Next week, the government will ask Parliament to approve a tough law allowing immediate deportations at the border.

Conditions are tinder-dry in most of Finland, with no rain predicted in most areas until at least next weekend.

There must be a low threshold for reporting accidents, harassment and bullying, said the Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces.

The opposition parties have been split during a series of challenges to the right-wing government's policies since last autumn.

"Orpo's government will go down in history as the first government to deliberately increase emissions," the parties say.

The agency noted that attempted defamation is not a crime.

Finnish Lapland has been the site of numerous international military exercises this spring.

A new survey shows Finns have become less enthusiastic about working elsewhere.

"We would have a world war on our hands," says Swedish People's Party leader and MEP hopeful Anna-Maja Henriksson of sending western troops to the war-torn country.

The former Finnish PM was a keynote speaker at Impact'24, the biggest economic and tech-related conference in Central and Eastern Europe.

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The legislative change would mean students coming to Finland from outside the EU and EEA must pay to apply to a Finnish university and then cover the full cost of their education.

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Legislation restricting the right to strike – which partially triggered a wave of walkouts this year – takes effect on Saturday.

The government wants to allow shops and supermarkets to sell some drinks with alcohol content up to eight percent, from the current level of 5.5 percent.

About 100 bicycles that were left by asylum seekers near the eastern Vaalimaa border crossing last autumn were sold at auction on Thursday morning.

The government presented a legislative amendment on Thursday aimed at simplifying taxation and reducing the need to make changes to tax cards.

Finland's newest and biggest nuclear reactor, which has been beset by delays for decades, restarted electricity production on Thursday.

The most common age of a suspect in an assault case last year was just 14 years old, according to figures published by Statistics Finland.

Hydrogen could be the same kind of source of national wealth for Finland as oil has been for Norway, says one Finnish researcher.

Residents of Finnish Lapland's northernmost towns will next see the sun dip below the horizon in late July.

Russians and Iraqis were the largest groups of people becoming Finnish nationals.

Finnish commentators see the shooting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico as a symptom of political polarisation in Europe.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot a number of times after attending a government meeting in the town of Handlova.

The centre is a national information service providing research-based information on gender equality.

In future, foreign pickers must either be registered as employees or entrepreneurs to be allowed entry, rather than arriving on tourist visas.

Buildings from the 1970s and 1980s are being torn down at a record pace, even though renovation can be cheaper and less polluting than demolition and new construction.

The proposed legal reform would only apply to about one percent of Finland's 900,000-strong reserve force.

Alcoholism is often associated with disability, unemployment and other problems, researchers say.