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Decision Day For EU Institutions A secret vote in Brussels today will decide which European city will become the new home of the prestigious European Medicines Agency. Helsinki has bid for it, but is considered an unlikely option. Nineteen cities…

Catch up with the original journalism, columnists, and stories you might have missed on News Now Finland during the last 7 days: Monday: Pirita Näkkäläjärvi Column: Sámi Of The Year Matti Vanhanen Hospitalised, Presidential Campaigning Paused Porvoo Stabbing Leave 3-year-old Dead: French Father in Custody Tuesday: Climate…

Exam Results Day More than 37,000 students across Finland will find out how they did in autumn matriculation exams today. Results were published at midnight and students can get the results from their own high school. This round of exams…

Parliament’s Budget Debate Opposition politicians will debate next year’s budget proposals in parliament this afternoon, presenting their alternative budget ideas – which several parties unveiled yesterday. For example, the Left Alliance accuses the government of complicating the lives of low-income…

Porvoo Police Question Murder Suspect Police in Porvoo will today begin questioning a 40-year-old man being held for the stabbing death of his 3-year-old child. The French national was apprehended in a school play park on Monday morning, after the…

Overnight Search for Silja Serenade Passenger Search and rescue efforts were launched overnight to find a passenger who fell overboard from a passenger ferry in the Baltic Sea. The Silja Serenade raised the alarm around 02:00, when they informed Turku…

Helsinki’s western metro extension into Espoo, Länsimetro, has finally got a start date after years of delays and millions of euros in cost overruns. This morning, officials announced Saturday 18th November as the first day that the line will be…

MV-Lehti Court Decision A court in Andorra will decide today whether to extradite MV-Lehti publisher Ilja Janitskin to Finland. He is currently under house arrest awaiting the decision. Janitskin has been sentenced in absentia in Finland for evading custody, after…

Independence Day Invitations Did you check the post this morning? The first batch of invitations for the annual independence day celebration at the Presidential Palace have been sent out. This year marks Finland’s 100th anniversary of independence, so the reception…

Jokela Shooting Anniversary Today marks the 10th anniversary of a shooting at Jokela high school. Eighteen year old student gunman Eric-Pekka Auvinen killed eight people before turning the gun on himself, after a 30 minute rampage where he fired dozens…