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Lapland tourism workers mourn dead colleague — “I have never worked in such a bad company”

Ramiro Menaya, a 24-year-old from Spain, spent the last winter season working as a safari guide for the Rovaniemi-based company Nordic Unique Travels in Finnish Lapland.
April 15, 2024

Finland’s eastern border to remain shut indefinitely

As expected, the Finnish government on Thursday decided to extend the closure of the border with Russia.
April 04, 2024

Only 10% of Russians in Finland voted for Putin, exit poll says

Only 10 percent of Russian citizens in Finland told an online exit poll that they voted for President Vladimir Putin in Russia’s weekend election.
March 18, 2024

Thousands may be waiting to cross Finnish-Russian frontier, border official says

Finland closed its eastern border with Russia in December due to an influx of undocumented migrants.
February 05, 2024

Moscow blames Finland, West for border issues

The Kremlin official claimed it is possible that the “collective West” is urging migrants to leave Russia for Finland.
January 14, 2024

Finland suspects 1,000 asylum seekers of committing border offences

Finnish authorities have begun investigating about 1,000 asylum seekers over suspicions that they committed a border offence when they entered the country.
January 14, 2024

Russia recruiting migrants near Finnish border to fight in Ukraine

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported that Russian authorities are allegedly enticing migrants seeking to enter Finland with expired visas to stay in Russia, only to later deploy them to the conflict in Ukraine.
December 08, 2023

Livelihoods and nature at risk as Lapland warms quickly, irrevocably

According to the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), many species could disappear as temperatures rise over the next few decades.
September 29, 2023

Rovaniemi among cities with biggest rent hikes in Finland

Housing rental costs in Finland increased during the first quarter of this year, but to a greater degree in areas outside Greater Helsinki, according to Statistics Finland.
April 20, 2023

Finland’s Border Guard not planning big changes after NATO membership ratification

There will be more Border Guard units out and about, as staff are shifted from border checkpoints.
April 10, 2023

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