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Tensions over Israel’s participation in this year’s Song Contest grow amid further calls to ban them from the competition over Gaza conflict

Finland’s prime minister says the country may need to take further actions on its border with Russia after closing four border crossings in an attempt to stem a recent increase in asylum-seekers

Russian president Putin sports a longer haircut and can be seen playing ping pong, eating and socialising with other guests at a hospitality venue in Finland

Putin seen playing table tennis and accompanying then mayor of St Petersburg on fishing trip

Finland is joining its three Baltic neighbors in banning vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory, a joint move in line with a recent interpretation of the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine

Gen Mark Milley, head of the US military, says offensive has gone ‘slower than anticipated’ but battle isn’t done

The deputy mayor of Finland’s capital is facing possible legal action and calls for him to pay compensation for damages and to resign after he was caught red-handed spray-painting graffiti in a railway tunnel last weekend

Terms like 'mainstream media' have become highly politicised. To build trust, we need to change how we talk about news media, writes Dr Merja Myllylahti.

Petteri Orpo’s NCP pushes party of predecessor Sanna Marin into third place in tight election

Speaking in Sydney, Marin says Europe needs to build its own defence capabilities and says Finland is preparing for cyber-attacks from Russia

Hollywood's Brad Pitt and Australian musician Nick Cave have debuted as artists in an exhibition in Finland that displays sculptures and ceramics created by the movie star and the singer-songwriter. The Sara Hilden Art Museum, located in the southern Finnish city of Tampere, was initially scheduled to exhibit solely the…