Finland International

Finland and China are marking 70 years of diplomatic relations this month, but the anniversary comes with a diplomatic bump in the road, as Europe considers the balance of its relationship with the Asian economic powerhouse around issues like…

America’s long road to the 2020 presidential election finally comes to a climax on Tuesday 3rd November – although as many as half of the ballots are likely to be cast in advance of election day itself. The nation faces…

Hundreds of British nationals have lodged applications to change their immigration status in Finland since the Immigration Service Migri opened the process at the beginning of October – but the process itself still raises a lot of questions among…

Two foreign students from Namibia, who were the victims of a racist assault in September 2018, have finally seen their attackers convicted. A 35-year old Finnish man was sentenced to six months in prison for his part in the attack,…

The governments of Finland and Latvia have signed an agreement to jointly develop a new armoured vehicle together with Finland’s state-owned Patria Land Oy. The new prototype Patria 6×6 will have armoured personnel carrier and command and control variants, and…

Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) has called on Russia to cooperate in an investigation about the use of the novichok chemical agent, as EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg agree to impose sanctions on Russia over the incident. EU countries…

Negotiators from Russia and the USA are in Helsinki today to continue their talks on nuclear arms control. The negotiations to potentially reduce the number and type of nuclear weapons held by each country began in Vienna in the summer…

British nationals living in Finland who want to apply for permanent residence will be charged €48, according to the Immigration Service Migri. Anyone who has already lived in Finland for five years is eligible to apply for the new permanent…

Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) is attending a special European Council meeting in Brussels on 1st and 2nd October – and rather unusually she’ll be representing both Finland and Sweden. That’s because Sweden’s PM Stefan Löfven is unable to attend, as the…

Finnish students in Scotland have been caught up in a coronavirus lockdown, and threatened with expulsion from university if they’re caught breaking the rules. The warnings – and on-the-spot police fines – come as 60% of all new coronavirus cases…