Most of southern and central Finland is likely to be basking in summery weather over the next few days. However warm, humid air moving in from the south-east meeting cold sea waters is likely to bring fog and cool temperatures to coastal areas....
Chairman of the Centre Party Juha Sipilä says Finland shouldn’t offer Greece any debt relief. At the same time he acknowledged that the country faces difficult times meeting its loan repayment commitments....
Many animal lovers’ eyes teared up when the popular polar bear cub Ranzo moved to a new home in Austria last week. Now there’s new hope that the union of his parents may bring the birth of a fresh litter of cubs at the end of the year....
On Friday Finland's Jehovah's Witnesses will give their religious rule book to the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior so that it can be inspected to ensure that it's in line with Finnish rule of law....
The Matriculation Board has issued the names of this spring’s secondary school graduates. While all upper secondary schools will inform students of the results, not all schools make the information publicly available....
Finland’s data tracking agency Statistics Finland reports an 11-percent decrease in the number of positions available for jobseekers on the employment market in the first quarter of the year compared to last year. According to the agency the majority of job vacancies were for temporary fixed-term or part-time work....
As part of Yle’s ongoing analysis of political parties ahead of the European Parliament elections, we take a look at divergent paths within Finland’s biggest party, the Centre....
The Finnish Mint has created a special two-euro coin commemorating the internationally-known artist and writer Tove Jansson. Collectors will be able to get their hands on the special coin when it goes into circulation in mid-June....
Finland already has some success stories of creative people and startup firms gathering launch capital directly from the public -- yet there is still little general awareness or clarity around the concept, say organisers of Crwdpuisto....
A motion for a vote of no confidence in the government over employment policy was defeated in Parliament on Friday....
Police have launched an investigation into suspected offences by an employee of the humanitarian and advocacy charity Finn Church Aid. Authorities are also looking into a burglary at the organisation’s premises....
An Espoo postal worker is suspected of incorrectly stamping voting envelopes instead of ballots during this week’s advance poll for European Parliament elections. The error may have disenfranchised some electors, as the law requires unstamped ballots to be discarded....
According to information received by Yle's Finnish-language news service, police have been registering time supposedly spent in traffic enforcement to police patrols that have been engaged in other duties. The union representing police says figures are being distorted because of political pressure. ...
Pure Waste Textiles, a Finnish company that makes fabrics entirely from recycled waste, has won the Finnish fashion act 2013 award. The 10,000 euro award was given to the Helsinki based company by the Federation of Finnish Textile and Clothing Industries (Finatex). According to the Finatex jury, Pure Waste Textiles represents innovation and positive future trends inside the textile industry with its...
The Finnish small-scale enterprise ZEF is driven by huge ambition and a desire to achieve global growth. The company has designed and implemented voting aids for the US presidential elections and the European Parliamentary elections, among others. — Believe in what you do and never give up, says a loud voice in the Espoo Keilaniemi office of the small-scale enterprise ZEF. The voice belongs to the...
On Friday Finland's Jehovah's Witnesses will give their religious rule book to the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior so that it can be inspected to ensure that it's in line with Finnish rule of law....
The front pages of Friday's Finnish newspapers are mostly devoted to a wide array of domestic news, with no single story dominating the coverage. ...
Sixteen Finnish municipalities, which are striving to become carbon neutral, have cut their greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 19 per cent in six years. The municipalities, which recorded the greatest emissions reduction, are Hanko (-34 per cent) and Ii (-31 per cent). The greatest reductions among the municipalities involved in the Canemu project were made in the energy sector. Emission reductions...
According to a recent doctoral thesis reviewed at the University of Eastern Finland, rye bread and sourdough fermented wholemeal wheat bread have positive effects on postprandial glucose and insulin responses. The doctoral thesis of Jenni Lappi, Master in Health Sciences, in the field of clinical nutrition, confirms that the intake of rye bread and sourdough fermented wholemeal wheat bread results...
The tabloid daily Iltalehti reports Thursday that police have discovered a cache of loot running to tens of thousands of euros on the property of former Helsinki police drug chief Jari Aarnio. According to the paper police suspect that Aarnio and his accomplices may have earned up to 1.3 million euros in illicit drug dealings....