Flu season is waning but influenza cases are inching upwards.

The decision is aimed at safeguarding the security of Finland's energy system, power grid operator Fingrid says.

Workers will return to factories immediately following a strike that lasted for 112 days.

Finland's state-owned energy company Gasum justifies the continued importation of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the basis of fulfilling long-term supply contracts.

A total of 57,659 deaths were registered in Finland in 2021, the highest number since 1944.

Some used electric cars are now being sold at higher prices than new models as backlogs and shortages persist.

Finland is looking to recruit nurses from India.

"The decision on Nato membership must be made in the coming weeks," Orpo said on Thursday.

The strike, which has dragged on since January, could end before the weekend.

As Finnish security policy debates step up, disinformation campaigns are also evident.

The announcements come after Finland's public health authority THL ended its general face mask recommendation last week.

Many indicators suggest that the Covid pandemic is easing. The number of new infections has fallen for a third week.

The protestors aimed to prevent deliveries of Russian coal passing through Finnish territory on their way to central Europe.

The change in rental costs in the Helsinki region is due to an increase in available rental properties, according to Statistics Finland.

Doordash's all-stock acquisition of Wolt was reported at the time to be the second-largest acquisition in Finnish business history.

While the status of temporary protection helps Ukrainian citizens to enter working life more quickly in Finland, it also excludes them from accessing Finnish social security and services.

There was a lot of support for Nato membership among MPs during Parliament's first day of official debate on the issue.

In light of the new guidance, the region's transport authority, HSL, says it will no longer require passengers to wear face masks. 

The NBI is returning around 3.5 million euros in cash it seized from the Russian-owned firm during a major police operation in the autumn of 2018.

Finnish MPs began formal discussions about the issue of Nato membership on Wednesday afternoon.

After eight years in the Russian-dominated KHL, team owner Jari Kurri says the club will do everything it can to restore people's trust.

The Baltic ringed seals are close relatives of Saimaa ringed seals, the stars of earlier popular webcasts.

Healthcare unions called off the planned industrial action as the proposed law change would have effectively forced nurses to return to work.

Finland's Parliament will on Wednesday begin discussing the possibility of applying for membership of the Nato alliance.

New evidence — including the remains of a man who went missing from Turku nearly three decades ago — was revealed as the murder trial reopened.

The chair of nurses' union Tehy says the minister "broke the strike with a forced labour law".

The NGO has decided to provide about 20 apartments in central Helsinki for the resettlement of those fleeing the war in Ukraine.

The 73-year-old president is well and working on a remote basis.

Since the halt in wood imports from Russia, energy producers are eyeing a return to peat, which was being phased out due to its climate impact.

The Institute for Health and Welfare has recently noted that face masks are still required in some areas and that people can still decide for themselves about using them.