Millions follow Finland’s regional and municipal elections across Yle platforms

Finns showed strong interest in the country's first joint regional and municipal elections, with Yle reporting millions of viewers and online users engaging with its election programming and digital services. Yle’s Finnish-language TV election night …

Over 120,000 votes rejected in Finland’s local and regional elections

More than 120,000 votes were disqualified in Finland’s recent municipal and regional elections, with officials pointing to voter confusion and procedural mistakes as the likely cause. Preliminary figures show that 83,700 votes were rejected in the regional …

German Energiequelle to work on its first hydrogen project in Finland

Energiequelle Finland, a part of German energy company Energiquelle, has received planning consent for its Oulu Green Hydrogen Park project from Finland’s city of Oulu. As informed, the first phase of the company’s first public hydrogen project in Finland …

atNorth signs heat-reuse agreement in Finland with retail conglomerate Kesko

European data center developer atNorth has signed a heat-reuse agreement with Kesko Corporation, a Finnish retail conglomerate. The agreement will see waste heat generated from atNorth’s FIN02 data center in Sinimäki, Espoo, provided to a neighboring Kesko …

Swedish party wants Finland's help to revamp conscription model

Sweden's Social Democratic Party has floated the idea of having Swedish-speaking officers from Finland help train Swedish troops. Open image viewer The defence spokesperson for Sweden's Social Democratic argues that it is in Finland's interest …

Finland's inflation rate remains low at 0.5 percent

Consumer prices did not change from February to March, representing the lowest figures since December 2020. Open image viewer Coffee prices accounted for some of March's year-on-year inflation. Image: Henrietta Hassinen / Yle The rate of inflation …

The Role Of Design In Finland Being Named The World’s Happiest Country

Originally designed by Alvar Aalto as staff accommodation and now carefully restored, this apartment at Finlandia Hall concert and conference venue in Helsinki gives guests the opportunity to experience first hand an authentic Finnish home atmosphere Photo …

Canada, Finland tout different paths of ‘icebreaker diplomacy’ with US

MILAN — Canadian and Finnish shipbuilders have made different offers to the United States for the production of icebreakers, which must weigh what it values more: speed or its sovereign shipyard industry. Following President Donald Trump’s expressed …

Finland Inflation Remains Stable At 0.5%

Finland's consumer price inflation held steady in March after easing to more than a 4-year low in the previous month, data from Statistics Finland showed on Monday. The consumer price index rose 0.5 percent year-over-year in March, the same as in …

Ust-Luga fish processing plant must compensate for the damage to the Gulf of Finland in 4 million rubles