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Sun, 03 Oct 2021 11:41:17 +0300
EU President visits Finland to discuss €2bn recovery package
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and PM Sanna Marin will visit a project tied to Finland’s green-oriented recovery plan.

Sat, 02 Oct 2021 17:21:26 +0300
Motorists' and climate protests in Helsinki, rally rowdiness in Jyväskylä
Helsinki streets were busy on Saturday with car and climate demonstrations as well as an annual running event.

Sat, 02 Oct 2021 13:23:42 +0300
Demand for new cars high, but sales slump due to components shortage
The industry predicts a rise in demand for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles since the purchase tax was eliminated on Friday.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 19:49:43 +0300
Greens name Iiris Suomela as interim party chair
Green Party leader and Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo will begin maternity leave in November.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:32:00 +0300
Nordea issues largest dividend payout in Finnish stock market history
Shareholders will receive a dividend payment of 72 cents per share on 12 October, the banking group announced.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 17:24:16 +0300
STT: Finance minister proposes allocating €30m extra for police in 2022 budget
The police had previously announced plans to begin talks aimed at cutting up to 250 jobs, citing a government decision to reduce the force's budget for 2022.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:02:00 +0300
Bronze Age sword found in western Finland garden
Bronze Age artefacts are rare discoveries, as only about 200 objects from the era are known to have been found in Finland.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 14:57:55 +0300
Racial abuse victim Kamara booed by stadium of Czech schoolchildren
Finland midfielder Glen Kamara was racially abused by Czech player Ondrej Kudela during a club game last season.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:38:51 +0300
Finnish officers charged over sexist behaviour during Iraq deployment
Two officers are charged with service crimes over their treatment of female colleagues.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 12:58:02 +0300
Six Helsinki police officers suspected of crimes for pepper spraying protesters
A nearly year-long preliminary probe into the 2020 incident is complete and the Deputy Prosecutor General will decide whether to take the case to court.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 11:49:47 +0300
Full capacity at sports halls, theatres again as capital area dismantles crowd restrictions
As of Friday, there were no restrictions or caps on crowd sizes recommended by authorities in any part of Finland.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:47:00 +0300
Finland tightens laws on illegal threats
The changes apply to threats made against people because of their job or public position.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 09:09:56 +0300
Friday's papers: Birds in trouble, masks in shops, and payday loan interest spike
Birds in Finland offer a clue about environmental problems. 

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 19:12:30 +0300
Immigrants over-represented in sex crime statistics, says government study
Researchers said that the proportion of second-generation immigrants among suspected sexual offenders is small.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:26:00 +0300
Finland to vaccinate fur-farm animals against Covid
The Finnish Fur Breeders' Association will start vaccinating minks in the next few weeks.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:20:00 +0300
FP politician's son gets four-year prison sentence over drug offences
The man imported narcotics from the Netherlands and sold them on.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:24:57 +0300
APN podcast: Who's spying on Finland?
This week's show delves into the world of cyber espionage, facial recognition and shadowy parts of the internet.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:38:52 +0300
Singing and dancing to be allowed at restaurants as government relaxes Covid rules
As of Friday, all restaurant restrictions, except those regarding hygiene, are to be waived in areas in the acceleration phase.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 13:30:35 +0300
Statistics Finland: Falling birth rates cannot maintain population
Finland's population is set to reach its peak in 2033, at just over 5.6 million, the number-crunching agency predicts.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:45:04 +0300
THL: Use your judgement on masks, schools 'low-risk'
Covid-19 case numbers have started to rise again after a downward trend in recent weeks.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:09:17 +0300
President Niinistö warns Finland against a soft line on security risks
Finland should not be naive about foreign and security policy, said the president.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 09:36:09 +0300
Thursday's papers: Dancing ban, civil disobedience, farmers in despair
Some 140 Extinction Rebellion activists were detained on Wednesday.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 18:51:09 +0300
Climate activists begin 10-day protest in downtown Helsinki
The estimated 1,000 protestors are calling on Finland's government to declare a climate and environmental emergency.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:57:25 +0300
Award-winning freestyle footballer seeks to inspire young Muslim women
An 18-year-old high school student's football tricks have garnered her thousands of social media followers.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:59:40 +0300
Report: Councils should introduce sliding scale for parking fines
Bringing a sliding scale to parking fines would require a change to Finnish law, however.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:02:00 +0300
Prosecutor drops ethnic agitation charges against former Left Alliance official
Tweets sent in 2016 had called for violent acts to be committed against 'fascists' and 'climate change deniers', among others.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:29:45 +0300
Finland recorded fewer cancer diagnoses than expected in 2020
Finland's Cancer register's director of statistics Janne Pitkäniemi says the numbers are a concern.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 12:10:08 +0300
Finland's first UVC disinfecting robot cleans up in Turku
Prompted and accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the EU is donating 200 of the devices to hospitals across the bloc.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0300
Data protection ombudsman raps Finnish police over controversial facial ID app
Clearview AI uses publicly-posted social media photos scraped from the web for use in law enforcement agency investigations.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 08:49:30 +0300
Wednesday's papers: Poor police budgeting, rally partying, and a warm October
Finland's police are better funded than they were, but still say they need to cut staff.



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