A working group on data acquisition hands a report to Carl Haglund, the minister of defence, to open up a discussion on changing laws on monitoring internet traffic in the fight against terrorism. However, this could also jeopardise the privacy of ordinary citizens.
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The Finnish Athlete of the Year is a duo, Iivo Niskanen, 23, and Sami Jauhojärvi, 33, who won Olympic gold in men’s cross-country skiing team sprint at Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. It’s the first time in the history of the Finnish Sports Gala when a duo wins the title.
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Stubb was one of the marchers among a crowd of over 1.5 million in the unity rally in Paris on Sunday afternoon, which was arranged to commemorate the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack.
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About 250 people send their condolences to the French Embassy on Sunday.
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Prime minister Alexander Stubb will travel to Paris to attend the Unity Rally, arranged to honour the victims of the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack.
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HELSINKI – On Sunday, January 11, a support gathering to honour the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre will be arranged at Kansalaistori, between Kiasma and the Music Centre, at 16:00.
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The Port of Helsinki, the main harbour of Finland, enjoys a record-breaking year in both: the passenger and cargo traffic.
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Winter storm will send howling winds across southern Scandinavia and northern Europe through the weekend and usher gusting winds and snow showers to Finland, too.
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HELSINKI – You could see the sorrow in the eyes of the demonstrators, as they stood at the...
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HELSINKI – The British foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, arrived in Finland for his working visit on Thursday morning.
He stepped inside the prime minister’s official residence Kesäranta, was happy to take his coat off after the snow showers and meet with the Finnish premier, Alexander Stubb, over breakfast. Picture: Tony Öhberg for Finland Today
President Sauli Niinistö sent a message of condolence to François Hollande, the president of France, on the attack on the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday.
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“Freedom of expression and a free press are integral elements of European values,” Stubb said.
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Finnair was selected among the ten safest airlines in the world by AirlineRatings.com, the world’s only safety and product rating website.
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How does this sound for a movie plot? A young teenager (Onni Tommila) camping in the woods helps rescue the president of the United States (played by the one and only Samuel L. Jackson), when Air Force One is shot down near his campsite and crash-lands into a Finnish forest.
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About 12,500 conscripts pull on their army suits today, when they start the military service in the Finnish defence forces.
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The denial-of-services attacks which have been targeting Finnish banks for almost a week are...
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Here is the good news: discount sales are reaching their peak. Some of the stores slice off as...
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OP Financial Group is still suffering from the plague of the digital age: the denial-of-services attacks.
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Two extortion messages demanding virtual money were left at the Facebook pages of two national banks: OP and Danske Bank.
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Tallink Silja Superstar cruise ferry was grabbed by a storm-wind while travelling from Tallinn to Helsinki on Friday evening,
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The Kaisaniemi metro station in will be renamed as University of Helsinki in January 2015.
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Every year the New Year’s Eve shows its dark side in form of violence and injuries. The beginning of the year 2015 was no exception.
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The past year has left us to deal with three major issues: security, economy and the environment.
The issues were highlighted by President Sauli Niinistö in his traditional New Year’s Speech on Wednesday January 1 2015.
HELSINKI – Happy New Year! Finns, Russians, Italians, Asians … – a total crowd...
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HELSINKI – Today a crowd of tens of thousands will receive New Year 2015 at...
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