About 80 percent of the workers are foreign; may not have understood information in Finnish, Rauma's chief doctor says.

Major changes could be coming to local businesses as new infectious diseases legislation goes into force on Monday.

HUS medical director Markku Mäkijärvi on Sunday said new curbs should be targeted at bars and restaurants.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Sunday said returning to contact teaching in the capital area was a mistake.

Metal band Blind Channel has won Yle’s Contest for New Music (UMK), which selects Finland's Eurovision representative.

A mix of rain, sleet and snow are creating poor driving conditions in most of Finland on Sunday.

There have been calls for the April ballot to be postponed due to Finland’s worsening coronavirus situation.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) says the investigation is still ongoing and asks for victims to be patient.

In a probe into Foreign Minister Haavisto's actions last year, two MPs brought the case and sat on the committee discussing it.

A 1-0 win over Portugal in Helsinki clinches the Pearl Owls' place at the top of qualifying Group E.

Kaja Kallas, who become Prime Minister in January, began her first official state visit to Finland on Friday.

Lapland ski resorts report only a few cancellations after THL advised people not to travel. 

A separate amendment to the Communicable Diseases Act may see mandatory Covid testing introduced at borders by April.

The scheduled May delivery of a new ferry could be delayed, says the shipbuilding company's CEO.

A co-founder of the Finest Bay company says work on the tunnel could be done as soon as the beginning of 2025.

There are conflicting messages from Finnish authorities and politicians about coronavirus restrictions.

Teemu Torssonen was cleared of charges for the attempted murder of Finns Party aide Pekka Kataja.

The State Department green-lighted the sale of rocket systems to Finland, which it called "a trusted partner". 

All Points North asked the Green League leader how she felt about the interior minister's job.

Sensitive information was recorded and stored for months without customers' knowledge.

Travel operators had a disastrous year.

THL's Taneli Puumalainen described a "stark difference" between rates of infection in the capital region and elsewhere.

In previous economic crises, house prices have tended to decline in line with the rest of the economy.

Discovery of new variants of the virus is just "a matter of time", experts say.

Two-week closures have been imposed for alcohol sales violations at nightspots in Kotka and Joutsa.

Covid keeps stirring debate in the papers, with questions over April's elections and who should be vaccinated next.

The annual list by the US magazine Time profiles future-shaping influencers from a variety of fields.

The defendants are accused of murdering a 16-year-old boy in the Koskela district of Helsinki last December.

Opposition parties had filed two motions against the government over the EU stimulus package.

Helsinki University hospital district requests stricter limits on gatherings as virus cases hit new high.