NEWS

Sanna Marin will be the new Prime Minister of Finland

Foreigner.fi 08/Dec/2019

Sanna Marin, a 34-year-old graduate in Administrative Studies and mother of a child, will be the next Prime Minister of Finland. Marin was appointed on Sunday by the council of the Social…

NEWS

Finnish neo-Nazis determined to parade on Independence Day despite police ban

Foreigner.fi 04/Dec/2019

The Helsinki Police Department has banned a march announced by the so-called 'Movement Towards Freedom' (Kohti Vappautta, in Finnish) in Helsinki on 6 December, the date marking Finland's…

TOURISM

Flying from Helsinki at Christmas? See this list of festive events at the airport

Foreigner.fi 02/Dec/2019

Christmas is coming, and for many foreigners it is time to return home to spend a few days off. To make it more enjoyable, special activities are scheduled at Helsinki Airport from 1 December until…

TOURISM

Discover the main Christmas attractions in Finland

Pablo Morilla 01/Dec/2019

Visitors coming to Finland in December are always attracted to the country by the fact that here is where Santa Claus lives. They want to meet the real one, to see what kind of activities can they do…

NEWS

Tallinn police arrested five men for robberies in Finnish tech stores

Foreigner.fi 27/Nov/2019

Estonian police have arrested five men, apparently of Romanian origin, suspected of perpetrating three robberies in Finnish technology stores in just four days.  The suspects, who are currently…

NEWS

Taxi driver reported racist attack in Vantaa

Foreigner.fi 19/Nov/2019

A taxi driver has reported to the police an alleged racist attack which happened on Monday, November 18, in the city of Vantaa. According to police information, the incident occurred when two men…

BUSINESS & TECH

European Space Week in Helsinki on 3-5 December

Foreigner.fi 18/Nov/2019

Helsinki will host the European Space Week on 3-5 December. According to Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, this is the largest event for European space programmes in 2019. It…

BUSINESS & TECH

Helsinki airport tests new technology to allow liquids in hand luggage

Foreigner.fi 18/Nov/2019

Finavia will test a new generation of hand luggage technology to allow liquids and consumer electronics to be transported inside hand luggage through security control. The aim, as explained by…

TOURISM

Norwegian will launch a new Helsinki-Tirana route

Foreigner.fi 18/Nov/2019

In June 2020, Norwegian will begin operating direct flights from Helsinki airport to Tirana, the capital of Albania. During the summer season 2020, the route will be operated once a week, on…

NEWS

Police arrested suspect of 16 burglaries in homes in Helsinki and Vantaa

Foreigner.fi 14/Nov/2019

Helsinki Police Department is investigating a series of burglaries carried out between 22 September and 12 October 2019 in private homes in Northern Helsinki and Vantaa. According to Police…

MOVING TO FINLAND

'Husu' Hussein and the short legs of lies

Cesar Calvar 11/Nov/2019

There is an old Spanish saying that a lie has very short legs. And therefore, it is easier to catch a liar than a lame person. That is what happened to the Helsinki City Councilman Abdirahim 'Husu'…

BUSINESS & TECH

Non-subsidised rents increased most in Vantaa

Foreigner.fi 08/Nov/2019

Among large cities, the rents of non-subsidised rental dwellings increased most in Vantaa year-on-year in the third quarter of 2019, according to Statistics Finland. In large cities, the rents of…

WORK & STUDY

Making young voices heard at Helsinki Education Week

Foreigner.fi 08/Nov/2019

Part of Helsinki Education Week, a workshop titled Making Young Voices Heard: Public Speaking and Self-Expression taught schoolchildren and students how to turn natural performance nerves into…

NEWS

400 experts discuss in Helsinki the challenges for European security

Foreigner.fi 06/Nov/2019

Helsinki hosts on 6 and 7 November 2019 the Security Research Event (SRE). The event will be attended by about 400 security experts, including researches, policy-makers, businesses and internal…

WORK & STUDY

Rinne at the National Entrepreneurship Forum: "We need foreign labour"

Foreigner.fi 05/Nov/2019

Helsinki hosted on 5 November the National Entrepreneurship Forum. The event was attended by more than 120 government and business representatives. The Finnish Prime Minister, Antti Rinne, took…

TOURISM

Nights spent by foreign tourists in Finland up by 9%

Foreigner.fi 31/Oct/2019

September was a good month for Finnish tourism businesses, which recorded an increase in the number of overnight stays. According to Statistics Finland, in September foreign tourists spent 0.51…

LIFESTYLE

Fines for traveling without a ticket in Helsinki will rise to 100 euros

Foreigner.fi 30/Oct/2019

The executive board of the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HSL) approved on 29 October the proposed price drop for users of its long distance services. According to HSL, the prices of…

NEWS

7-year-old child lost in Helsinki already found

Foreigner.fi 29/Oct/2019

The Helsinki police department has just warned via Twitter about the disappearance of a 7-year-old boy in the Mellunmäki neighborhood, in eastern Helsinki. According to the information provided…

LIFESTYLE

HSL will reduce ticket prices for long distance users

Foreigner.fi 25/Oct/2019

The Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HSL) has proposed a price drop that will be applied in 2020 to users of its long distance services. According to a statement published by HSL,…

NEWS

Two young Finns found dead on a Helsinki-Tallin cruise

Foreigner.fi 20/Oct/2019

What happened on Saturday night to Sunday on the Tallink Silja Europa passenger cruise? Is it just a coincidence that two young people were found dead with no signs of violence and…