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YLE News—Finland’s English-language news desk
For over a decade, YLE News has been Finland's source of comprehensive English-language news. The YLE News team is composed of multilingual journalists hailing from many parts of the English-speaking world.
YLE News was established in 1999—the first year Finland held the rotating EU Presidency. The time was ripe for a news service that would deliver comprehensive English-language coverage about Finland for television, radio and online audiences. The first YLE News television bulletin aired on TV Channel 1 on June 7, 1999. Prior to YLE News, Radio Finland produced multilingual radio programming, including news in English. Finland’s first English-language radio news aired during World War II.
Window on Finland
Today the YLE News television bulletin reaches audiences in Finland and beyond through YLE Areena and the satellite channel TV Finland. YLE News is also the official in-flight news of national carrier Finnair. The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs features YLE News’ stories on its thisisFINLAND web portal.
Radio news broadcasts in English on three YLE networks also reach the whole country.
The YLE News site covers the top domestic stories of the day, from political and business news to issues of special interest to visitors and foreigners living in Finland. The site, which draws some 200,000 monthly readers, is updated from 05.30am to 9.30pm weekdays and from 2pm to 9.30pm on weekends.
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Climate change increasing weather extremes in Finland
Stronger winds, lighter frosts and more storm damage to forests are among the impacts that the Finnish Meteorological Institute expects to see in this country as a result of global warming.
Niinistö: Cooperation in Iceland no change in defence policy
President Sauli Niinistö told YLE on Saturday that Finland's possible participation in patrolling Iceland's airspace would not mark a change in the nation's defence policy line.
Tougher rules on gun storage likely
In the wake of Saturday's fatal shootings, Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen indicated that upcoming changes to gun laws may include stricter rules about keeping firearms under lock and key.
Hyvinkää shooting victims all young adults
Victims in Saturday's shooting incident were rushed to hospital in Hyvinkää and to the Meilahti and Töölö hospitals in Helsinki. Both men and women, all the victims were young adults.
Two dead, 7 injured in Hyvinkää shootings
A police officer who arrived on the scene was critically injured. A suspect taken into custody has confessed to police.
Finland’s coolest summer festivals
Summer is the most frenzied time in the Finnish cultural year, with fans and artists alike rushing to enjoy that brief intersection of warmth and relaxed free time. Here are a dozen of the season’s most unusual cultural events. Nearly all take place outdoors or in tents – so here’s hoping for a warm, dry-ish festival season.
Baby spuds herald arrival of summer
In a crucial sign of summer for Finns, the first field-grown potatoes of the year have been harvested in Rymättylä on Finland's south-west coast.
Cutting-edge Finnish fashion hits the catwalk
The newest names in Finnish fashion are taking centre stage on Friday evening at a gala event at Helsinki's old Suvilahti power plant.
Urpilainen returned as SDP chair
The Social Democrats gathered at a party convention in Helsinki to elect party leaders. Incumbent Jutta Urpilainen ran unopposed for the chairmanship.
EU unemployed seek Finnish jobs
Labour officials say there's been an almost daily flow of European jobseekers registering for employment opportunities in Finland -- some of them from Spain.
