Finland condemns deadly Russian strikes on Kharkiv and Dobropillia

Stock photo: Getty Images Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the Russian strikes on Kharkiv Oblast and the city of Dobropillia in Donetsk Oblast, along with a missile attack targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure earlier on …

Can a Baltic Sea bridge to Sweden give Finland better links to Europe?

Finland is exploring options to create improved links for road and rail connections to Europe, including a fixed bridge link that would span the Baltic. Finland’s connections to Europe could be given a boost thanks to a new fixed link across the Baltic Sea …

Meet Lieutenant Colonel Annukka Ylivaara, who commanded Finland’s Jaeger urban combat battalion

7In May 2022, just a few days before Finland applied to join NATO, Lieutenant Colonel Annukka Ylivaara took command of the Uusimaa Jaeger Battalion, the Finnish Army’s elite training unit for urban combat operations. She now serves at the Finnish Ministry …

Skilled but stuck — 'Trailing spouses' struggle to rebuild careers in Finland

Armed with degrees, experience, and ambition, highly skilled professionals relocate to Finland each year to join their partners who live in the country or have moved here for work. However, their hopes for a smooth career transition are often met with the …

Finland has initiated faster access to funds from the Ukrainian EU fund, which has €50 billion

After the Special European Council, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo stated that the best strategy for peacekeeping now is to support Ukrainian forces. He also announced an initiative for faster access to funds from the Ukrainian EU fund. As reported by …

Iraq, Finland Discuss Strengthening Economic and Investment Ties

By John Lee. Ambassador Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom, Undersecretary of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry for Bilateral Relations, met in Helsinki with Jarno Syrjälä, Under-Secretary of State for International Trade of Finland, to discuss ways to enhance …

New car registration drops by 11% in February in Finland

Published : 08 Mar 2025, 04:07 Updated : 08 Mar 2025, 04:11 A total of 4,784 new passenger cars were registered in February 2025, which was 11 per cent fewer than one year earlier, according to Statistics Finland. In all, 8,185 new vehicles were registered …

Finland, US, Canada discuss icebreaker collaboration

Finland sees mild winter with little snow

February's mean temperature varied from 0°C in the country’s southwest to minus 7°C in Eastern Lapland, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The temperature deviation from the long-term average for 1991–2020 was about two degrees …

Finland's LEVERAGE Announces New Album, Shares 'All Seeing Eye' Single

Finland's LEVERAGE has shared a new single and official visualizer video, "All Seeing Eye", out now via Frontiers Music Srl. LEVERAGE guitarist Tuomas Heikkinen comments: "'All Seeing Eye' is the type of a heavy riffing song that …