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4 weeks ago

Monday’s papers: Conflicting interests, teen crime, and €6k at birth

What if every newborn got a jumpstart on their future retirement?
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4 weeks ago

Two minors remanded over Lauttasaari bike shop fire

The fire broke out in a bike shop that also houses a Ukrainian support organisation.
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4 weeks ago

“Curious” German tourists fined for illegally crossing into border zone

Just two weeks earlier, the Finnish Border Guard caught three young German men suspected of illegally crossing the border on snowshoes into Russia from Kuusamo.
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4 weeks ago

Court orders Vantaa arson suspect to remand custody

The prosecutor’s office is facing a deadline on 1 June to file charges in the case.
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4 weeks ago

Thursday’s papers: Vantaa arson suspect’s past, Finland on US travel warning list, and vanishing microbreweries

The 71-year-old suspect in the Vantaa arson tragedy has a dark history.
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4 weeks ago

Investigation of tragic Vantaa apartment fire continues

Police have detained a 71-year-old resident of the building on suspicion of deliberately setting the blaze.
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1 month ago

Tuesday’s papers: Finnish justice, swelling deficit, and eggs-asperation

Unlike the perpetrator, the victims of Vastaamo actually face a life sentence, Helsingin Sanomat reports.
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1 month ago

Major blaze claims 5 lives in Vantaa, police detain suspect

Police suspect the apartment fire was deliberately started.
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1 month ago

Court clears Sanna Marin’s stalker

The court reached its decision without a psychiatric evaluation.
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1 month ago

Appeals court tightens Kivimäki’s sentence in psychotherapy centre hacking case

In terms of the number of victims, in the tens of thousands, the Vastaamo investigation and trial is the biggest criminal case in Finnish history.
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