The Finnish Defence Forces (FD) will hold a combat exercise next week in the Rovaniemi and Rovajärvi areas of Lapland, the FDF said in a press release. The exercise, called Vigilant Knife, will last from Monday to Friday. In addition to the Ground Forces, troops from Sweden and the UKContinue Reading
Trucks packed with military hardware could this weekend be seen in big numbers on the roads that connect northern Sweden and Finland with neighbouring Norway. Several of them carried tanks and heavy armoured vehicles. Sweden and Finland have participated in the bi-annual Cold Response for more than 15 years. ButContinue Reading
The chair of parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Mika Niikko (Finns), was forced to explain his comments on Twitter that appeared to contradict Finland’s foreign policy positions. He had suggested that French President Emmanuel Macron, or someone else, should state publicly that Ukraine would not join Nato. He soon deleted theContinue Reading
Helsinki Police Department faced its biggest operation of the year as four different demonstrations or processions passed through the city centre on Independence Day. The first protest of the day was organised by far right group Suomi herää (or ‘Finland Awakes’) and departed from the Aleksis Kivi statue at 3pm,Continue Reading
Itsenäisyyspäivää juhlitaan tänään perinteisesti arvokkaissa tunnelmissa, mutta koronarajoitukset vaikuttavat tapahtumiin monin tavoin. Lipunnosto aloittaa päivän juhlallisuudet Itsenäisyyspäivän vietto Helsingissä alkaa perinteisellä lipunnostolla Tähtitorninmäellä. Voit katsoa tilaisuuden suorana klikkaamalla tämän artikkelin ylimmäistä kuvaa. Perinteisen itsenäisyyspäivän lippupuheen pitää tänä vuonna eduskunnan puhemies Anu Vehviläinen. Kuorolaulusta vastaa Viipurin lauluveikkot ja lipun nostosta NMKY:nContinue Reading
The Finnish Defence Forces will hold a national parade in the city of Lahti as part of Independence Day celebrations on 6 December, according to a press release. Last year’s parade, which was meant to take place in Pori, was cancelled due to the escalating number of Covid-19 cases. TheContinue Reading
Kissojen omistajat saatetaan lähivuosina velvoittaa rekisteröimään ja siruttamaan lemmikkinsä. Kyseessä olisi samanlainen velvoite, joka on tulossa koiraihmisille vuodesta 2023 eteenpäin. Tämä ilmenee perjantaina valmistuneesta maa- ja metsätalousvaliokunnan mietinnöstä. Mietintö liittyy eläinten rekisteröintiä koskevaan lakiesitykseen. Mietinnössä todetaan, että kissat voitaisiin ottaa samaan järjestelmään koirien kanssa, jos koirarekisteri todetaan toimivaksi. Lemmikkieläinten siruttamisellaContinue Reading
In the future all Finnish police departments will undergo training on non-discriminatory police work while municipal councillors will take courses on hate speech, reports Helsingin Sanomat. On Thursday the government adopted a 52-point programme called “Equal Finland” aimed at combating racism and hate speech in Finland over the next twoContinue Reading
The government won a confidence vote in Parliament on Friday afternoon by 89 votes to 68, with 42 abstentions. The vote was prompted by a motion of no confidence submitted by the Finns Party and Movement Now over the government’s handling of immigration, in particular planned changes to Finland’s policyContinue Reading
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has threatened to expel Finland’s ambassador, along with ambassadors from nine other countries, after they jointly issued a petition demanding the release of a Turkish activist. The ambassadors’ petition called for the immediate release of the Turkish philanthropist and human rights activist Osman Kavala whoContinue Reading
Sweden
1,222,892
Denmark
529,210
Lithuania
484,537
Norway
300,013
Latvia
259,215
Estonia
226,304
Finland
197,476
Iceland
18,896