New stage of data exchange between Estonia and Finland to start with deaths

A new phase in the automatic exchange of data between Finland and Estonia will take effect on April 15. As a first step, the population registers of the two countries will begin sharing information on deaths. The next step will be to exchange data on …

I Traveled to Finland to See Alvar Aalto's Masterful Buildings—and It Changed How I Think About Midcentury Design

When Finnish architects Alvar and Aino Aalto completed their Paimio Sanatorium in 1933, the streamlined building must have looked like an emissary from the future, set down in a forest of fragrant pine. Finland, which had emerged just 16 years earlier from …

Norway failed to alert Finland over fake insurance used by Russian oil tankers

Russian oil tankers tied to the so-called shadow fleet have sailed through NATO inspections in the Baltic Sea using forged insurance documents, with Norwegian authorities aware of the fraud but failing to notify their Nordic partners. Investigations by NRK …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …