The Latest Breaking News from Helsinki

The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs commission approved a bill ratifying Finland's bid to join NATO, state broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Thursday, effectively taking Helsinki another step toward membership of the trans-Atlantic pact.

Finland and Sweden jointly applied for membership, but Ankara has so far backed only Helsinki’s bid.

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At a time when Finland is looking forward to maximizing its strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia, a Finnish diplomat revealed that Helsinki is looking to intensify student exchange, tourism, investments, and trade with Riyadh in the coming period. Huge projects included in Saudi Arabia’s national transformation plan, Vision 2030, offer…

The three-day festival will return to Helsinki in August 2023

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Turkey's defense minister says Turkey remains concerned by alleged activities of Kurdish militant groups in Finland and expects Helsinki to take “concrete steps” before Ankara can approve its NATO membership

The Federation of Saudi Chambers and the Finland Chamber of Commerce signed on Friday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Helsinki to establish a joint Saudi-Finnish Business Council. Under the MoU, the Council will carry out commercial and promotional activities systematically in the field of trade and investment, while focusing…

In the dead of winter, Finland can be a miserable place. Temperatures often dip below minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit), and in the darkest months of the year, Helsinki gets less than six hours of light a day.