Interim Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Aki Lindén said that postponing the relaxation of mask recommendations was a good move.

Kaikkonen and Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist met with Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Nato defence ministers' meeting to discuss their partnership with the alliance.

A senior researcher with the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) told Yle that the Kremlin is attempting to use anti-Russian sentiment as justification for its war on Ukraine.

UPM paper mill workers walked off the job on New Year’s Day after their collective agreement expired at the end of 2021.

Grocery bills inflated by 4.48% last month with electricity prices breaking new records, tabloid Iltalehti reports.

Finland and Sweden are facing "many different threats that we must address," Sweden's Minister for Justice and Home Affairs Morgan Johansson said.

Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto says Finland has been open about the Finnish public's growing support for Nato membership at high level international meetings.

Benefits agency Kela and postal service Posti have not been able to locate a missing Kela package.

Young people in Finland are more optimistic about life here than elsewhere on the planet.

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this is a "defining moment for our security."

Rising fuel prices will prompt ticket price hikes, according to the head of the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority, Mari Flink.

The Ukraine war is impacting how Finland thinks about its energy and food supply.

The Finnish president met with Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) leaders at a meeting organised by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The Interior Ministry is proposing measures aimed at preventing human trafficking of migrants.

The Finnish Matriculation Examination is taken at the end of secondary education and is a key factor in deciding whether students qualify for entry into university. The previous minimum was four subjects.

Immunisation coverage in Ukraine is low, with an estimated 35 percent of the population being fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

The majority of Finland's Paralympians arrived back in Helsinki on Tuesday. 

Those who make profits in cryptocurrencies might not necessarily know they need to pay taxes. 

Finland's financial sector is fairly well protected but Russia's attack on Ukraine has made it difficult to forecast risks.

Protests against Russia's deadly invasion of Ukraine have continued by the Russian embassy in Helsinki. 

President Sauli Niinistö has been in Britain meeting colleagues and media. 

The complaint claims there were no legal grounds for the activists' removal and detainment, adding that the police did not listen to them during the incident.

Some 62 percent of respondents said they would favour Finland applying to join the Nato military alliance.

A couple of the lorries are loaded with medical supplies, while other items like blankets are also on the way.

In a break with the THL, Eeva Ruotsalainen of HUS wants mask recommendations to continue throughout April.

Ukrainians fleeing the war can quickly obtain a residence permit on the basis of temporary protection, a measure which has been questioned by asylum seekers from other parts of the world.

Former Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says Finland has a "window of opportunity."

The two-day meeting of Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) leaders is arranged by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The war in Ukraine is choking Finnish fertiliser supply.

The warming climate is bringing more winter precipitation, says Yle meteorologist Kerttu Kotakorpi.