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Finland seized the Fitburg freighter last year over the suspected sabotage of cables linking Helsinki and Tallinn. A Finnish court on Thursday convicted the Russian captain and a senior crew member of the cargo ship Fitburg for damaging two undersea telecommunications cables in the Gulf of Finland last year. The Helsinki District Court found the two defendants guilty of “aggravated criminal damage.” The defendants denied any wrongdoing and have questioned Finland’s jurisdiction in the case. Finnish authorities seized the vessel on December 31 on suspicion that it had damaged cables linking Finland’s capital, Helsinki, and Tallinn, Estonia. Finnish police at the time said the ship had been dragging its anchor for hours when it was discovered. Finland has stepped up efforts to protect its undersea infrastructure following a series of incidents involving cables and pipelines in the Baltic Sea since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

A flight from Finland landed in Rome as scheduled but with a military escort, and various others touched down at their scheduled destinations across the continent. Finland's Finnair carrier reported that two planes landed at their scheduled destinations but amid security scares. One Finnair flight from Helsinki to Rome landed with a military escort. Another plane from the Finnish capital, operated by Jettime, also landed in Vienna as scheduled.

A flight from Finland landed in Rome as scheduled but with a military escort. Finland's Finnair carrier reported that two planes landed at their scheduled destinations but amid security scares. One Finnair flight from Helsinki to Rome landed with a military escort. Another plane from the Finnish capital, operated by Jettime, also landed in Vienna as scheduled.

A flight from Finland landed in Rome as scheduled but with a military escort, and another landed in Brussels amid a security threat.

Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto and Singapore’s minister Tan See Leng witnessed the signing of a five-year nuclear safety cooperation agreement during Puisto’s visit to Singapore. The agreement brings together Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre and the Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Institute (SNRSI) at the National University of Singapore. The visit also produced a cooperation agreement between Finnish technology company ROTOBOOST and Singapore’s Sembcorp. Puisto visited Singapore with a 16-member Finnish business delegation from the built environment and energy sectors.

According to the Arctic Council, an international body which includes the US, Russia, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland, last year saw a record 1,812 vessels operating in the Arctic.

The Kremlin is escalating its space war with the West: a Russian satellite may have come within 30 metres of a Finnish-American spacecraft in orbit.

A flight from Finland landed in Rome as scheduled but with a military escort.

A Finnish court said on Thursday it has found the captain and a crew member of the cargo ship Fitburg guilty of damaging two subsea telecommunications cables in the Gulf of Finland last year. Finland seized the vessel in the Gulf of Finland on December 31 while it was en route from Russia to Israel, on suspicion that it had damaged cables running from Helsinki to Estonia. Finland has intensified efforts to protect its undersea infrastructure following a string of incidents affecting cables and pipelines in the Baltic Sea since 2022. The defendants, who are subject to travel bans, denied any wrongdoing and have challenged Finland's jurisdiction in the case.

The satellite that was approached, called X36, is operated by the Finnish company ICEYE and provides radar imagery to Western governments and militaries, including Ukraine.

Satellite operator ICEYE's headquarters in Espoo, Finland.

Shona Murray reports from Helsinki on Europe's reaction to the Democratic win and what to expect from the Ukraine talks planned for next week.

A handout image shows Russian military satellite Cosmos 2612 making a very close approach in space to Finnish company ICEYE's X36 satellite, as captured by satellite imaging company Vantor. The satellite approached, called X36, is operated by Finnish company ICEYE and provides radar imagery to Western governments and militaries, including Ukraine.

Finland are among several countries that say they will refuse to play Russia at next year's men's World Championships. Latvia and Finland have also said their teams will not play Russia, while the Finnish city of Turku threatened to drop hosting duties for the 2028 World Junior Championship.

Retailers in Italy, Germany, Romania and the UK were targeted on Tuesday, after Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden reported problems with their refrigeration systems the previous day.

Saildrone’s managing director for Europe, Robert Kleist, cited an alliance of Northern European nations: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Finland, Norway, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Denmark and Sweden have announced that they will not play Russia at the 2027 championship. Finland’s Ice Hockey Federation said it would not play Russia until the country ended its ongoing full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. Chair Heikki Hietanen said Finland was working to coordinate a joint position among as many countries as possible to tell the IIHF that “none of us will play against Russia” in the current situation. Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said that “Russian athletes will not be welcome in Finland next year if Russia continues its aggressive war.”

The Thai-Nordic Association will celebrate the Finnish tradition of Pikkujoulu in Bangkok on 20 November 2026. Pikkujoulu, meaning “Little Christmas” in Finnish, is a tradition of celebrating the festive season with friends and colleagues before Christmas itself.

Visit Finland is inviting international singles to explore the country’s food culture on four-day trips. Visit Finland will pick 16 international travellers for four-day, all-expenses-paid food trips in February 2027. Eight travellers will head to Helsinki and eight to Tampere. Each group will share a tasting menu with two local Finnish singles on a blind group date.

Problems were reported in at least nine EU countries on Monday: Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden.