Finland

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 …

Finnish lawmakers have approved a controversial bill that will allow border guards to turn away third-country migrants coming from neighbouring Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Finnish lawmakers narrowly approved a controversial bill on …

Following Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO, seven of the eight Arctic Council members will be fighting Russia’s threat in the Far North, which has had a significant military advantage …

Finns headed to the polls Sunday to cast their votes for president, and after a close race, ex-Prime Minister Alexander Stubb of the center-right National Coalition Party narrowly ousted liberal …