km street race, and a mini-marathon event for children, and take place on 19th May under a…

Former Chair of the Christian Democrat Party Päivi Räsänen says she is prepared to seriously consider a run to be President of Finland – if her party leadership requests it. The Christian Democrats currently have five MPs in parliament, including…

Finland’s national airline says it didn’t get any response from the goverment after it told them CEO Pekka Vauramo would be getting a sky-high extra pension worth €130,000. It’s the latest twist an an ongoing story that started when Finnair…

The fire department in Turku has issued a warning to residents up to five kilometres from a landfill fire, to stay inside due to the potential effects of harmful smoke from the blaze. The fire started on Wednesday afternoon in…

A large fire near Turku briefly threatened a biogas plant Wednesday afternoon, until dozens of fire fighters brought the blaze under control. Officials say the fire started in a 50-tonne pile of waste wood, which also contained other combustible materials,…

Three Finnish men have been injured and taken to hospital after a waterway crash on the Russian side of the border. The accident happened around 9:30am on Wednesday morning near the Pälli lock system on Lake Nuijamaa. Officials say an…