Domestic

No love for female conscripts from armed forces chief The Commander of the Defence Forces Jarmo Lindberg says he doesn’t see a need for female conscripts to the military, on equality grounds, when the current system of male conscripts plus some…

Many cities around the world are reducing the number of cars on the roads as a way to improve walkability. Helsinki is also planning to make some parts of the city less congested, but with unconventional plans that don’t…

Police in Finland have issued advice for anyone who encounters a wolf in the wild during winter. There’s only an estimated 190 individuals in the country, and although they are classified as an endangered species, there is still a change…

Government meets for sex abuse allegation updates The government is meeting today to discuss how to move forward with new plans to prevent sexual offenses against children. They’re considering a list of ten recommendations prepared by the Ministry of the…

Overnight snow blizzard An overnight snow blizzard didn’t hit the capital city area with as much for as anticipated, and instead impacted slightly further east. But still it caused a lot of problems this morning. Finnair has preemptively canceled more…

The Finnish government has finally revealed – partially – what will happen to some 5000 British nationals living here, in the event of a no-deal Brexit. This morning, the Interior Ministry announced that "Finland’s goal is to have a fast and…

Covering Britain’s Brexit chaos: three Finnish correspondents have their say Britain’s parliament is facing one of its biggest votes in recent memory today. Later this evening politicians will vote on whether to accept the deal Prime Minister Theresa May has…

New Metropolia campus opens for students today Thousands of students are starting a new term at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences today in Helsinki, and settling in to a brand new campus. It’s part of a multi-million euro investment at the…

The three parties which make up the Finnish government coalition are set to hold a series of emergency talks this week, in the wake of sex abuse allegations in Oulu and Helsinki. Today, police said they detained three suspects in…

A recently published video warns newly arrived immigrants that all forms of harassment and sexual coercion in Finland are criminal offenses. The message, delivered in Finnish but dubbed into several different languages including English, Arabic, French, Dari, Spanish, Turkish and…