From the Finnish president’s lakeside summer residence, Alexander Stubb tells Peter Hartcher what Australia can learn from Finland’s experience.

How to spend time in Helsinki, from exploring World Heritage wonders to wandering around the markets to museums and bars.

Police warn that Finnish drivers are developing dangerous habits by shifting left to make room for cars merging onto motorways. The law requires merging drivers to adjust their speed, not be given ...

Rovaniemi’s newest public library has introduced a no-shoes policy, making it one of a small but growing number of “shoeless libraries” appearing in Finland. Located inside the Vaaramo multipurpose ...

Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year, municipal officials have revealed. Could Ireland and its cities ever achieve the same?

Finland experienced its warmest July in decades, with Lapland seeing record-breaking heatwave duration. FMI data confirms a rapid warming trend far exceeding the global average.

Finland’s Finance Minister Riikka Purra proposes €900 million in spending cuts, drawing criticism from economists and opposition over education, research, and development aid reductions. Experts warn ...

The Finnish capital of Helsinki broke records when it marked a single year without a traffic death up until July 2025. The city, home to 660,000 people (1.6 million if you include the wider ...

Forget saunas, this is why Finland is the world’s happiest country The Nordic nation, which has topped the World Happiness Report for eight years in a row, is also a leader when it comes to ...

Finland's maternity grant programme has yet to distribute a single 2025 baby box due to a sharp drop in births. Kela is still handing out last year’s stock and may soon drop year labels from the boxes ...

Elon Musk shared a claim that his AI chatbot Grok is Finland’s most downloaded app. The app itself denies the claim, suggesting it was a "humorous exaggeration." ...

Vancouver Island photographer Colby Rex O'Neill has had restless nights as a wildfire burns less than a kilometre from his home. That's a worry, but he also fears the Wesley Ridge fire could reach ...