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Infantino faces backlash as Fifa criticism grows
Gianni Infantino’s latest idea has drawn unusually sharp criticism, leaving the Fifa president in a more uncertain position.
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Politics
Hide the Pain Harold creator tops Hungary’s surprise presidential suggestions
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Finland
Wales withdraws support for Infantino re-election bid
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Finland
Low-pressure systems bring mixed weather across Finland, with 20C possible on Monday
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Finland
Veronica Wirbergh, 80, still works at her garage in Sipoo
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Finland
Housing companies urged to inspect balcony barriers for safety
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Politics
Storm Hannes leaves power companies with bill topping €40 million
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Finland
Bomb attack at Moscow restaurant kills three, injures 21
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Politics
Bev Craig to become mayor of Greater Manchester
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Finland
Fifa executive accuses Infantino of running a one-man operation
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Finland
Clothes on a beach triggered 11 rescue units in Vihti
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Finland
HS: Helsinki souvenir shops present a mixed image of Finland
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Politics
Trump’s attorney general pick faces resistance in the Senate
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Politics
Italy suspends Schengen cooperation with Spain over Ceuta crisis
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Finland
Deal appears close in Gumbo Infra fiber cable dispute
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Finland
About 350,000 in Finland care for a loved one, but many miss support
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Finland
Mårtenson tribute launches Chamber Orchestra summer concerts
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Politics
Danube water levels fall to historic lows, disrupting cargo traffic
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Finland
Bryan Johnson says his anti-ageing routine may have gone too far
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Finland
AC Milan says Franco Baresi has died at 66
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Politics
Strong winds hinder firefighting on Crete
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Weather
FMI warns of thunderstorms across Finland on Friday
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Finland
Sami Plusisaari has collected Saabs for 40 years, but does not know the exact number
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Politics
Trump says Gaza disarmament deal reached, to be phased in
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Politics
Only one fuel station left in Vieremä as diesel runs out repeatedly
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Crime & courts
Police see fewer drink-drivers in Finland despite more breath tests
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Weather
Finland may see 30-degree heat on Friday as storms approach
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Weather
Southern Finland festivals face pressure as northern events keep drawing crowds
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Politics
Finland has a Christian prime minister as only five ministers are on duty
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Politics
Britain releases video from NATO drill in Kainuu
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Finland
New Futuro House takes shape ahead of Helsinki Design Week
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Politics
Old televisions may be the theme of next summer’s follow-up exhibition
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Finland
Sören Lillkung reads in Finnish and Swedish, but calls himself a poor reader
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Politics
Truck drivers say too few rest stops are making work harder
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Finland
Vår festival marks its 29th edition with six days of chamber music
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Finland
Betsy Jolas carved her own path through modern music
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Politics
Alko steps up measures as shop thefts rise
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Finland
Online application opens for victims of Russian terror
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Politics
Caravaners turn summer evenings into dancing at the campsite
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Politics
Interest in youth camps is fading as confirmation classes still dominate in Finland
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Finland
Attention shifts to Vallila after years in Swedish-speaking districts
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Finland
Anders Wiklöf turns 80 and invites Åland residents to a concert
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Crime & courts
Man who jumped from Puumala bridge into Lake Saimaa found dead
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Finland
HUS staff are not told about language pay supplements
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Politics
Can you recognise these MPs? New photo quiz tests how closely you have followed Parliament
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Politics
Weekend-night risks can be deadly for young people
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Politics
Supreme Court upholds Timo Vornanen convictions in Helsinki shooting case
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Politics
Romania shoots down drone that entered its airspace
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Politics
Russia still talks peace, but Putin appears fed up with Trump
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Politics
Joutseno cemetery spared from vandalism
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Finland
Fire response in Drammen has been ended
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Politics
Ralf Törngren’s approach often put him at odds with his own group
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Crime & courts
Semicolon sparks debate in a Finnish writer’s text
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Crime & courts
Death of Nolan Wells raises racism allegations in the US
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Politics
Analyst: Myhailo Drapatyi is a strong pick to lead Ukraine’s armed forces
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Finland
Two Wildberries logistics hubs attacked in southern Russia
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Politics
Parliament backs Orpo after nine-hour Garden Helsinki debate
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Finland
Cecilia Sahlgren warns against impatience in innovation
