No free coffee for Helsinki’s election voters
Voters in Helsinki will miss out of coffee handouts this year after the city banned that parties could no longer serve up the freebies in market place...
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Police locate burglars thanks to game camera
A couple of burglars who robbed a holiday home in southern Finland were tracked down by police because the game camera they unwittingly stole revealed...
‘The next Pele’ Freddy Adu joins Finnish club
Once touted as “the next Pele”, things haven’t worked out exactly to plan for Freddy Adu, who has now washed up on Finland’s shores with Kuopion Pallo...
Young adults in Finland among those at greatest risk of poverty
Statistics Finland has said that as many as 700,000 people in the country could be classed as “very low income earners”, with one-fifth of that number...
Finnish food producer renames meatballs ‘balls’
A Finnish food company has been told they cannot call their product meatballs because they don’t contain the minimum amount of meat required by Finnis...
Armed bank robbery at midday rocks Klaukkala
An armed robber walked into the Klaukkala branch of Nordea Bank at midday on Monday before making off with a large amount of cash. The risky robbery, ...
Finnish biker handed whopping 54,000-euro speeding fine
A man in Finland has received a fine of 54,000 euros after being caught speeding, with authorities saying the large amount was in relation to his inco...
Eurovision: Band consisting of members with learning disabilities to represent Finland
A unique Finnish punk band made up of four members with learning disabilities is to represent the Nordic country in this year’s Eurovision Song Contes...