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3 months 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 months 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 months 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 months ago

Half a million face tax deadline Wednesday

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

Finland raises Räsänen post with American ambassador

The US embassy criticised the Finnish supreme court’s conviction of Päivi Räsänen as a troubling precedent for religious and free speech rights.
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3 months ago

Tuesday’s papers: Finland’s ‘envy day’ under scrutiny, a drone alert, and the market for liquid gold

The EU wants to know why the Finnish media publicises tax records every year.
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3 months ago

‘Harry Potter’ owl gains global protected status

In Finland, the snowy owl is classified as critically endangered.
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3 months ago

Finland pledges €2m in humanitarian aid for Lebanon

The aid will go towards supporting refugees and internally displaced persons in the country, according to the foreign ministry.
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3 months ago

Ukraine apologises for drones straying into Finland

The drones were not targeting Finland under any circumstances, according to a Ukrainian representative.
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