Sauli Niinistö and Jenni Haukio’s dog, a Boston terrier known as Lennu, has died of a brain tumour.

Rail services in Finland have returned to normal on Saturday following a protest by train drivers on Friday.

Previous attempts to advance the reform of social and healthcare services have become bogged down by constitutional issues.

Scam emails claim the recipient is due an extra payment but must fill out a refund form, which requests banking information.

Travel is now permitted to Finland's Nordic neighbour from regions with a low incidence rate of coronavirus.

Members of the public asked Yle to check statements made by political leaders in the run up to June's local elections.

Finnish Covid vaccine certificates will appear in the Omakanta system in May in preparation of EU Covid passes.

Blind Channel earned the last of 10 final slots available at Thursday night's second semi-final in Rotterdam.

Thousands of fans gathered in the city to celebrate their team's success, but did not observe social distancing.

The state rail operator plans to take the Finnish men's team to St. Petersburg on a private train.

Carbon dioxide emissions dropped as Finland's shutdown closed borders and scaled back commutes.

Rail services halt on Friday, fraudsters drain bank accounts and Finland records its first case of a rare fungus.

Many local and long-distance trains are halted on Friday by an engineers' strike.

The government argues that incitement to terrorism should be punishable, even if it does not pose a concrete risk of crime.

This week's podcast asked why events are lagging behind bars and pubs in the return to a post-Covid normal. 

The Covid situation has deteriorated rapidly in some areas in the past week, and hospitalisations are on the rise again.

As of Monday 24 May, any ticketed passenger can jump aboard for a ride without an advance reservation.

More than 7,000 lightning strikes were recorded during Wednesday night's deluge.

Jan Vapaavuori will start as a board member and part-time senior advisor at the Miltton Group in August.

Newts, which look like more muscular prehistoric salamanders, can grow to 16cm in length.

The number of both fatalities and injuries in road traffic declined during the first part of the year.

One issue in the morning papers is the question of who will check health documents once EU internal travel takes off again.

The motion was tabled by the NCP, Christian Democrat and Movement Now parties, with the Finns Party submitting a separate motion.

The economic group said Finland was falling behind its Nordic neighbours in attracting investment and skilled labour.

The equipment is about the size of a desktop computer, making it theoretically possible to carry out testing in any situation.

One of the suspects had uploaded a video to Snapchat shortly after the attack saying that he was "going to jail."

Under new rules, every farm that hires seasonal workers must have a health safety plan and a health contact person.

The proposal to redraft development plans for the region was passed by a clear majority of 43-3.

There was a sharp decline in bankruptcies during Jan-March, but closures threw a growing number of people out of work.

Finland has committed to buy 2.4 million doses of the J&J vaccine, which unlike mRNA jabs only needs a single dose to be fully effective and lasts a long time.