Some 1,500 people gathered in downtown Helsinki on Saturday to protest efforts to curb the virus. Police said the demonstration by Helsinki’s Central Railway Station, which drew some 1,500 people, passed off peacefully. Saturday witnessed mass protests against coronavirus mitigation measures in several major European cities, including Vienna which isContinue Reading

Extinction Rebellion activists protested by stopping traffic in central Helsinki in October before they were moved on by police using pepper spray.

Demonstrators were removed from the street after they sat down and blocked traffic. Several police are being investigated over claims of breach of official duties, but prosecutors have now added assault suspicions to their preliminary investigation into police actions to end a demonstration by climate activists that blocked traffic forContinue Reading