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Candles and songs as Finland observes All Saints' Day and Swedish Heritage Day

Finnish Political Parties

Parliament suspends EU stimulus package debate after 20-hour session

Turku Cathedral

Parish apologises for Turku Cathedral bells ringing all night

Digital Services

Church raises funds to teach older people digital skills

Bishop of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Church confirms first female bishop of Turku

Court sentences former church councillor, three others in child sex ring case

Lucia brightens winter darkness on Sunday

Same Sex Relationship and Marriage

Gay marriage deepens Finnish Lutheran Church divisions

Same Sex Relationship and Marriage

Court: Church warning to pastor who performed gay wedding was legal

Kampin Kauppakeskus

Helsinki's popular non-denominational 'Chapel of Silence' set to expand

Same Sex Relationship and Marriage

Same-sex marriage turns three in Finland: "You can be religious and LGBT"

Finlands president

Finnish president opens annual charity drive and tells parents to relax

Hundreds attend vigil following Turku Synagogue vandalism

Evangelical Church

State church sees net loss of membership in 2019

Centralised waste food depot to streamline food aid in Helsinki

Helsinki's Lutheran bishop to meet Pope Francis in Rome

Lucia Day brightens Friday 13th gloom

Churches cancel concerts over ex-tango star's child sexual abuse charges

Constitutional Law Committee (Finland)

Politicians clash over school celebrations in churches

Church to start exercise clubs to get youth moving

Ex-church councillor among four charged in violent child sex abuse ring

Fewer babies baptised in Finland, statistics show

Asylum Application

Close to 90% of Russian Jehovah's Witnesses applicants refused asylum in Finland

Suspected Person

Suspected arson at Hyvinkää church

Half of Lutheran parishes in Finland report financial loss

Marriage Ceremony

Archbishop: Same sex marriage ceremonies just a matter of time

Archbishop responds to Pride dust-up: "Same sex couples are welcome at all church activities."

Rescue Departments

Wednesday's papers: Nursing students' aptitude tests, Christian pol threatens to quit church, rescue dept's Midsummer reminder

International Sanctions

Finnish church NGO quits North Korea over tougher sanctions

Thursday's papers: Teachers' psychological workload, Lutheran godparent scarcity, slipshod tyre fraud

Finland sees rise in 'total objectors' to military, civilian service

Thursday's papers: Tricky government formation talks, church exodus and multilingual Helsinki

Finland's Turku Cathedral to host charity concert for Paris' Notre Dame

Same Sex Relationship and Marriage

Survey: Most priests would marry gay couples if permitted by church

Skiing Accidents

Safety watchdog: No negligence in fatal ski accident

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Public Order And Safety Activities

Jehovah's Witnesses lose exemption from military service

Sauli Niinistö

President Niinistö launches annual charity drive

Macro Economics and Economic Policy

Helsinki residents to fork out lowest taxes in 2018, west coast Kokkola to pay most

Snow and Ice Church

You can get married in this snow church in Southeast Finland – but you'd better hurry

Express Credit & Advance Loans

Wednesday's papers: Farmer payday loans, taxi rides for children's rights and church membership