Finnish Minister for the Interior Petteri Orpo said on Tuesday there are former "Islamic State" (IS) fighters among those who are now staying in Finland and aiming to get asylum status.
Alleged subversive media efforts against Finland has become a public issue lately following the publication of a book by a Defence Forces researcher and the same- day announcement by the government to start training personnel to identify and combat misinformation.
Two military aircraft of the United States allegedly violated Finnish air space on Sunday, the Finnish government said.
Supporters of marriage equality in Finland rejoiced in November last year after the efforts behind a civil initiative, entitled Tahdon2013, eventually led to the Finnish parliament voting in favor of the legal recognition of same sex marriage.
As the populist Finns Party, one of the three ruling parties of Finland, wound up its weekend convention in Turku, southwestern Finland, commentators believed that the party seems to be going into a nationalistic direction.
Demonstrations in support of multiculturalism took place in several Finnish cities on Tuesday, as a nation-wide debate was ongoing over an ultranationalist statement written by a Member of Parliament.
The Bank of Finland on Wednesday predicted that Finnish economy will grow 0.2 percent this year.
A controversial immigration incident has ignited discussion both in Finland and China: A Chinese grandfather visiting his daughter in Finland on a tourist visa babysat for his Finnish son-in-law for money only to end up being deported by the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri).
Finnish Finance Minister Antti Rinne noted on Tuesday the actual reasons for the country's violation of EU Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) norms remain unclear, Finnish national radio reported.
Finland, a Nordic country forbidden to own any submarine in active duty, is planning to launch a joint submarine exercise together with Sweden.
A Finnish terrorism researcher believes that the recent terrorist attack in Paris could increase Islamophobia and political divisions in Europe, reported Finnish national broadcaster YLE on Thursday.
A landmark 14-meter beer can that stands as an advertisement for a brewery near Helsinki is to be painted red within this year and cannot be claimed to be a beer can any more.
Finnish Defence Minister Carl Haglund said Sweden should make public the reasons it started a major underwater intelligence hunt last week.
An increasing number of Russian tourists tend to stay shorter and spend less money in Finland, due to the economic downturn in Russia, said the Finnish Commerce Federation (FCF) in a research published on Monday.
The decision by Standard & Poor's to lower the Finnish credit rating on Friday has generated a heated debate among Finnish political parties on what Finland should do.
The decision by Standard & Poor's to lower the Finnish credit rating on Friday has generated a heated debate among Finnish political parties on what Finland should do.
Finnish political parties have reached a consensus on increasing the country's military spending, with a parliamentary working group proposing annual increases in Defence Forces appropriations for arms purchases.
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