UN Women Finland says physical violence and online harassment of women have increased alarmingly during the pandemic.

Most morning papers continue to focus on issues tied to government measures to deal with the coronavirus epidemic.

While overall car sales dipped in early 2021, sales of new electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids rose by 57 percent.

The Justice Ministry said that the THL prognosis was among the factors in the decision to postpone municipal elections.

The Finnish president said the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is "lagging behind" on vaccine approval.

Customers of one of Finland's biggest banks won't be able to use cards, online banking or MobilePay for most of Sunday.

The justice minister cited a THL prediction that daily new cases could exceed 11,000 by April before declining in May.

Two of Finland's biggest construction firms have begun requiring workers to wear masks whenever feasible.

According to newspaper Iltalehti, a new timetable for April's elections would be announced on Saturday.

"We are a closed island community. It makes us fragile," Åland's health director noted.

In the 1950s Finns ate an average of 25kg of meat per year, but nowadays the annual amount has ballooned to about 80kg.

The leader of a far-right group exchanged messages with a police sergeant about a potential confrontation with immigrants.

The FMI has issued warnings for poor driving conditions across most of the country on Saturday.

The decrees allowing for changes to the Emergency Powers Act will move to Parliament for approval.

Eastern Finland Police said there was no evidence of any criminal act in the death of a man in Kotka last September.

Events in Kuopio and Espoo are among the first to be pushed back over pandemic fears.

A survey by the Talentia social workers' union also found that 95 percent report experiencing psychological stress.

Russian authorities made the offer during a phone call between the former president and a Russian politician.

Coronavirus is the top story in the papers as they look at test and trace plans and debate who should get jabs first.

Best known as founder of the populist Finns Party, Timo Soini says he will step down from municipal politics.

Two people died in August 2019 after a large motorboat collided with a powered sailboat.

This week the All Points North podcast hosted Centre Party leader Annika Saarikko.

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Some migrant birds are already flocking to the north, but a cold snap may delay more returns.

Debit and credit card information was not taken, but the airline advises customers to change their passwords.

A Chinese state research institute sought to lease or buy an airport adjacent to a military zone in 2018.

The Prime Minister's party is fractionally in front of the Finns Party and NCP ahead of municipal elections next month.

Papers report that officials who are to work the polls in April's local elections may move to the front of the queue.

The Constitutional Law Committee was unanimous in its decision on Wednesday.

We try to help figure out all the different terms used in relation to the coronavirus epidemic in Finland.