The government wants to allow the unemployed to study more without losing benefits.

Saturday 4 June marks the Finnish Defence Forces' Flag Day, with the parade taking place in Helsinki this year.

Large classroom sizes have become standard in Helsinki, with some teachers having classes of up to 30 students.

Gen. Mark Milley is to meet with President Niinistö and Defence Minister Kaikkonen following Finland's Nato application.

Underage drinking on end-of-term weekends has generally declined, but authorities plan to keep a sharp eye out for excess this weekend.

Firms providing road transport of passengers and cargo are to be offered 5% reimbursement for early spring fuel bills.

This week's episode examines why Finns climb statues to celebrate sporting success and asks if pay increases are the answer to Finland's rising inflation rate.

Companies are increasingly using automated telemarketing systems, which can make more than 18,000 calls per hour.

Finnish health officials say that people over 70 who are in risk groups should be offered fourth doses of a Covid vaccine.

Yle's news sites in Finnish, Russian and English are no longer accessible in Russia without a VPN.

Health officials estimate that about 20 percent of coronavirus-related deaths registered in Finland were due to other causes.

Parliament is rushing through a new gun law to allow the military to provide arms and ammunition for civilian volunteer defence training.

Support for the opposition NCP soared to a record high, while support for the prime minister's SDP recovered from an April slump.

Kultaranta, on an island in Naantali, has been the official summer residence of Finland's presidents for a century. It will be closed for renovation in 2023-24.

The patient, who is receiving care at home, acquired the infection on a trip to Europe.

With exports to Russia at a standstill, millions of kilos of young rainbow trout may have to be destroyed.

As cryptocurrencies reached record highs last year, people in Finland reported nearly 2.1 billion euros worth of such assets to tax authorities.

The flights are part of Finnish Defence Forces exercises in Uusimaa, the Archipelago and the southeast through early June.

Seeking to address long delays and attract top talent, the government is expediting resident permits for highly qualified workers and entrepreneurs.

Inspections by the authorities have uncovered shortcomings in payments to foreign workers by close to half of employers.

Despite a majority being against Nato membership, a majority also responded that they did not consider Finland's Nato membership a threat to Russia.

A poll published by the Uutissuomalainen newspaper group shows a majority of Finns would alter the demilitarised status of the Åland islands.

In its ruling, Helsinki District Court said the two individuals were leaders of an organised criminal group.

The individual is suspected of facilitating illegal immigration and forgery.

Eurozone inflation hit a record 8.1 percent in May compared to the same month last year.

A lower court ruled in March that former Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen's statements were offensive but did not amount to hate speech.

The City of Helsinki will consider ways to better protect the Havis Amanda statue.

A Tampere resident was acquitted of charges related to crimes allegedly committed during the Sierra Leonean and Liberian civil wars between 1999 and 2003.

The ban applies to all Russian crude oil and other refined oil transported by sea, but does not affect pipeline oil imports, at least for now, following opposition from Hungary.

EU leaders have agreed on a compromise deal that will see more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports prohibited from entering the bloc.