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Finland
UN condemns escalation of Israeli strikes in Gaza
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Politics
Heavy rain damaged gravel roads in Central Finland — one road still closed
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Politics
Opposition files no-confidence motion over Garden Helsinki funding
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Crime & courts
Tampere stabbing spree leads to nearly 10-year sentence
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Finland
Ferry rides are becoming more popular in Helsinki
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Politics
Gold nugget worth 20,000 euros found in Kittilä after half an hour of searching
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Finland
Suspected 19-year-old in Söderkulla stabbing found dead
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Finland
Safety investigators finish work at Hyvinkää electric plane crash site
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Finland
Finnish Army reports death of off-duty conscript
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Politics
Parliament to return from summer recess over Garden Helsinki case
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Conscript dies at Karelian Brigade in Vekaranjärvi
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Sports
Flooding cuts off 16 gravel roads across Finland after weekend rain
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Sports
2.1 million watched Yle’s World Cup final coverage
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Finland
Carita Blomqvist recalls the Helsinki basement where children waited to leave for Sweden
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Finland
Spain claim second World Cup title with 1–0 win over Argentina
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Finland
Ryan Fox wins first major title at The Open
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Politics
16-year-old missing at Kotka Sea Days was later found
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Politics
Dark reputation still follows houses in Turku
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Sports
Dear England looks at failure in England’s football story
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Sports
HBL names its tournament team before the World Cup final
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Politics
Trump company offers investors early access to Truth Social posts
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Finland sees bankruptcies at 30-year high as some firms still grow
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Police: 19-year-old suspected of assault in Sipoo
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Politics
Parliament covers return flights for MPs on holiday abroad
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Finland
Italian police raid several luxury brands
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Finland
Your first home does not have to be perfect
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Politics
Finnish Police Board: 12% of officers have faced inappropriate treatment
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Politics
Argentina accuses Britain of violating Falklands waters
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Politics
Halla-aho questions Orpo’s €35m sports funding decision
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Politics
Star Wars lightsaber sells for 3.3 million euros at auction
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Politics
Orpo admits communication fell short in Garden Helsinki case
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Finland
KuPS move on in Champions League qualifying
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Politics
Jarmo Lohikari turns old ferry into a sauna and experience boat
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Finland
Child drowns at Kempele swimming hole as safety review begins
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Politics
One killed in Iranian attack in the Strait of Hormuz
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Politics
EU proposes tighter social media rules for children under 13
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Crime & courts
Child injured at Linnanmäki after hands trapped in cabinet door
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Finland
Sveriges Radio reshuffles two summer hosts after Joel Kinnaman misses recording deadline
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Finland
Jamie Dimon faces questions over Jeffrey Epstein ties
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Finland
Åsa von Schoultz saves summer for the books she never gets to
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Finland
Good blueberry crop expected across Finland
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Finland
Bad Bunny heads to Stockholm for two sold-out nights
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Politics
EU cannot stop Sony from dropping physical game discs
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Finland
Álvarez fires Argentina into the semifinals against Switzerland
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Finland
Putin cites Dostoevsky despite the writer’s likely contempt
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Politics
Second suspect detained in killing of former minister in Britain
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Finland
Three new books use fiction to bring history into focus
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Finland
Anthony Hopkins to release album of his own songs
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Crime & courts
Helsinki police confirm body found in sea is missing Indian student
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Finland
Tomtbacka Farm has a new owner as visitor numbers rise
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Crime & courts
Finnish police to gain access to social and health service data from autumn
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Crime & courts
Police find body off Helsinki as search for missing Indian student is suspended
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Sports
Muchová reaches Wimbledon final after beating Gauff
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Politics
Lipponen says Helena Petäistö was world-class in her field
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Politics
European Parliament backs message-scanning law after earlier rejection
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Finland
Ali Khamenei to be buried in Mashhad four months after attack
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Crime & courts
Finnish police officer fined and dismissed after drunk driving case
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Crime & courts
Police review social media posts showing dead vipers
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Finland
Berry groups angered by visa rejections for foreign pickers
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Politics
