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ADVERTISEMENT The Finnish parliament has passed legislation which restricts the use of smartphones and other electronic devices by students in primary and secondary schools during the day. Lawmakers say concern …

Russia will not ignore the expansion of potentially hostile military infrastructure on its borders, Dmitry Peskov has said Russia has never had any problems with Finland or Sweden joining NATO, …

Wind power in Finland has more than doubled since 2020 to supply a quarter of the country’s energy. ADVERTISEMENT The closure of a coal power plant in Finland today brings …

Political changes, higher defence spending and a shift in focus towards national priorities have seen many European aid budgets slashed recently. ADVERTISEMENT Several key Western European countries including the UK, …

Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday. Other Nordic countries are also once …

Most Finnish people said they had already experienced the impact of climate change in their daily lives with 62 per cent feeling that recent winters have been milder. ADVERTISEMENT More …

Finnish operator Cinia said it detected problems on its C-Lion1 fibre-optic link connecting Finland and Germany some time ago. Swedish and Finnish police are investigating a suspected case of sabotage …

The Helsinki police department say the vessel, which was boarded on Thursday, was moved to inner anchorage near Porvoo as a better place to carry out an investigation. ADVERTISEMENT Authorities …

Finnish commitment to defending their sovereignty from an imperialistic Russia has long been part of the Finnish psyche, and intrinsic to how the state is run. Since Putin’s revanchist mindset …

Yan Petrovsky, also known as Voislav Toden, is charged with fighting against Ukrainian forces as part of the neo-Nazi Russian unit, Rusich. ADVERTISEMENT A Russian combatant who fought in Ukraine …