Sauli Niinistö has been elected Finland’s 12th president, with the landslide win by the National Coalition Party marking an end to 30 years of the Social Democrats’ rein. Continue Reading

More Finnish employees are being tested for drug use than ever before, according to a new report. Continue Reading

Witnesses to crimes and accidents in Finland are frequently alerting the media before the police, according to reports. Continue Reading

The freedom of journalists in Iceland went down a little last year compared to the year before, according to the new World Press Freedom Index, which is published annually about press freedom in 180 countries around the world. Continue Reading

The Finnish founder of file-sharing site Megaupload has been arrested by US authorities in New Zealand for massive copyright infringement. Continue Reading

For the first time today members of the Nordic Council offered to meet the public before their official meeting; but only four applications were received. Continue Reading

The National Coalition Party has won a first-round victory in the Finnish presidential elections. With a massive 37 percent of the vote, the country’s former finance minister Sauli Niinistö will now face off against Green League candidate Pekka Haavisto (18.8 percent) in the second round on 5th February. Continue Reading

The Finnish Interior Ministry is to investigate a spate of family killings after a father murdered his wife and their two children before burning down their Helsinki apartment last week. Continue Reading

Three nurses who accidentally fed a corrosive cleaning product to hospitalised children, have begun a criminal trial in Finland. Continue Reading

A woman has filed a lawsuit against Starwood Hotels and Resorts after employees at a Finnish property allegedly gave her room key to a drunken stranger. Continue Reading