The Perussuomalaiset (Finns Party) has not accepted the European Union interior ministers’ preliminary decision to transfer asylum seekers from the Mediterranean countries to other EU countries.
According to the decision, Finland ... details
Fishermen are once again concerned at detected death of fish in the Torniojoki for which there has been no clear reason.
Fish whose skin has abscess-like lesions were detected on ... details
The deputy chair of the ruling Suomen Keskusta (Centre Party), Annika Saarikko emphasised ‘that the idea of holding a referendum on the Finnish membership of the European Union is ... details
A two-year-old boy drowned in a bathtub in the Southern Ostrobothnia town of Kurikka on Monday night, the police said.
According to the police, the family was taking a bath in the tub and afterwards left to go inside the house.
The child who was in the tub had been wearing floaters which were removed while going to bath.
According to the Ostrobothnia police briefing, the father was going to close the lid of the bathing tub when he noticed the child was under the water.
An immediate attempt to resuscitate the child was started and the first ... details
The unemployment rate stood at 10 per cent in June 2015, having been 9.2 per cent in the year before, according to Statistics Finland’s Labour Force Survey.
There were 280,000 ... details
