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A flotilla of environmental activists in kayaks have blocked the departure of a giant cruise ship from the Port of Helsinki’s Hernessari harbour. The Extinction Rebellion Finland group says the Queen Elizabeth is "an extremely polluting luxury cruise ship", and…

Niinistö in New York President Sauli Niinistö had strong words of warning for the United Nations on Tuesday night, as he gave his major speech at the UN General Assembly in New York. He told the audience "even if we were…

Finnish holiday company Tjäreborg is resuming its charter flights today. The company canceled their Thomas Cook Scandinavia charter flights on Monday as a precaution after their parent company went bankrupt. Five flights and 525 passengers were hit by Monday’s cancelations. However the…

Tjäreborg charter flights to continue today Finnish holiday company Tjäreborg is resuming its charter flights today. The company is owned by Thomas Cook which went bust on Monday, leaving tens of thousands of people with canceled holiday plans. Tjäreborg themselves…

The collapse of British travel company Thomas Cook is having an impact on thousands of Finnish holidaymakers as well. Thomas Cook is the parent company of Finnish travel agency Tjäreborg, which has now canceled all Thomas Cook Scandinavia charter flights on…

Finnish delegation heads to a changing United Nations President Sauli Niinistö heads to New York this week to attend the 74th annual United Nations General Assembly. Among the Finnish delegation joining him in the Big Apple are the Ministers of Environment; Foreign…

Former Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen (NCP) has had his position as the new head of Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra rubber-stamped by the organisation’s supervisory board. The final two candidates for the €18,500 per month job were Katainen, who leaves his job as…

Electricity distribution company Caruna Oy is to raise its prices again, going up an average of 3.9%. Sister company Caruna Espoo Oy’s prices remain unchanged. Caruna says the price increase is needed due to network improvement projects such as clearing trees…

Finnish activists have joined hundreds of thousands of others around the world to demand more action to fight climate change. Around a hundred people gathered outside Parliament on Friday with banners, costumes, music and speeches. Although the main global protests are…

Universities: Migri delays are damaging our international reputation Universities say a backlog of unprocessed residence permits for international students is causing reputational damage to Finland’s higher education system, and hurts their chances of being able to recruit talented students from…