The days begin getting longer at different times in different places, with dawn arriving later for several more days in southern Finland.

The North Karelia firm has exported millions of euros' worth of goods to Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, despite saying that it would wind down its cross-border business.

According to Archbishop Tapio Luoma, echoes of Trumpism can be seen here on controversial issues such as the ordination of women and same-sex marriage, as well as the use of harsher language.

The Finance Ministry says that public finances may still need to be adjusted by as much as 1.4 billion euros before the government term ends in 2027.

Finland will be liable for an estimated 1.5–1.6 billion euros.

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The Finnish president lamented that last year the festive season was also shadowed by a racism debate.

Police were trying to clear away environmental protesters from a busy street at rush hour in downtown Helsinki on an October afternoon more than five years ago.

Yle spoke to Finns of Asian descent, who reflected on Finland's latest racism controversy.

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.