NATO summit avoids rupture, but Europe faces a larger bill
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Politics
Finnish minister calls IOC’s lifting of Russia ban ‘very regrettable’
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Politics
Opposition presses Orpo over Garden Helsinki subsidy
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Finland
France and Morocco to play for a semifinal place on Thursday
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Politics
Rosa Meriläinen leaves the cultural sector’s central organisation
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Finland
Errors in spring entrance exam may have affected admissions
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Politics
France to join NATO force in Finland as Stubb calls for a stronger European NATO
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Health
Yle editor-in-chief Panu Pokkinen dies at 49
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Finland
Beyond marks 20 years with Alvar Aalto-inspired Nike SB shoe
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Finland
Finland rejects most visas for foreign wild-berry pickers
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Finland
Police seek possible taxi passenger after fatal crash on Brändö
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Finland
Consumer debt problems deepen even as new payment defaults fall in Finland
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Finland
Online sexual abuse of children often starts at age 10, research suggests
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Finland
Finland saw 16 drownings in June, double last year’s toll
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Politics
Severe doctor shortage hits the Iisalmi region, with only one doctor in Kiuruvesi
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Finland
Isac Elliot’s Eilinen climbs to the top and makes Finnish music history
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Finland wins seven medals at the European Cheerleading Championships
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Crime & courts
Helsinki Court of Appeal alters verdict in major counterfeiting case
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Politics
Finland ranks among Europe’s biggest buyers of US military equipment
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Politics
NATO’s deterrence depends on how the crisis is handled
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Politics
Valtonen says China sees Russia as ultimately weak during rare Beijing visit to Finland
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Finland
Balogun cleared for Belgium clash after Trump’s intervention
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Finland
England reach the quarter-finals after Bellingham’s brace
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Crime & courts
Suitcase found in Tallinn Bay contained the body of a missing dog
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Sports
Heliövaara and Patten survive a tense Wimbledon test
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Politics
Wildfires in Southern Europe ease for now, but dry heat remains
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Finland
Research casts doubt on Akademiska Sångföreningen’s origin story
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Politics
Young fraudster took more than half a million euros from Finns
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Finland
Linda Lampenius leads Yle’s summer audio drama
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Finland
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married in New York
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Politics
More than 140 deported Venezuelans were in a hotel that collapsed in Venezuela
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Politics
Rydman’s research funding decision draws criticism from SDP
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Politics
Finland buys updated Saab RBS 70 air defence system
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Finland
MTV channels to return to Elisa services on Friday after dispute ends
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Finland
Suspect arrested after assault at World Cup event in Copenhagen
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Crime & courts
Tampere court gives teen suspended sentence in school attack plot case
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Bears keep raiding hives in North Karelia, forcing beekeepers to look for new protection
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Helsinki Pride responds after images from march spark debate online
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Politics
Finnish government heads into autumn under pressure
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Summer can strain relationships, and a holiday alone may not fix it
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Politics
Finland extradites 19-year-old detained at Helsinki-Vantaa to the US
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Finland
Rescuers in Venezuela still trying to free man trapped in rubble
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Finland
Sony to begin phasing out physical PlayStation games in 2028
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Finland
New Finnish guidebook urges parents to spend more time in nature
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Politics
SDP remains Finland’s most popular party as election race takes shape
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Politics
Jyväskylä’s Länsiväylä bridges closed to motor vehicles during renovation
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Crime & courts
Finnish police can now answer emergency calls in Sweden
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School trip from Berlin stuck in Belgium as German trains face heat and technical faults
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Finland
Venomous fish alarms beachgoers in Greece
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Finland
Anette Karlsson questions home delivery of alcohol
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Politics
Linnanmäki’s iconic roller coaster marks 75 years
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Finland’s unemployment rate hits highest level since 1998
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Paraguayan commentator barred from the World Cup after attack on referee and Infantino
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Politics
Coalition row over health funding deepens in Finland
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Crime & courts
Two teenagers charged over alleged Tampere school massacre plot
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Finland
Messi misses a penalty, then wins it for Argentina
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Politics
Tynkkynen draws backlash after ‘cry more’ reply to MEP’s safety concerns
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Sports
Haaland keeps slipping out of defenders’ sight at the key moment
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Sports
