A record number of Saimaa ringed seal pups were born this year, as tighter restrictions on fishing nets in the region led to fewer deaths.

The issue of extending military conscription to include women as well as men has been the subject of much debate in Finland over recent months.

The Finnish President says it's not the west's job to give Putin a way out of the war.

The opposition party also says the criminal justice system suffers from insufficient resources and is calling for extra funding.

Russia's economy will contract by four percent this year and next, the Finnish central bank says.

The city is the first in Finland to start vaccinating at-risk adults against monkeypox.

Finland's National Cyber Security Centre estimated that in 2022, ransomware attacks grew by almost a third compared to 2021.

"Bombing civilian targets fulfils the criteria of war crimes," Haavisto told Yle.

Turku's mayor said the southwestern city doesn't want Russia's presence in the city.

Finnish officials have so far refused to comment on what caused the burst of light along the eastern border.

The Helsinki-based club won their third successive Veikkausliiga title with a 1-0 victory over FC Haka on Sunday.

Iltalehti readers say they witnessed strange light displays near the eastern border on Monday morning.

Birdlife Finland says that the past few weeks have seen some spectacular migratory movements of birds in Finland.

The Tax Administration (Vero) estimates that nearly one million employees have a tax rate on their tax cards that is too low for the rest of the year.

As Europe faces an energy crisis this winter, EU countries like France are lobbying for a similar shared debt scheme similar to the one used as relief for the Covid-19 pandemic.

A Finnish alcohol producer shared that grapes grown in the Finnish climate could create a unique sparkling wine.

The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) also issued wave height warnings along Finland's southern coast.

The organisers said they wanted to highlight that the "median lifetime of militant dictators" is 70 years.

Companies were sold the rights to a domain name under contracts that were to last for up to 10 years, but the rights ran out after one year in most cases.

Police suspect the heavy equipment was used to tear the cash machine out of the wall and carry it away.

Finland's Prime Minister responded to media questions about reports that Turkey may ratify Finland's Nato membership, but not Sweden's.

The motion was tabled by the Finns, Christian Democrat and Movement Now parties.

Any change of power in Russia would happen "quickly and unexpectedly", René Nyberg told Yle, and could be triggered by defeat in the war.

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare says queues for care have grown nationwide in the past year.

Extinction Rebellion's Finnish branch, Elokapina, plans to continue organising demonstrations in Helsinki for the next seven days.

A 100-euro rise in living costs would be too much for almost half of households in Finland, a new survey finds.

The Turkish president says he "doesn't have a problem with Finland."

No further information about the contents of the package, method of delivery or schedule will be provided to ensure it is safely delivered, the Ministry of Defence said.

Police say the demonstration may cause significant disruption to traffic in the area.

This week's show finds out how social media is impacting family size in Finland and explores the country's supermarket duopoly, which is one of the most concentrated in the world.