Johanna Vehkoo's conviction for calling a city councillor a "racist" and "Nazi clown" was upheld by an appeal court last year.

Poor Finnish and Swedish language skills are preventing skilled foreign workers from being hired, FINEEC's report found.

Helsinki residents will soon have access to a new rapid virus testing option free of charge, reports Huvfudstadsbladet.

Juho Kautto's resignation follows 'confusing' behaviour during a remotely-held council meeting last week.

The European Medicines Agency's official position on the vaccine is expected later this week.

The proposal was shot down by Parliament's Constitutional Law Committee last week.

Studies show there are fewer toxic exhaust fumes in the air than in previous years.

The effect is caused by strong winds pushing the thinning masses of ice towards the lake shore.

Statistics from Telia show while people travelled from Uusimaa over the break, it was still less than in previous years.

An Yle poll found that while most backed a decision on future budgets in this month's debate, governing MPs were split.

Last month saw an uptick in Covid cases among conscripts, but there has not yet been a need to introduce such measures.

More details of a grisly crime in Turku last weekend emerge in Ilta-Sanomat, while politicians prepare for a long week.

Electricity prices in Finland were negative for four hours early Monday morning.

Yle investigative programme MOT finds that Finland burns most discarded plastic sorted by households.

Some residents in South Ostrobothnia felt a small earthquake on Sunday evening.

Western parts of Lapland may see up to 10cm of snow on Monday.

Fewer people are getting tested at Easter, according to the chief physician at HUS.

Kuortane Olympic Training Centre will save some 1,350 tonnes of carbon emissions by switching.

In total data from 533 million accounts was leaked. 

MP Ano Turtiainen wrote that his friend is willing to kill if the wearing of masks becomes compulsory in Finland.

Rescue services were called out to save two people in separate incidents on Saturday morning.

A 30-year-old suspect was apprehended in the stairwell of an apartment building in the district of Perno.

Media reports on Friday suggest there was a 'culture of fear' at the National Audit Office of Finland.

Sebastian Tynkkynen has been found guilty on two previous occasions of agitating against an ethnic group.

Ministers must go back to the drawing board after a parliamentary committee ruled restrictions on movement were unconstitutional.

Movement Now's leader and sole MP, Harry "Hjallis" Harkimo, made the jump from The Apprentice to politics.

The woman was found guilty on eight counts, including smuggling, animal abuse and threatening an informant.

Work-based migration to Finland should be promoted, according to the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (Etla).

A passenger ferry due to be delivered in May will not be ready until June.