Finland News News Finland » Government: Finland completes construction of Russian border fence
Finland has completed construction on a 200-kilometer (124-mile) fence along its eastern border with Russia, three years after the project began, the Finnish public broadcaster Ylereported Monday.
News Finland » Government: New NATO member Finland swears in government regarded as country’s most right-wing in decades
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HELSINKI (AP) — Finland, which recently ...
News Finland » Government: Finnish Government announces second supplementary budget
The Finnish Government submitted its second supplementary budget proposal to the Parliament on 28 May 2025, which was approved on the same day. The proposal focuses on transport investments, civil ...
News Finland » Government: Finland closes all but one border crossing to asylum applicants entering from Russia
The Finnish government announced a comprehensive border closure policy on Wednesday for its border with Russia, closing a number of land border crossings. The policy is aimed at addressing an ...
News Finland » Government: Over 10,000 gather in Finland to protest against racism, govt policy
Thousands of people gathered in the Finnish capital to protest racism and the government’s policy towards it, according to local media reports.
News Finland » Government: Finland's policy with Israel might be driven by upcoming elections, expert tells 'Post'
“I think it comes down to domestic politics in Finland, the approaching elections,” Dr. Timo R. Stewart, senior researcher at the Center for European Studies at the University of Helsinki said.
News Finland » Government: Finnish government invokes Nazi-collaborationist traditions as it backs Trump, builds up military
President Donald Trump, right, French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Finland's President Alexander Stubb, attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April ...
News Finland » Government: Finnish government seeks to extend ban on migrants seeking asylum on Russia border
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's right-wing government has asked parliament to extend until the end of 2026 a law that allows it to reject asylum applications from migrants crossing its closed eastern ...
News Finland » Government: Finnish tech sector opposes government’s immigration reforms
Finland’s technology sector has raised strong opposition to new labour market-based anti-immigration legislation that threatens to derail plans by business and industry to enhance the country’s ...
News Finland » Government: Finnish Industry Voices Outrage Over Government Cuts, Fears ‘Ideological’ Motives: ‘Everyone Is on Alert’
The Finnish film industry has been lamenting proposed government cuts of 7 million euros ($8.26 million), set to come into effect on Jan. 1, 2026. “If this cut really is 7 million and if it is aimed ...
News Finland » Government: New NATO member Finland swears in government regarded as country's most right-wing in decades
HELSINKI (AP) — Finland, which recently became NATO's 31st member, swore in a new coalition government Tuesday that is considered the most right-wing one in the Nordic country's modern history.