May Day Eve festivities take a fresh turn in Helsinki, honour tradition elsewhere
The Havis Amanda statue, the traditional focal point of celebrations, is undergoing restoration, so students instead gathered around a makeshift monument.
Sámi Parliament board sign UN complaint over election re-run
The Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that last year's elections to the Sámi Parliament must be run again with 65 voters reinstated to the electoral roll.
Court hands Kivimäki 6-year prison sentence in historic hacking case
Aleksanteri Kivimäki's hacking of psychotherapy centre Vastaamo's patient database led to a case with the largest number of victims in Finnish legal history.
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Finns Party committee proposes ejecting gun-toting MP from parliamentary group
Police suspect MP Timo Vornanen of firing a small-calibre weapon outside the Ihku karaoke bar, near Finland's parliament building, at about 4am on Friday morning.
Farms behind schedule after cold spring
The first domestic strawberries should be available in time for Mother's Day.
Finland set for warmest May Day of the decade
A high pressure front moving in from Eastern Europe will bring warm temperatures to much of Finland for the rest of this week.
The dark side of Lapland tourism: paketissa on 3 artikkelia
Inspections reveal poor treatment, underpaying of foreign workers by Lapland tourism firms
An investigation by a regional Lapland authority uncovers evidence that foreign employees are expected to work excessive hours, without requisite rest periods, and often receive less pay than they are entitled to.
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Overcoming Finnish language fears one step at a time — "If you don't speak, you won't learn"
Despite having a reputation for being very difficult, many immigrants to Finland find their own path to learning the Finnish language.