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Warning for Finnish Military Personnel Finnish soldiers have been warned not to be alone after dark, and only take scheduled public transport – not rides from strangers – when on leave from military service. A local newspaper reports that Lt…

If you’ve been waiting for Helsinki’s Länsimetro western extension to start services, then you are almost – almost – in luck. The first scheduled timetable tests will run on the entire Helsinki metro network from today – including the much-delayed…

Niinistö, Soini to USA President Niinistö will go to the USA today. The first stop is Washington DC, and then to the United Nations in New York where he will give Finland’s speech to the General Assembly next Wednesday. Finally,…

Turku Attacker’s Military Target? New reporting from regional newspaper group Lännen Media suggests that Turku knife attacker Abderrahman Bouanane might have been planning to attack a naval base, near to the reception centre where he was staying. Police had previously said…

English Gets Official Language Status Espoo City Council voted late on Monday night to make English one of its official languages. With almost 270,000 residents, Espoo is Finland’s second largest city, and the first in Finland to give English official…

Russian & US Deputy Foreign Ministers to Meet Talks will get underway in Helsinki today between Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Rjabkov and the US Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Shannon. On the agenda is the tricky business of repairing…

Catch up with the original journalism you might have missed on News Now Finland during the last 7 days: Monday: Death Threats, Racial Abuse and Taunts of Sexual Violence: How Much Online Hate Should Politicians Expect? Asylum: Mohammed’s Story Janne Strang Editorial: Helsinki…

If you’re traveling by train in northern Finland today, prepare for some travel disruption. Services between Oulu and Kemi are replaced by a bus, after a train derailment. It happened just north of Oulu station after 05:00 this morning. The Finnish…

Too Many Cooks? Hundreds of new eateries, over-inflated rental prices, and Finland’s burdensome bureaucracy are hallmarks of Helsinki’s restaurant industry. In a News Now Original story we hear from chefs and restaurateurs, and examine if the capital city restaurant scene…

Russia’s Military Buildup – Zapad Explained Russia’s military is preparing for its biggest ever post-Cold War exercise, and it’s happening in Finland’s back yard next week. Thousands of troops, aircraft, ships and weapons being deployed across the Baltic and High…