Domestic

A man who was hunting a bear in Central Ostrobothia has been mauled by the animal, and left in a serious condition in hospital. According to local police the man was with a hunting party on Thursday morning, on the…

Finns are stressed about climate change – they’re also interested, hopeful, frustrated, interested and feeling inadequate. A new survey carried out for Sitra, the Finnish Fund for Innovation, asked more than 2000 people for a word to describe their feeling…

Analysis: Niinistö, Putin and the low energy visit Dull, boring, scripted and uninspiring – are all words that could reasonably be used to describe the set-piece visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Finland on Wednesday, hosted by Finnish President Sauli Niinistö….

The Ministry of Education has revealed its latest move in the fight against internet grooming. A special fund of up to €1 million is being established to raise awareness of internet grooming, particularly among pre-and-primary pupils. The money will be allocated…

Almost half of people in Finland – 47% – oppose taking in migrants who are rescued in the Mediterranean, according to a new poll in Rural Future newspaper. The survey asked more than a thousand people what their views were…

Human rights protesters are highlighting the bleak situation in Russia, and staging a protest to coincide with the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Finnish capital. Dozens of protesters gathered next to the Havis Amanda statue in Helsinki, the…

President Putin visits Finland for talks Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Helsinki today for a visit hosted by Finnish President Sauli Niinistö. Not too much has been revealed about the agenda beyond the diplomatic niceties of "bilateral relations". After the talks there…

Hunting season for bears, beavers and certain wildfowl begins officially on Tuesday, and it puts hundreds of Finnish brown bears in the sights of hunters. Licenses have been issued to shoot 313 bears, and the Finnish Hunters’ Union says the…

Anyone trying to move around the Finnish capital on Wednesday should be braced for road restrictions and security cordons all day – and into the early hours of Thursday morning – as Vladimir Putin pays a visit. The Russian President…

Antti Rinne plans Boris Johnson Brexit meeting Finland’s Prime Minister Antti Rinne (SDP) says he plans to meet with his UK counterpart Boris Johnson as soon as possible to discuss Brexit. The two leaders spoke on the phone on Monday night, after Rinne…