Birds’ fall migration is at its peak in southern Finland. This autumn, observers have spotted unusually large flocks of Eurasian jaybirds in the Uusimaa region.

Air currents have carried impurities from brush fires in Russia into parts of south-east Finland. Although air quality remains satisfactory, it is expected to get worse by Wednesday. Fine particles originating from brush and forest fires in Russia are...

FINLAND’S economy has fallen back into recession during the first three months of this year despite a recovery in its export trade. During the January to March quarter its economy contracted by a seasonally-adjusted 0.4%, after a decline of 0.2%...

The Minister of Transportation and Communications, Anu Vehviläinen, says transport funding should be shifted to focus on basic road maintenance. The Finnish Transport Agency says that about six percent of the country’s roads are in need of...

Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen has encouraged the public not to give money to street beggars. Speaking to a gathering of political journalists on Wednesday, Vanhanen said he doubted whether begging could be stopped by law. In the Prime Minister’s...

Filipino Rodolfo Bolcan remains a rarity – in the Finnish healthcare system, at least. According to the Commission for Local Authority Employers (CLAE), only a few tens of nurses have been recruited from abroad to the public healthcare sector, nor are...

Plans are being made to install surveillance cameras in all buses in the capital region over the next two years. According to the regional transport authority, the cameras are aimed at improving security for both passengers and drivers. Some bus...

Helsinki has been selected as the 2015 host city for World Gymnaestrada, the largest general gymnastics exhibition. The event will bring 25,000 gymnasts to Helsinki from 60 countries. The International Gymnastics Federation announced its decision on...

Parliamentarian and former police officer Juha Hakola wants the powerful stimulant methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) to be classified as a controlled substance in Finland. So far, 140 parliamentarians have signed a bill on the issue being circulated by...

The practice of honour crimes is said to be becoming more widespread in the south west of Finland, where the country’s largest immigrant population has settled. Immigrant women in the southwest Uusimaa district, west of Helsinki, have recently come...