Finland's Minister of Finance Katri Kulmuni (Centre) has been burning the candle at both ends.
A marathon 16-hour video conference at the start of the week with her EU colleagues was peppered by three one-hour naps; and then she went...
Footballers in Finland, left with no games or training due to the coronavirus restrictions, are finding new ways to tackle the impact of the epidemic.
Players and staff at AC Oulu haven't yet faced mandatory salary cuts, but as a...
Finland's bars, cafes, restaurants and nightclubs shut their doors to customers at midnight on Friday, as new rules came in to slow the spread of coronavirus, which keeps businesses closed until at least the end of May.
But for many...
Hundreds of stranded Nordic and Baltic travelers have been flown home from India in an operation lead by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with Finnair and diplomats in Delhi.
When the A350 took off from Goa on Wednesday,...
The corridors and public spaces of Helsinki City Hall are rather empty these days.
With many staff working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, the building is so quiet it makes you instinctively want to whisper.
But in the late...
The Finnair departure gates at Helsinki Airport are empty for large parts of the day.
The usual ebb and flow of flights - the morning rush to European capitals, the evening hustle of Asia-bound planes - replaced with just a...
Have you thought about dressing up as a Disney character? Did you ever wonder if quarantine was just the right time to start writing a cookbook, do some home decorating, find a new online hobby or potty train a...
The Government has announced a total of one billion euros in funding for small and medium sized businesses impacted by the coronavirus crisis - an increase on their previous announcement.
Business Finland will get €700 million of the money to...
The Finnish Government has announced new travel restrictions affecting some 1.7 million people in the Uusimaa region - which are planned to come into effect on Friday after a confirmatory vote in Parliament, and last until 19th April.
When the...
The trade unions are talking, and the government is listening.
Last week's €15 billion Government bailout package, and measures to try and safeguard Finnish jobs during this stage of the coronavirus pandemic, was in large part proposed a few days...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is bringing repatriation flights to an end, after returning 3,227 tourists back to Finland or their home countries in...
Three Finnish companies have started large-scale manufacturing of protective face masks this week.
Ministers announced on Wednesday that Filterpak, Lifa Air and Teho Filter are...
Unemployment numbers almost doubled in April
The Ministry of Employment and Economy has published new figures which show the number of registered unemployed jobseekers at...
Here’s our evening round-up of the latest coronavirus news from Finland:
Latest virus numbers and new heatmap from THL
Confusion & delays for restaurants...
The Turku Exhibition Centre has come up with an imaginative summer programme to bring audiences together for concerts, cinema, comedy and karaoke - but...
Helsinki Police are investigating a scammer targeting foreigners and offering them bogus apartment rentals in the capital city.
Authorities have taken the unusual step of...
