Search engine giant Google revealed what people in Finland wanted to know most about this year.

Independence Day marches concluded peacefully and with no detentions, papers report.

Ukraine's Prime Minister, Denys Smyhal, sent Finland Independence Day greetings on Tuesday.

Traffic data suggests Estonia's Operail is replacing VR on an important freight route.

Ankara says Finland must lift its arms embargo on Turkey to secure support for its Nato bid.

Celebrations are returning to normal on Finland's 105th Independence Day after a few years of virtual events due to the pandemic.

Supervising processions, demonstrations and counter-demonstrations on Independence Day has traditionally been the biggest operation of the year for the Helsinki Police Department.

Despite handing himself in last week, police say the suspect had no involvement in the violent attack that led to the death of a young woman delivering newspapers in Vantaa last month.

This week's weather forecast allays fears of the need for rolling power outages in the near future.

PM Sanna Marin (SDP) is not suspected of any wrongdoing, but the Prime Minister's Office has received a reprimand for its handling of the expenses.

The actual number of people suffering long-term effects from a coronavirus infection is unknown since physicians may use varying diagnostic criteria, and no population-level research is yet available.

A change in the law will end the practice of telemarketers closing deals over the phone, with contracts only considered valid if a customer confirms in writing.

Finland's accession to the military alliance must still be approved by Hungary and Turkey, but MPs are to begin the domestic ratification process.

According to morning press reports, 41 percent of small and medium-sized businesses in Finland are preparing for layoffs next year.

EU sanctions on Russian oil are set to take effect Monday 5 December.

Police have started issuing 100-euro tickets to drivers using studded tyres on a central Helsinki street.

A new EU law to increase the presence of women on corporate boards will mean changes for around half of large Finnish companies.

Recorded Hiv infections in Finland are higher than in years.

Yle reported the aircraft had been confiscated due to links with sanctioned individuals, but they have now been returned.

The new section of metro line opened at 4:56 am on Saturday, with five new stations and 7 kilometres of track.

Finland would benefit from a reserve police force composed of volunteers, according to Interior Minister Krista Mikkonen (Green).

The Finance Ministry has released more information about the proposed windfall tax on energy firms. The aim is to tax a third of the profits that exceed what the ministry regards as reasonable return on capital.

Artists have launched a boycott of the Finnish-Israeli London resident because of his organisations' links to Israel's occupation of Palestinian land.

Finland's newest nuclear reactor has been offline since October.

Electricity consumption in Finland was down nearly ten percent in November compared to one year earlier.

Finland's transmission system operator Fingrid will supply equipment to help repair damage to Ukraine's electricity grid and power plants.

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Putin's attack on Ukraine has exposed European weaknesses and the strategic mistakes it made regarding Russia.

The US has approved three separate weapons package sales to Finland amounting to nearly 1.2 billion euros since the beginning of November.

Nearly all of Finland's local governments are ignoring health ministry instructions on a general roll-out of a fourth coronavirus vaccination, Ilta-Sanomat reports.

Around 4,000 "internationally active" people around the world took part in the foreign ministry-commissioned survey.