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NBI continues probe into Eura helicopter crash
The police have interviewed most of the eyewitnesses to the helicopter accident in Eura on May 17, said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday. The NBI is…
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Finland sends ammo to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets fund
Finland is sending defence materiel to Ukraine using fund from frozen Russian assets, said the Ministry of Defence in a press release on Monday. Finland has made an…
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26 Finnish soldiers laid to rest in Lappeenranta
The remains of 26 unidentified Finnish soldiers, who were killed during the Winter War (1939-1940) and the Continuation War (1941-1944) were buried in Lappeenranta in a…
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Prosecutor probes firearms use by police to arrest robbery suspect in Helsinki
The authority appointed a prosecutor as the lead investigator to probe into using firearms by the police while arresting the suspect after a robbery at Herttoniemi in…
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Helsinki mulls lowering speed limits near 60 schools
The City of Helsinki is planning to decrease speed limits near schools, said the city in a press release on Friday. The change would affect street crossings around…
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All 5 onboard killed after 2 helicopters crash in Eura
All five people onboard killed after two helicopters crashed in Eura, a municipality in Western Finland on Saturday afternoon, official sources said. Estonian public…
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2 helicopters 5 people onboard crash in Eura
Two helicopters crashed in Eura, a municipality in Western Finland on Saturday afternoon, police said. The accident took place at about 12:30 p.m. when the helicopters…
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4 Estonians, Latvians held for smuggling 10m cigarettes to Finland
Four individuals of Estonia and Latvia were arrested on request of Finnish Customs on charge of smuggling more than 10 million cigarettes to Finland last year, said…
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Govt moves to tighten social assistance
The four-party alliance government led by Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party-NCP) has taken an initiative to tighten social assistance, the last-resort of…
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Finnish peacekeepers come under gun attack in Lebanon
Finnish peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) came under a gun attack in southern Lebanon on Friday morning, said Finnish Army in a…
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