The votes fell 108-54, with 21 abstentions and 16 representatives absent.

"[The loan] is a tolerable solution, even if it's not quite what we set out to get here," Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) said.

The Finns Party has given a formal reprimand to two MPs for posting racist images on social media.

The government is moving to put income requirements for foreign students into law.

Despite the reproach, the Finnish Institute for International Affairs (FIIA) did not overstep in selecting the president's son for an internship.

Despite an increase in incomes, household consumption has not risen, according to the finance ministry.

If you want to see snow and ice over Christmas, you'll have to head pretty far north, according to the latest forecast. Christmas Eve is only six days away.

The newly-established verification team focuses on uncovering scams, social media fakes and hidden information.

Increased Chinese exports prompted 240,000 job losses in the EU between 2015 and 2022, and many more redundancies could be looming, Finland's Chemical Industry Federation says.

Normal opened its first shop in Finland in 2021 — now it has nearly 100 outlets across the country.

The victims seem to have been selected at random, and in some cases they were seriously injured in the violent attacks, according to police.

Orpo’s apology appears on social media channels of the Finnish embassies in China, Japan and South Korea.

Acquisition of the 64 jets is expected to cost around 10 billion euros, including weaponry and airfield modification costs.

The Council of Regulatory Impact Analysis had sharply criticised the government's handling of the wolf-hunting legislation.

Support for the governing parties has slipped to around 38 percent, the Kela boss is seriously ill, and Finnish journalists are being replaced by AI.

The M/S Estonia sank in September 1994, claiming the lives of 852 people.

In 2001, Linda Lampenius was forced to buy an advertisement in Ilta-Sanomat to persuade the millionaire Peter Nygård, now a convicted sex offender, to drop his defamation claims.

"This should not happen. Not now and not in the future," said Jukka Kopra, the National Coalition Party's parliamentary group chair.

The police investigation involves up to 900 young victims.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb says Ukraine peace talks are moving in the right direction.

The upper income threshold for a single-person household is around 1,500 euros per month.

The media is taking note of older Finns staying on the job.

"If the [Tax Administration's] decision remains in force, we are facing bankruptcy," Iso Numero's co-founder and CEO, Janne Hukka said.

Yle's analysis of half a million listings shows staffing agencies' opaque practices.

Australian police suspect that Sunday's mass shooting was a targeted antisemitic attack.

Over a third of children examined for obesity had prediabetes — a condition that can potentially progress to type 2 diabetes, if left untreated.

Meanwhile, around 70 percent of young adults said they had nvever bought items from online shops outside the EU, a new survey has found.

The importance of older taxpayers has risen markedly over the past decade.

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) said that MPs should set an example of dignified behaviour.

Finns Party chair Riikka Purra said the government will announce new rules on study-based immigration soon, and launched a campaign to encourage the use of Finnish language.