Family night in Kuopio ended in shock at the hockey arena
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Finland
Former HBL CEO Lars Rönn has died
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At least 11 dead in Finland over midsummer weekend, authorities say
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Midsummer empties Helsinki as visitors find closed shops and restaurants
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Politics
Starmer expected to announce resignation soon
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Gasoline sales halted at Crimea’s petrol stations
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Politics
Noora Fagerström says Finland needs more courage to fail
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Weather
Do you really know what storm and fair weather mean? Iltalehti launches weather-term quiz
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Politics
Freedom Ship idea resurfaces as giant floating city for 80,000
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Finland
Canada chases first-ever World Cup win against Qatar
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Politics
Court hearing continues in Pyhtää homicide case
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Politics
Stubb dismisses warnings of a Russian test of NATO
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Politics
Ukraine’s EU path moves forward, but membership remains distant
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Finland
Iconic pine on Mäkrävaara in Koli National Park has died
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Weather
Finland’s economy set to grow by less than 1% this year as debt ratio tops 90%
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Politics
Ukrainian founder Slava Shvaidak builds defence tech from Denmark
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Politics
EU and Finland urged to withdraw Taliban invitation
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Finland
Audrey Hepburn carried childhood trauma behind her fame
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Politics
Finland welcomes preliminary US-Iran peace deal
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Finland
Marius Borg Høiby appeals four-year prison sentence
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Finland
Would Finns pay for peace and quiet?
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Finland
Helsinki Pride warns staff over leaks with heavy penalty
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Politics
Helsinki Pride adds lifetime secrecy clause to contracts
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Politics
Iran and the US may reach deal on Sunday
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Finland
Lång wins a third straight round in Duellen
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Politics
Helsinki Pride requires steep penalty for leaking confidential information
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Politics
US says it killed Tren de Aragua leader in operation with Venezuela
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Politics
WHO says heat has killed more than 200,000 people in Europe in four years
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Finland
Food bank recipients say some handouts are not suitable for family meals
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Finland
New theatre figures ease fears of a sharp audience drop
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Finland
War-era bomb fuse found in a yard in Hanko
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Politics
Orpo pushes back after Kaikkonen attacks government finances
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Finland approves citizenship test requirement
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Politics
EU moves to make online cancellations as easy as sign-ups
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Finland
R-kioski owner launches new concept for larger cities
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Finland
Child found dead in Ekenäs attended daycare in Raseborg
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Finland
Finland urged to gather more teacher data as PISA results keep falling
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Crime & courts
Defence Forces lawyer charged over classified photo shared on WhatsApp
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Finland
Finland ranks ninth in latest Global Peace Index
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Politics
Kela benefit spending rises to €17.5 billion in 2025
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Politics
Finland's child benefit has fallen behind inflation
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Finland
Private healthcare market consolidates as customers face more fine print
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Crime & courts
Police find bodies of adult and child in Raseborg
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Finland
Food waste remains a problem in Finland, Yle reports
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Politics
Espoo may be allowed to proceed with plans for Karamalmi schoolyard
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Politics
NBA Finals in New York set for record prices as cheapest tickets reach about 9,000 euros
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Politics
Pashinyan claims election victory in Armenia
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Finland
Sebastian Vettel’s litter-picking moment reshaped his public image
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Politics
Zelenskyy arrives in London for talks
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Crime & courts
Police search for missing 5-year-old boy in Helsinki
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Politics
Armenia votes on whether to lean toward Moscow or Brussels
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Politics
Mirra Andrejeva wins first Grand Slam title in Paris
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Politics
Police investigate attempted manslaughter in Kuopio after BMW hits boy
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Politics
Small aircraft crash claims pilot's life in Central Finland
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Politics
THL: primary care queues lengthened, children’s care guarantee was missed
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Politics
Xi Jinping to visit North Korea next week
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Politics
Kaikkonen set for another term as Centre Party leader
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Politics
Only half of Finland’s dogs are registered, breeders say the system falls short
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Politics
Finland keeps eastern border closed while pushing for tougher visa rules on Russians
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Politics
Government proposes new integration benefit for unemployed migrants
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Politics
France invites Finland to join nuclear deterrence initiative