Finland sprang a few surprises in the election to the European Parliament. Turnout increased compared to the last European election, the Left Alliance staged a comeback and the Finns Party gained one seat. The Christian Democrats lost their seat despite increasing their vote share, and the Greens lost one of their two spots....
Finnish hearts were broken in Belarus on Sunday when Russia ran out 5-2 winners in the final of the World Ice Hockey Championships. ...
Saturday was the last chance Finnish political parties had to win voter support before the European Parliament elections on May 25. Party heavyweights were out in force all day, campaigning in the unusually warm May weather. ...
Bonita Pietila, a name familiar to every Simpsons fan, was in Finland this week to accept an award for Expatriate Finn of the Year from the Finland Society. Pietila has worked for The Simpsons television show for 26 years, and as the original casting director, she was responsible for finding the voice actors for the series, including the now-iconic voices of Bart, Homer and Marge. ...
Polling stations are open on Sunday from 9 am to 8 pm. A total of 251 candidates in Finland are vying for 13 Member of the European Parliament (MEP) positions for the next five years. ...
Finland will play Russia for the gold on Sunday May 25 in the World Ice Hockey Championships in Belarus. Finland faced off against the Czech Republic in Saturday’s semi-final, with goaltender Pekka Rinne putting in a 20-save shutout that helped the Lions achieve a 3-0 victory. ...
The Helsinki District Court has granted an extension for charges to be laid against former head of the Helsinki police anti-drug squad, Jari Aarnio. The previous deadline for filing charges was the end of May....
Finnair CEO Pekka Vauramo says the airline could subcontract out the as much as one-third of its cabin staff. Vauramo said this could mean the reduction of more than 500 cabin jobs in Finland in favour of cheaper labour from abroad....
Last week’s welcome warmth has helped accelerate many of the phenomena associated with full-on Finnish summer. This picture gallery highlights some of the familiar sights of summer – from beautiful blooms and busy bees to serene swans and threatening tempests. ...
Finnish Chief of Defence Ari Puheloinen has sought to play down an incident earlier this week, in which two Russian aircraft strayed into Finnish air space. Puheloinen said that in peace time there's no need to worry about foreign aircraft opening fire....
Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish MP and Director of the OSCE delegation observing the Ukrainian crisis, says he's not optimistic about the prospect of a fair presidential election in the country tomorrow. Speaking from an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Saturday, Kanerva says the security situation clearly worsened overnight and that armed men have now occupied several polling stations....
Schools in the capital city region once again top the list in the yearly comparison of Finland’s upper secondary schools. The comparison is compiled after each year’s graduating class completes its matriculation exams and is based on the average number of points received by the school’s students in the four compulsory subjects. ...
Saturday was the last chance Finnish political parties had to win voter support before the European Parliament elections on May 25. Party heavyweights were out in force all day, campaigning in the unusually warm May weather. ...
Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish MP and Director of the OSCE delegation observing the Ukrainian crisis, says he's not optimistic about the prospect of a fair presidential election in the country on Sunday. Speaking from an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Saturday, Kanerva said the security situation clearly worsened overnight and that armed men have now occupied several polling stations....
Finland's nuclear safety watchdog, STUK, says that the Fennovoima consortium does not yet have the know-how needed for the design of a safe nuclear power plant. The company responded saying that the comments had been expected....
A card skimmer has been found attached to a payment unit at a filling station in Lapua, western Finland. Such devices are installed by criminals to record data from debit or credit cards inserted by unsuspecting customers....
This promises to be a hot weekend in the Finnish capital in many ways. Along with several free festivals and other cultural events, there is the annual tag sale day, the ice-hockey semi-final game televised at many restaurants and bars, the climax of the European Parliament election and a forecast for warm sunny weather....
Finnish defence contractor Patria announced on Thursday that it would let go of 110 employees at its Hämeenlinna and Tampere locations, although the division of redundancies and lay-offs between the two cities has not yet been decided. The company says it must resort to downsizing in order to maintain its competitive edge. ...
Friday's dailies rejoice over Finland’s last-minute hockey victory against Canada last night, a major international literary prize for Finland-based Arabic writer, and winning warm weather in store for the weekend. ...
Team Finland's goal-keeper Pekka Rinne was one of the heroes of Thursday night's victorious game against Canada, as he blocked 36 attempted goals by the opposition. He's confident about Finland's possibilities of making it to the Ice Hockey World Championships finals. ...