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Finnish foreign minister on Trump’s second term: “We’ve learned not to be shocked by minor things”

Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen (NCP) also claimed that recent racism scandals have not affected Finland’s international image “at all”.
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Hazardous driving throughout Finland during busy travel weekend

Many families are on the roads this weekend as school holidays end in parts of the south and begin in central Finland.
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Finns pick Kuusamo landscape photo as most beautiful stamp of 2025

The competition was arranged by Posti and garnered about 9,000 votes, with one third going to the winning image of a mill by the Myllykoski rapids.
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1 month ago

Leaking water pipe wakes Korkeasaari bears from winter hibernation

An unsettled start to their slumber, and the early-than-planned wake-up call, means the bears only caught about three weeks of uninterrupted sleep this winter.
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Finns Party’s Wille Rydman appointed social affairs and health minister

At the same time, Kaisa Juuso (Finns) was released from her duties at the head of the ministry.
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Finnish police use new law to launch first probes into suspected FGM cases, paper says

Finland introduced a specific law banning the practice and preparation of female genital mutilation (FGM) at the beginning of last year.
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HS: Orpo says government is not preparing to abolish inheritance, gift tax

“This is not in the government programme,” Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) told Helsingin Sanomat.
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Finland’s job vacancies down by half since 2022

The number of vacancies listed during Q4 was the lowest quarterly figure since 2016, Statistics Finland reports.
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“We wonder if we’re welcome here” — Immigrant groups express uncertainty and anxiety over Finland’s citizenship test

Integration specialists point to problems such as prohibitive costs, a lack of study materials, and the risks of indirect discrimination.
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Friday’s papers: Pulling the ‘debt brake’, star restaurateur slams delivery commissions, and slick roads this weekend

Helsingin Sanomat reports that a working group has found that Finland needs to save between 8 and 11 billion euros by 2031.
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