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2 days ago

Finland marks Earth Overshoot Day

Finland consistently ranks among the top consumers of the Earth’s natural resources.
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2 days ago

Yle source: Drone on lake ice is Ukrainian, carrying warhead

Authorities are investigating the matter and the area has been evacuated.
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2 days ago

Wednesday’s papers: Another drone, 40-year mortgages, and ‘Jeans Ibelius’

Drones keep falling from the skies over Finland.
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2 days ago

Drone alerts to reach Finnish phones by 2027

Finland is developing an aerial threat warning system modelled on one used in Ukraine.
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2 days ago

Police suspend probe of suspected information leak concerning Lisbon embassy

The investigation was suspended because investigators were unable to establish who had committed which acts, according to police.
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3 days ago

Gun-toting MP denied appeal

MP Timo Vornanen (Finns) threatened a man with a firearm and discharged a warning shot into the street in the spring of 2024.
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3 days ago

Finnish PM on stray drones: “War is coming closer to us”

“Ukraine has the right to defend itself,” Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) said on Tuesday.
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3 days ago

Pump prices rose sharply in March

Statistics Finland attributed the price increase to the war in the Middle East that broke out at the end of February.
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3 days ago

Half a million face tax deadline Wednesday

Many taxpayers must review their tax returns by 1 April.
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3 days ago

Opposition Left, Greens to call no confidence motion over growing poverty

”The poverty crisis has been exacerbated in particular by the right-wing government’s deep cuts to social security,” Left Alliance chair Minja Koskela said.
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