Investigations are underway into the misappropriation of funds at the Konti recycling store operated by the Finnish Red Cross (SPR) in the city of Lahti in southern Finland. The SPR’s Communications Director Hannu-Pekka Laiho says over 50,000 euros...

Police in Helsinki are looking for a man who held up a bank in Helsinki on Friday afternoon. The suspected robber of the Osuuspankki branch on the corner of Mannerheimintie and Tukholmankatu was a foreign male of short stature, aged 25 to 30, wearing a...

The “KiVa Koulu” anti-bullying programme prevented an estimated 5,000 pupils from being bullied last year in Finland. Kiva means ‘nice’ in Finnish, while koulu means ‘school’. About half of Finland’s schools signed up for the KiVa...

Newsweek magazine has ranked living conditions in 100 countries around the world. In the magazine’s analysis, Finland was judged to be the best. The analysis examined factors such as education and health care, quality of life, economic dynamism, and...

A verdict is expected on Friday in the trial of a Rwandan pastor accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide in his home country. The court in the south-eastern town of Porvoo is to announce its ruling in the early afternoon. The man is charged with...

Finland’s gross domestic product (GDP) was down by 0.8 percent during the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year. Statistics Finland reports that GDP contracted 0.4 percent compared to the previous quarter.

A group of Finnish companies has started to grow algae for use as biological fuel. Companies involved in the experimental project have invested 150,000 euros a plant in Kouvola, where they hope to produce natural gas. Jari Järvinen of the regional...

Finland’s finance minister, siad Tuesday that Finland would agree with the budget supervision proposed by the European Commission last week.

The government decided on Thursday to formally back a proposal to construct two more commercial nuclear reactors. Green League ministers, Labour Minister Anni Sinnemäki and Justice Minister Tuija Brax, voted against the plan. The plan had been...

Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen was forced to defend a massive loan to Greece before Parliament on Tuesday as MPs began debating a proposed supplementary budget to cover Finland’s contribution to the Greek bailout. Finland’s share of the...