Two giant pandas have arrived in Finland, where they’ll spend the next 15 years under a loan scheme from the Chinese government.
Lumi (Snow) and Pyry (Blizzard) landed on a cargo flight in Helsinki, where they were greeted by an…
Singer Saara Aalto has picked three songs which she could perform for Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Aalto wrote on Twitter "choosing my 3 Eurovision options in the next 5 minutes. EXCITING".
In recent years, state-funded broadcaster YLE has organised…
The Saana fell in Kilpisjärvi, in the ‘Arm of Finland’ is illuminated on Monday and Tuesday as part of the official programme celebrating Finland’s 100 years of Independence.
Saana lies in the heartland of the Sámiland – a thoroughly colonized area, which has been carved up by the borders of the four nation states, and continues to be…
The headlines this year have all been about the Tom of Finland movie. So bring us up to date, what are you working on now?
Right now I’m in rehearsals for Don’t Dress for Dinner which opens at the…
A striking new sculpture lights up the dark skies this week, when Finland’s first ever national memorial to the Winter War of 1939 and 1940 is unveiled on Thursday.
Called ‘Valontuojia’ – or Lightbringer in English – the thoroughly modern…
Comedian André Wickström is a well known face on Finnish television, on the stand-up circuit, and from his quirky character commercials for energy company HELEN.
This weekend for News Now Finland, André tells us in his own words about Finnish humour,…
Finland will have an influx of royal visitors at the end of November, when not one but two princes head to Helsinki on the same date.
Sweden’s Prince Daniel – husband of Crown Princess Victoria – will make a two…
One of Finland’s most loved cartoon characters is getting a highbrow makeover.
Aku Ankka – Donald Duck – comics have been published in Finland for more than 60 years, and have become a treasured part of childhood.
From today, Helsinki’s Ateneum…
This week the government is looking at plans to cut tax breaks from funeral homes, while Posti is hoping to expand its services. Could there be some cross-over business opportunities here?
‘Cabbie Cartoonist’ Torsti Luotonen is a Helsinki taxi driver and…
Finland’s Susijengi or Wolfpack men’s national basketball team played with heart at the Eurobasket tournament group stage in Helsinki, winning 3 out of 4 games and going to the quarter finals in Istanbul. They lost to Italy on Saturday…
Flags are flying across Finland today to celebrate the life and work of Miina Sillanpää, a trailblazer in politics, social mobility and rights.
Sillanpää was…
Two Covid-19 tests open up travel restrictions from high risk countries
A new system of coronavirus tests opens up travel to passengers from high risk…
The cross-party Parliamentary Legal Committee has voted unanimously to approve a citizen’s initiative to ban female genital mutilation.
Although FGM is already considered a crime…
British nationals living in Finland who want to apply for permanent residence will be charged €48, according to the Immigration Service Migri.
Anyone who has…
Did you know that the coronavirus pandemic is already having an impact on Finland’s population?
According to Statistics Finland the number of people in Finland…