Daily Finland, English News from Finland

Friday May 29, 2026

Social aid recipients need to inform Kela if travel abroad for 7+ days

The Social Insurance Institution-Kela on Friday warned the benefit recipients of facing consequence regarding Kela

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US, Iran reportedly agree on draft 60-day ceasefire framework

Finland posts €252m trade surplus in March

Ice Hockey WC

Lions reach semi-finals beating Czechs 4-1

Fee reduces students

Applicants to Finland´s higher education in English drop further

Finland to extend validity of passport, ID card to 10 years

National

Domestic violence victims on rise in Finland

Russian military aircraft suspected of violating Finnish airspace

Finland to streamline residence permit for startup entrepreneurs

Govt mulls continuation of border closure with Russia

Govt moves to ensure balcony railing safety requirements

Police suspect gas leaked from barbecue causes Kalasatama fire

Europe

EU sanctions Israeli extremist settler-linked entities, individuals

The Council of the European Union (EU) said on Thursday that the EU has adopted restrictive measures on Israeli extremist settler-linked entities and individuals over serious and systematic human rights abuses against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, reported Xinhua.

Latvian parliament approves new govt led by Kulbergs

Poland to sign $27 military deals with EU by end-May

German-Dutch corps to lead new NATO command centre in Baltics

3 wounded in stabbing attack at Swiss train station

Worldwide

Netanyahu directs military to extend control over 70% of Gaza Strip

17 killed in Israeli strikes across southern, eastern Lebanon

US, Iran reportedly agree on draft 60-day ceasefire framework

U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached an agreement on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and launch talks on Iran's nuclear program, but U.S. President Donald Trump has yet ...read more

16 killed in Kenya school fire

German Minister calls for increased cooperation with China

Business

Unemployment rate rises further in Finland in April

Consumer confidence improves slightly but remains very weak

Manufactured goods see 4.6% price rise in April

Sports

Brazil lose Neymar for World Cup opener

Los Angeles Metro launches new transit systems ahead of WC

AI can predict World Cup, but cannot read football

On November 30, 2022, one day after the United States survived the group stage at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, a powerful conversational AI model named ChatGPT was officially released. Few people realized then ...read more