The vessel will be used to clear waterways around the Kara Sea, in order to ensure access to northern Siberia's Dudinka seaport.

The advance voting period ended on Tuesday, with election day proper on Sunday 23 January.

The call was made on Biden's initiative, the Office of the President of Finland said.

Tens of thousands of often-young workers will be hired to work in Finland's retail sector this summer, with many headed to supermarkets.

The government announced new Covid-19 measures following a meeting on Tuesday.

Nearly all the vaccinated individuals who were hospitalised have an underlying medical condition.

Animal rights groups have heavily criticised police for their decision to kill several injured bears last year.

Covid is spreading fast in barracks around Finland. 

The online streaming service has produced a dubbed version of 'Don't Look Up', a move which has been welcomed by groups representing people with developmental disabilities.

Several countries have said their politicians will not attend the Olympics because of China's actions in Xinjiang.

The incident comes as political tensions continue to rise in the Baltic region.

Finland is not banning athletes from taking their personal phones to the Olympics.

There were 15,753 babies born at HUS hospitals in 2020, and last year that figure increased to 17,269, marking a 9.6 percent growth.

The researchers are specifically interested in whether Covid has direct or indirect impacts on the human brain.

The capital region's nursing shortage means less help for the elderly, including fewer baths.

The handheld device sends data via a mobile app to a cloud-based service, which provides a test result within a few seconds.

Candidates representing the Green Party, Left Alliance and Social Democratic Party were most in favour of the free contraception initiative.

The Lapland municipality of Utsjoki will see just over one hour of daylight on Monday after 54 days of darkness.

Nearly one in five eligible voters have so far cast their ballots during the advance voting period for regional healthcare assemblies.

Health experts consider Omicron-targeted vaccines while Finland follows NATO-Russian manoeuvres in the Baltic.

A strike call by the Trade Union Pro has sparked an unusual war of words between it, the Aviation Union and an employers' group.

Commercial broadcaster MTV reports that the government plans to overhaul use of the Covid pass, but a top health official is doubtful about the idea.

Finland's nuclear power producers do not plan to build more reactors, although support for nuclear is at record levels. Meanwhile plans for an entirely new plant could be hampered by the Ukraine crisis.

A comparison of two 30-year periods shows that winter temperatures have clearly risen all over Finland.

On Sunday voter turnout rose to nearly 16 percent. So far turnout has been highest in South Savo and lowest in the new Vantaa-Kerava wellbeing services county.

According to Rasmussen, an attack on Ukraine "would provoke a discussion in Finland and Sweden about Nato membership". The Finnish foreign minister said there are no such plans at this point.

Ballot boxes for advance voting are open at many libraries and shopping centres across the country until Tuesday 18 January ahead of the main polling day on Sunday 23 January.

The compensation would amount to about 25 million euros per month.

Despite government recommendations, children and young people can continue to participate in supervised recreational activities.

The upcoming reorganisation of health and social care provision in Finland has raised a number of questions, so we got some answers from the experts.