The Latest Breaking News from Petteri Orpo

Public transport ground to a halt across much of Finland on Friday as part of mass strikes over the government's proposed labour reforms, leaving Helsinki's normally-bustling city centre unusually quiet.

A massive Finnish strike movement kicked off on Thursday, grounding most air traffic and closing workplaces in a protest against proposed government labour reforms that include social benefit cuts.

Finland's prime minister said Tuesday the country will shut its last border crossing with Russia, following an influx of migrants which Helsinki claims is a hybrid attack orchestrated by Moscow.

Temporary closure comes after Finnish intelligence suggested Russia was helping asylum seekers reach the border

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has said Finland will close its entire border with Russia due to concerns over migration.

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo says Finland will close its entire border with Russia due to concerns over migration

Russia threatened retaliation against Finland after its Nordic neighbor joined NATO earlier this year

Helsinki accuses Moscow of weaponising desperate refugees and migrants in retaliation for its recent entry into NATO.

Finnish border guards and soldiers began erecting barriers including concrete obstacles topped with barbed-wire at some crossing points on the Nordic country’s lengthy border with Russia to better control an influx of migrants, officials said Wednesday. Finland said it will close three more crossing points, leaving only one Arctic point…

Helsinki accuses Moscow of guiding refugees across border in apparent act of revenge for it cooperating with US

Russia has been accused of handing out bicycles and scooters to migrants to help them cross into Finland in a bid to destabilise Europe.