Evergreen politico Paavo Väyrynen abandons bid for Centre Party chair
Centre Party grandee Paavo Väyrynen said he had already informed chair and PM Juha Sipilä of his decision to quit the race.
Centre Party grandee Paavo Väyrynen said he had already informed chair and PM Juha Sipilä of his decision to quit the race.
Firefighters battled blazes on Friday in the south-central city of Tampere and the west-coast town of Kokkola. No foul play is suspected.
Educators in Finnish Lapland have launched a free breakfast trial after hearing that more than half of students miss a morning meal.
Before Finland's long-awaited fifth nuclear reactor begins operation, a new system will be installed to protect the national grid from crashing if the reactor fails.
This week's All Points North delves into the challenges faced by the visually-impaired, a politician who walked away from his party, the nation's favourite dishes.
The last time daytime highs rose above 20 degrees in April was in 2014.
Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö first proposed the idea last autumn, drawing criticism for doing so publicly before discussing it with the president or other ministers.
Many of us take moving around freely for granted. But for visually impaired people like Licia Prehn, a good memory and a talent for creating a mental map are the keys to freedom of movement.
Friday's press carries reaction to Thursday's resignation of a National Coalition Party MP, speculation about how that might affect the government's flagship reform, and a Ukrainian refugee.
The enforcement sting was part of a simultaneous 24-hour European-wide speed-monitoring campaign that involved more than 20 countries and ended Thursday morning.
Speaking a news conference Thursday afternoon, National Coalition Party MP Hjallis Harkimo said that he will reveal his plans for the future at a later date.
Officials estimated the street value of the cache to be some 590,000 euros.
While Finns are becoming increasingly adventurous about their gastronomical choices, a new study shows that they are still attached to standard favourites such as baked salmon, meatballs and mince-macaroni casserole.
Income-earners in Finland receive pre-filled tax returns each spring. Checking that deductions are added correctly is an important task which can pay off.
The papers on Thursday include speculation about a shake-up in Finnish politics, a possible high level summit in Helsinki, and a mystery resolved.
An elderly woman apparently lay dead in her apartment for weeks, even though the deceased should have been checked on by home care workers.
If proposed social and health care legislation is passed, a new digital patient data system which cost government hundreds of millions of euros will not be used in the manner originally intended.
The head of Nasdaq Helsinki said that no one in the Nordics on Nasdaq exchanges has been able to buy or sell shares during Wednesday's outage.
Construction workers in Finland are set to strike from Thursday after talks between unions and employers over a new pay deal broke down.
A former ambassador from the USA is embroiled in a dispute with Finland's state-owned railway company VR over a real estate deal gone sour.
Homeless Stockholm resident Björn Mattson chose to live on a ferry to Finland rather than move 300 km away or lose the chance to receive housing.
Wednesday's newspapers react to Yle's new CEO, a fresh poll of party support and a plan for a new way to get to Tallinn.
The Helsinki district court conducted Ilja Janitskin's remand hearing behind closed doors on Tuesday afternoon.
On Monday Turku city councillors approved a comprehensive urban strategy programme with rather ambitious goals.
International test scores show Finnish students' reading abilities have fallen steadily since 2000. One teacher in southern Espoo took this year's Reading Week to heart, devoting an entire week to reading in her school.
The ombudsman has also called for schools to be designated as discriminatory when they fail to deal with student harassment.
The recent milder weather in Finland has made many think that spring has finally arrived. But a long-term European weather outlook says that just isn't the case.
Lauri Kivinen's replacement as head of Yleisradio will be Merja Ylä-Anttila, currently editor-in-chief with the commercial broadcaster MTV.
On Tuesday papers cover two high profile court cases, CEO salaries and parliamentary boondoggles.
The Finnish government is expected to support 20 percent of an eight million-euro project that will see the food retail duopolist install rooftop 40,000 solar units at stores and service stations.
EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday decided against imposing new sanctions on Russia – a close Syrian ally – over a chemical weapons attack that took place nearly two weeks ago.
The company said that it has expansion plans in Iran and that it intends to open one or two new franchise outlets in the country each year.
Despite Finland's approval, the Nord Stream 2 project hangs in the balance after German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced concerns over Ukraine's eventual role in delivering Russian natural gas to Europe last week.
The yearly morbidity index from Finland's health watchdog shows that cancer rates are higher in southern regions of the country. Another soon-to-be-released study shows Finland now has the lowest incidence of new cancer diagnoses in the Nordics.
An advocate for sex workers has raised concerns about how information on brothel workers would be used if registration is compulsory.
The extreme nationalist organisation Finland First (Suomi Ensin) is suspected of committing up to 30 criminal offences during a months-long sit-in at Helsinki’s Central Railway Station last year, according to the Interior Ministry.
Finland's Supreme Court has upheld the two-year, eight-month prison sentence of a driver in a hit-and-run incident which resulted in the death of a cyclist in the capital city in 2015.
Monday papers discuss the whereabouts of a key witness in the trial of Abderrahman Bouanane, the 'sote' fears of small municipalities, and children's exposure to questionable content.
New regulations will simplify advertising for commercial radio stations, allowing more flexible placement of content. Previous rules had limited ads to just 20 percent of total air time.
Firefighters raced to the Helsinki Airport Sunday afternoon after greasy exhaust from a restaurant grill entered the ventilation system and set off the fire alarm. No one was injured in the incident.
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas took second place and Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen came in third in Sunday's action-packed Formula 1 race in China.
Film producers and location managers are showing more interest in Finnish Lapland in their search for film and television settings.
Finland's ski centres are coping with shorter, milder winters by making and storing snow – costly short-term solutions that may worsen the problem in the longer term.
Spring is rushing in, as warm temperatures have finally arrived to coax the crocuses out of the ground in Finland. Weather services forecast temps of up to 20 degrees Celsius for next week.
Police say they escorted nationalist website founder Ilja Janitskin back to Finland overnight after his extradition from Andorra. He now awaits trial under police detention in Helsinki.
Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and Foreign Minister Timo Soini agree the strikes were expected. Both say they are wary of Russia's response, with Soini fearing a possible "cycle of retribution".
Society spends some 1.5 billion euros annually on accidents that occur at home and during leisure time activities.
Students who participated in the survey said that teacher training did not adequately address cultural diversity from different perspectives.
An earlier report that the man was the subject of an international warrant turned out to be wrong.
This week we look at the cost of children's sport, the difficulty of learning Finnish, and the greatest Finnish basketball player of all time, Lauri Markkanen.
The practice has already been deemed illegal at primary, upper secondary and vocational schools.
Employment is growing at a rate "not seen for many years" in Finland, says the finance ministry. Growth is expected to remain steady for years to come.
Finnish spring proceeds apace, with street dust causing especially poor air quality in Espoo and Kokkola. Rain forecast for Sunday may help ease that situation.
Finnish police officers are to be issued with body cameras to be worn while out on patrol, reports the Central Finland daily Keskisuomalainen.
Veteran Finnish politician Paavo Väyrynen is back in the news, there's a report about divergent life expectancy and one paper tests Finland's first 24 hour bar.