The Latest Breaking News from Finland

Painful reality of people lingering on waiting list

Finland’s government says it will reopen two out of eight border crossing points with Russia later this week following a sudden influx of migrants in November

The war in Ukraine has forced a major rethink in European security, with both Sweden and Finland abandoning their long-standing policy of non-alignment and applying for NATO membership last year. But while Finland was admitted into NATO this April, delays have persisted on Sweden’s entry, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip…

Steamy, spiritual and stress-busting, there are more than 3m saunas in Finland. Not only are they skin tingling, they help people explore what it is to be human

In his rustic cabin in the forests of southern Finland, 87-year-old Erkki Pekkarinen carves delicate strips of birch bark with his knife, before intricately weaving them into beautiful objects.

A very large percentage of South Africans who are released from prison end up being rearrested and being convicted for crimes again. The country has one of the highest recidivism rates in the world. Criminologist Casper Lӧtter sets out his findings in a recent paper on what can be learnt…

Australian Olympic freestyle ski champ Jakara Anthony is back in dominant form again, winning the opening World Cup moguls event of the season in Finland.

Archaeologists in Finland have identified a 6,500-year-old site as potential cemetery with 200 graves.

As remote Arctic crossing points are shut, officers say they plan to stick to the job in the glare of a geopolitical spotlight