The Finance Ministry’s budget plan for next year does include funds to help protect the Baltic Sea. At the Baltic Sea Summit in Helsinki last February, Finland vowed to bolster investments in conservation efforts. The Ministry of the Environment said...

Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi says a proposal advocating gender neutral marriage will not be implemented during the term of the current administration. In an interview given to YLE, Kiviniemi said the issue was a matter for discussion in negotiations...

Two Finnish climbers died on Tuesday while ascending Kebnekaise, Sweden’s highest mountain. The police said a man in his late 20s and a woman in her early 20s had been crushed by a boulder. None of the other three members of the climbing team was...

Over half of Finns say they would want alcohol ignition locks to be installed on all new automobiles, according to a survey by the newspapers Turun Sanomat, Kaleva and Väli-Suomen Sanomat. The device prevents ignition if the driver has been drinking.

The Finnish military is preparing for an increase in mental health problems experienced by soldiers returning from overseas operations like the Nato-led mission in Afghanistan, national daily Helsingin Sanomat reported Monday.

At least 22 people lost their lives during Midsummer festivities over the weekend in Finland. The Midsummer death toll was the highest in a decade, ever since 25 people died during the Midsummer of 2000.

Outgoing Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen submitted his resignation to President Tarja Halonen at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki late Friday morning. Timo Kalli, the chair of the Centre Party’s parliamentary group, is holding a meeting of party...

Two sets of surveys find the inhabitants of Finland’s cities to feel happy and safe in their surrounding environment. THE MOST recent Urban Audit Eurobarometer survey, carried out on behalf of the EU Commission, has found that Finnish cities are good...

According to an aide to the Minister of Immigration, proper scrutiny of reform proposals will take time. THE LAW may be made more sympathetic to foreign grandmothers as soon as this coming autumn. But the two women who inspired the proposed reform,...

Alexander Stubb (cons), Finland’s foreign minister, said Monday that he was deeply shocked at Israel’s attack on a convoy of aid ships heading for the Gaza strip. “All violence directed at civilians must be condemned. This should not...