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Kone tries to limit asset sales as it seeks Brussels’ approval for €29bn megadeal.

In the run-up to the 2026/2027 election super-cycle, similar battles will unfold in Spain, France, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Slovakia, Poland, and Italy in the next 12 months.

Echoes of the Russian-Ukrainian war in space: it appears that Russian satellites are tracking a Finnish satellite that supplies images to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

This includes the main tool of her trade: a Sako TRG-22 bolt-action rifle capable of hitting a target from a kilometre away.

The Russian satellite, Cosmos 2612, spent more than two weeks maneuvering toward ICEYE-X36, a radar satellite operated by the American arm of Finnish company ICEYE that supplies imagery to Ukraine’s military through some of its spacecraft, then shadowed it from as close as a third of a mile through the weekend of Oct. 17.

Finland has granted an operating licence for the world’s first permanent underground repository for spent nuclear fuel. The government handed Onkalo, in western Finland, the licence on Thursday, waste management company Posiva said. “This is a great and historic day for both Posiva and Finland,” the company’s Chief Executive Officer Ilkka Poikolainen said in a statement. “Before final disposal begins, Posiva will finalise the commissioning stage, carrying out the necessary tests and inspections which STUK [the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority] also needs to verify and approve.” With space for 6,500 tonnes of uranium, Onkalo will provide permanent storage for spent fuel from Finland’s five nuclear reactors. Final repositories are being built in other countries, including neighbouring Sweden and France, but Finland is expected to be the first to open its underground storage facility.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo take part in the Ukrainian-Finnish Business Forum in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine [File: Genya Savilov/AFP]. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Friday that his country has agreed to partner with Finnish firms to develop the system. Zelenskyy reported on Friday that he had agreed with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo that “[Ukraine] will use more of Finland’s satellite capabilities. This is important for our defence, for Ukraine’s resilience. We agreed on this with Nokia and ICEYE. Thank you for the willingness to support our logistics and energy sector – these are key targets for Russia right now.” The Finnish companies signed a letter of intent with the Ukrainian Defence Ministry during Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s visit to Kyiv on Thursday, the DPA news agency reported.

The tanker Agioi Fanendes, sailing under the Maltese flag, was located off Helsinki on Friday and indicated "New York" as its destination via its AIS transponder signal.

A 24-hour Finnish TV show dedicated entirely to the live progress of a dog and her six newborn puppies is drawing millions of viewers. This is the sixth season of the hit show by the broadcaster Yle. Pentulive has long attracted interest from outside Finland, but this year it is also being broadcast in Sweden. Yle recently announced that it had also sold the format to a broadcaster in the Netherlands.

A citizens’ initiative presented to the Finnish Parliament in 2017 gave the issue further momentum. Finland could not end the practice alone because it was regulated at EU level.

The talks come after Finland revised a law allowing nuclear weapons into the country — a decision that came as Japan weighs a similar shift in policy.

Six newborn puppies in Finland are captivating viewers worldwide through 'Pentulive,' a 24-hour livestream operated by the country’s national public broadcaster, Yle. The livestream follows the puppies’ development from birth until they leave for their permanent homes.

State IT centre Valtori shut down the government's public web services on Wednesday as "a precautionary measure." Valtori said it had not identified any attempt to exploit the flaws and that the outage was not the result of a data breach.

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Among those being considered as a key negotiator for the EU is Finnish President Alexander Stubb. According to European diplomatic sources, the Finnish politician has “the best relationship of all EU leaders” with U.S. President Donald Trump. He cited Finland’s long border with Russia as another factor.

Autumn colours in Finland’s Oulanka National Park. Visit Finland is participating in ITB Asia 2026 in Singapore to connect with international travel buyers. Visit Finland joins ITB Asia 2026 in Singapore to connect with international travel buyers, including those from Southeast Asia. Messuille Oy organises the Finnish stand together with Visit Finland. According to Visit Finland, more than 1,500 buyers joined the event’s Hosted Buyer programme in 2025. Visit Finland describes ITB Asia as a key meeting place for tourism professionals in Southeast Asia. The event’s participant list also includes Visit Finland and Visit Rovaniemi. ScandAsia also covered Finland’s participation in ITB Asia in 2025.

Sites and pages have been taken offline by the Finnish government, Edinburgh council and the BBC, with the Netherlands' cyber-security agency also pulling its website.

Meeri Pajala, an au pair from Finland who is living in Sydney, said she had never seen anything like this before.

Authorities in Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland and the Czech Republic also said they had shut down websites to apply a security patch to close the PHP loophole.