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6 months ago
The method used to wash seat covers has led to the cancellation of about 40 Finnair flights on Monday and Tuesday.
6 months ago
The system registers non-EU nationals travelling for a short stay whenever they cross the external borders of an EU state, but it does not apply to EU citizens.
6 months ago
The Central Finland facility was once home to two giant pandas, leased by the Chinese government in 2018 as part of its so-called “panda diplomacy” policy.
6 months ago
If the bodycams are found to improve safety, the devices could become a permanent part of ticket inspectors’ daily work.
6 months ago
The drill marks the first time MPs will practice using the underground facilities, which include a backup plenary hall, since they were completed in 2014.
6 months ago
A Finland-based company owned by one of Russia’s richest men received a sizeable grant just weeks before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a report by Iltalehti.
6 months ago
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah (CD) said that she would seek to allow wolf hunting as of 1 January.
6 months ago
The confidence rating fell to its lowest level since the biannual survey started in 2020. Trust in institutions and a sense of social justice dipped after rising last spring.
6 months ago
The government wants students from non-EU countries to pay for their education in Finland.
6 months ago
Rauma and Helsinki shipyards are poised to build icebreakers for the United States.