• Valtonen: Hamas must be disarmed, by force if necessary
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    The foreign minister said that Finland will recognise Palestine as a state when it has a civilian administration that is committed to non-violence and security in regard to Israel, other neighbouring countries and its own people.
  • Kotka to Derry: Stubb approves Finnish leg of European route E16
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    The European motorway will stretch more than 1500km across five countries – but you won't be able to drive it by private car.
  • STT: Estonian firm that exploited Ukrainian builders also fined for hiding data on foreign workers at Rauma shipyard
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    The same complex web of companies is suspected of ripping off Ukrainian labourers at the Turku shipyard and at various construction sites.
  • Storm ‘Amy’ batters half of Norway
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no » » News
    More than 117,000 households were without electricity and around 170 roads were closed by fallen trees and landslides on Saturday afternoon, after the extreme storm ‘Amy’ slammed into both central- and southern Norway during...
  • Sharing Icelandic sheep round-up in the U.S.
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from mbl.is - News in English
    The short documentary Fjallferð was filmed in Landmannaafréttur in the autumn of 2024. Three young American filmmakers — Jesse Smolan, Josh Fairmont, and Ollie Smith — contacted Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson, known as RAX, and...
  • Employment minister promises tax incentives to encourage Finns working abroad to return
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    Minister of Employment Matias Marttinen (NCP) told Yle on Saturday that he is concerned about a brain drain.
  • Finnish Foreign Minister: Hamas announcement "very positive"
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen (NCP) welcomed US moves to end the war in Gaza. According to a Middle East expert at Finnish Institute of International Affairs, "Hamas has played its cards and the game is over".
  • Electric cars fare worse in Finnish car inspections – up to half of Teslas flunk
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    EVs are gaining popularity in Finland – but perform significantly worse in inspections than petrol, diesel or hybrid cars of the same age. Teslas have by far the highest test failure rate.
  • Stockholm underground celebrates 75 years — from 'Green Danger' to world’s longest art gallery
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Radio Sweden
    Sweden's very first metro line opened in 1950 between Slussen and the southern suburb of Hökarängen. The Stockholm underground now calls itself the world’s longest art gallery, a colourful part of the city’s daily life. Curator Helena...
  • EU Commissioner on Tesla strike: Respect European standards
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Radio Sweden
    It's coming up to two years since the Swedish union, IF Metall, first took strike action against Tesla as the US electric vehicle manufacturer refuses to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement for its workers in Sweden. On a visit...
  • “The welfare of children and parents can never be separated”
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from mbl.is - News in English
    Halla Gunnarsdóttir, chair of the VR union, believes that municipalities have effectively given up on preschool issues. She says society assumes two wage earners, and preschools are one of the cornerstones of that system.
  • Finnish conscripts to begin anti-personnel landmine training next year
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    The National Defence Training Association also plans to offer anti-personnel landmine training.
  • APN Podcast: Young migrants bring their stories to the stage
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    We head to the stage to hear how young migrants are turning their difficult journeys into powerful stories.
  • Low-pressure system Amy nears Iceland
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from mbl.is - News in English
    Today’s forecast calls for light northerly or variable winds. The weather will be mostly clear, though isolated showers are expected in the south and west early in the day.
  • Expert: Europe should wage information warfare inside Russia
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Radio Sweden
    Europe should fight Russia's information war inside Russia. Current measures taken by Western countries, such as fact-checking and sanctions, are not enough to stop disinformation, experts believe. James Pamment, an associate professor...
  • Tampere garage fire started with hybrid car that was likely being charged
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    Police do not suspect foul play in the incident.
  • Police: We have stopped several shootings but deadly violence threat from gangs remains
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Radio Sweden
    After three people were shot dead in Gothenburg in September, the police say that they have prevented several planned acts of deadly violence by gangs. But the risk of further gang-related violence remains, not only in Gothenburg but...
  • Finnish court: We have no jurisdiction in Eagle S case
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    The Finnish state is now expected to have to pay the defendants' legal fees, a sum of around 195,000 euros.
  • Friday's papers: Metro mini-series, Finnish basketball's second star and colossal carrot
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HSL) launched its own mini-series costing 200,000 euros at a time when the public transport system faces financial struggles
  • ‘Drastic’ measures meant to protect Norway’s wild reindeer
    Thursday, October 2, 2025 from Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no » » News
    Closures of roads, parking areas and popular mountain cabins are all part of the Norwegian government’s plans to protect the country’s herds of wild reindeer. Objections are rising, though, also over the possible relocation...
  • Flying Icelanders to the Canary Islands after Play’s collapse
    Thursday, October 2, 2025 from mbl.is - News in English
    “We have a large number of passengers booked to Gran Canaria and Tenerife this winter, and many of those had originally booked with Play,” says Andri Már Ingólfsson, CEO of the travel agency Aventura, in an interview with mbl.is.
  • Orpo attends European community summit; Valtonen misses African summit due to illness
    Thursday, October 2, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    The EPC meeting brings together nearly 50 leaders from across the greater European region, from Greenland to Azerbaijan.
  • Listeria outbreak at Stockholm restaurant — 20 hospitalised, some with sepsis
    Thursday, October 2, 2025 from Radio Sweden
    A listeria outbreak linked to a restaurant in Stockholm's affluent Östermalm neighbourhood has left around 20 people needing care in hospital, including four suffering from sepsis. Meanwhile, over 80 reports of suspected food poisoning...
  • Lawyers: Permanent residency proposal violates fundamental legal principles
    Thursday, October 2, 2025 from Radio Sweden
    The Swedish Bar Association has voiced its concerns over a state-sponsored inquiry to scrap permanent resident permits for refugees and a number of other migrant groups, replacing them with temporary permits if they can't become citizens...
  • Wolt CEO Miki Kuusi leaving post for top job at UK's Deliveroo
    Thursday, October 2, 2025 from Yle Uutiset | News |
    Kuusi, 36, was one of Wolt's six founders and plans to continue serving as chair of the company's board.
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