The Latest Breaking News from Finland

Winter Olympics ice hockey controversy as 'ghost goal' forces players to return to ice

The women's ice hockey clash between the USA and Finland was ordered to be restarted after match officials missed a ‘ghost goal’ in normal play

Daily Mirror · Feb 3, 2022

Team USA dominates Finland in women’s hockey opener; Decker hurt

BEIJING — One of the consequences of having only a few spectators allowed to watch events like hockey at the Olympics is that those in the arena can hear everything.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2022

‘It was sickening’: USA women’s hockey team lose star Decker in Olympic opener

The mighty United States women’s hockey team launched their first Olympic title defense in two decades with an air of menace on Thursday night

The Guardian - US · Feb 3, 2022

Finland moves up planned easing of COVID restrictions

Finland will begin gradually easing COVID-19 restrictions from Feb. 1 instead of mid-February as initially planned as the burden on its hospitals eases, the government said late on Thursday.

Reuters · Jan 27, 2022

Scenes from the Kalevala review – the Finnish epic poem that inspired a nation’s composers

Scenes from Finland’s national epic were set to music by many Finnish composers beyond the best known, Sibelius. These works by Klami, Madetoja and Pylkkänen deserve wider recognition, as these accomplished performances demonstrate

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2022

Boosters increase protection against death from Omicron in over-50s to 95% – UKHSA; UK records 338 deaths – as it happened

Protection against death increases to around 95% two weeks after receiving a booster dose, UK health agency says; UK reports another 96,871 Covid cases

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2022

January design news: circular Levi’s and a Barbican birthday

Finnish feminist artists, award-winning craft at the Collect Craft Fair and a fashion/homeware collaboration

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2022

Finland enhances military readiness as tension rises over Ukraine

Finland has enhanced its military readiness as international tensions rise over Russia's military build-up near Ukraine.

Reuters · Jan 25, 2022

Christian MP goes on trial in Finland for calling homosexuality a disorder

A Finnish Christian democrat MP and former minister of the interior went on trial on Monday for agitation against gay people over comments in which she described homosexuality as a developmental disorder and a sin.

Reuters · Jan 24, 2022

Finland's opposition come first, nationalists hammered in midterm regional vote

Finland's main opposition party, the centre-right National Coalition, outperformed the ruling centre-left coalition in a midterm regional election, while the nationalist Finns Party took a beating, official results showed on Monday.

Reuters · Jan 24, 2022