Finland issues new guidelines for monitoring young adults
Finland will combat the issue of under 25 year-olds becoming socially alienated through new guidelines for supervision issued to local authorities.
Finland debates retirement age
The ongoing debate on pension talks in Finland continues to stall; with representatives from employer-guilds and unions unable to reach an agreement o...
Finnish police arrest Hydroponic shop owners for promoting cannabis
A Finnish business that specialises in the sale of gardening equipment has been raided by local police under suspicions that the operation is delibera...
Finland retains gay blood donor ban
Finland will not follow the lead of neighbouring Sweden and instead will continue to forbid blood donations by gay men, says the Finnish Red Cross Blo...
Fake Finnish physician fools patients and staff for months
A 23-year-old Finnish man has been arrested under suspicion of posing as a doctor in a medical facility, with the deception continuing over almost a y...
Finland multiple murder motives remain unclear
Police say the motives behind last week’s multiple murders and suicide in Espoo, southern Finland are still uncertain despite the killer’s noted histo...
Internal body clock blamed for winter depression
In the encroaching darkness of autumn and early winter, some Nordic people suffer increasing depressive symptoms. In Finland, November is known as ‘th...
New emergency contraception pill effective up to 5 days
EllaOne is a new emergency contraception pill that can be taken up to five days after intercourse to prevent pregnancy. However, the new pill is so co...