An asylum reception centre at Kouvola came under attack while agitated people threw fireworks at buses carrying refugees at Lahti late Thursday and early Friday nights.
No casualty, however, was reported ... details
The incidents of attacks on a bus carrying refugees in Kouvola and in a asylum centre in Lahti sparked national condemnation.
President Sauli Niinistö has condemned the violence and intimidation ... details
Elk and deer hunting starts in most parts of the country on Saturday. During this period, about 100,000 hunters will move through the forests of Finland.
The Finnish Wildlife Agency had issued 37,400 ... details
The Pirkanmaa district court on Friday sentenced a woman to nine-and-a-half year imprisonment for killing her fiancé with a shotgun. The homicide occurred in a high-rise apartment in Orivesi in May.
The woman argued in court that the shot was fired by accident, exacerbated by intoxication, a stumble and a lack of experience in handling firearms.
Her neighbour, however, spoke of hearing the woman's angry voice, followed by the blast.
The court found it implausible that the woman would stumble and accidently pull the trigger when the barrel was touching the back of the man's head.
The charge ... details
Road traffic accidents killed 35 persons and injured 725 others in August, according to Statistics Finland’s preliminary data.
A total of 615 accidents involving personal injury happened in road traffic ... details
