Tuesday, December 24, 2024 from mbl.is - News in English
A large crowd attended the Peace March in downtown Reykjavík last night. Peace activists gathered at Hlemm to the music of the Hamrahlíð High School choir and marched down Laugavegur to Austurvöllur, where an outdoor meeting was held.Tuesday, December 24, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
The reading of the Declaration of Christmas Peace in Turku on 24 December is a 700-year-old tradition.Tuesday, December 24, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
We wish you a cosy Christmas — check out our (mostly English) picks from Yle's holiday lineup.Monday, December 23, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
The probe was sparked by a criminal complaint about a former minister's aide including four nicotine pouch flavours made by a firm from the minister's hometown.Monday, December 23, 2024 from mbl.is - News in English
Domestic online shopping has been doing exceptionally well in the run-up to Christmas and has exceeded expectations in many respects, especially in November and early December.Monday, December 23, 2024 from Radio Sweden
On January 1st, several new laws will come into effect, including a ban on disposing textiles in your household waste, as well as the introduction of anonymous witnesses in courts. Taxes will be lowered for high-income earners and...Monday, December 23, 2024 from Radio Sweden
The holiday traffic is so far this Monday afternoon flowing without major disruptions. But the Swedish Transport Administration warns that the weather could change quickly. Drivers planing long journeys are encouraged to pack warm...Monday, December 23, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Early forecasts had suggested this Christmas would see expensive electricity for Finnish households, but mild weather and reduced demand mean that has not come to pass.Monday, December 23, 2024 from mbl.is - News in English
Stormy weather hit the south and west of the country last night and early this morning with wind, sleet and rain, but the weather has mostly subsided by morning.Monday, December 23, 2024 from Radio Sweden
Sweden has received over 200 Ukrainian patients since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Around two-thirds are cancer patients, while the remaining third have war-related injuries. Björn Eriksson, Director General of the National...Monday, December 23, 2024 from Radio Sweden
There is broad support in the Riksdag to ban marriage between first cousins in order to prevent honour-based oppression, Swedish Radio News reports. The government proposal is backed by the Sweden Democrats as well as three of the four...Monday, December 23, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Finland briefly seized the artwork, including paintings, antiques and statues in 2022.Monday, December 23, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Finnish casualties in Ukraine are higher than previously reported, according to a regional newspaper.Monday, December 23, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Alko stores will be closed during Christmas, while most grocery stores will operate with limited hours.Monday, December 23, 2024 from Radio Sweden
The Swedish Union of Tenants says that no one will qualify for the housing allowance in 10 years unless changes are made to the current system. Over the past five years, the number of households receiving housing allowance has decreased...Monday, December 23, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
The capital's holiday market, recently voted one of the best in the world, drew a record 600,000 visitors this festive season.Monday, December 23, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
There were about 9,800 fewer immigrants and 600 fewer emigrants between January and November 2023 compared to the previous year.Monday, December 23, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Christmas in Lapland is far from an authentic Finnish experience, reports Helsingin Sanomat.Monday, December 23, 2024 from Radio Sweden
Chocolate lovers in Sweden will have to get used to higher prices as "the new normal". Ingela Svedbro who runs a chocolate school and is also a wholesaler in the chocolate industry, says the surge in cocoa prices has meant chocolate...Sunday, December 22, 2024 from mbl.is - News in English
Director Þorleifur Örn Arnarsson and visual artist Erna Mist Yamagata are creating their world in a new home. They met over a year ago and are now working together for the first time on Tennessee Williams’s play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,...Sunday, December 22, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
Besides a chain collision on Highway 4 in Mäntsälä, holiday traffic has been mostly calm in Finland.Sunday, December 22, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
EU leaders ended their summit in Lapland with a press conference on Sunday, speaking about a wide range of security threats facing Europe.Sunday, December 22, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
An Aalto University study looking at the past two decades observed an increase in the proportion of students choosing to study in outside of their hometowns for university.Saturday, December 21, 2024 from mbl.is - News in English
The policy statement of the Coalition of The Social Democratic Alliance, the Liberal Reform Party, and the People's Party was presented in Hafnarfjörður today. A new ministerial structure was presented, with 11 new ministers being...Saturday, December 21, 2024 from Yle Uutiset | News |
With increased traffic on the roads over the festive season, there is also a heightened risk of accidents.