Daily Finland, English News from Finland

Friday July 31, 2026

Protection for Ukrainian refugees extended again

The ongoing temporary protection for Ukrainians refugees will continue until 4 March 2028, said the

1st ever African swine flu cases spotted in Finland

Trade balance posts €880m deficit in May

WC not for sale

UEFA nations vote to boycott WC over FIFA stake sale plans

3 Iranian soldiers killed in US attacks, Iran destroys 3 US F-35 jets

Finland sees 20% lower inflow of Asian tourists in June

National

Exiled ex Finnish MP wants Russian citizenship

1 found dead in Turku river, man killed in tractor mishap in Kitee

Finland censures attack at Berlin Pride parade

Stubb, Zelenskyy discuss Russia’s war over phone

Supo, FDI warn of Russian cyber spying via email servers

Rauma shipyard worker killed in forklift accident

Europe

Ukraine receives €3.47b from EU for defense needs

Ukraine received a new 3.47-billion-euro tranche from the European Union (EU) to finance priority defense needs, the country's Finance Ministry reported Thursday, reported Xinhua. The funding, provided under the 90-billion-euro Ukraine Support Loan, will help support Ukraine in the procurement

Germany nears 10,000 heat-related deaths this year

Eurozone GDP grows 0.4% in Q2

Berlin's Love Train techno parade cancelled after deadly Pride attack

Turkish police detain Ankara district mayor, 54 others in corruption probe

Worldwide

US may impose $100K fee for foreign students wanting to work after graduation

Trump says deal reached on complete disarmament of Hamas

Netanyahu says Israel's 'special forces' ready if arrested abroad over ICC warrant

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asserted that Israel's special forces remain equipped to intervene should any foreign government attempt to detain him pursuant to the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, reported ANI. In an ...read more

Saudi Arabia announces new maritime defense alliance amid regional tensions

Qatar Airways extends flight suspension to Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq's Erbil

Business

Loviisa nuke plant to undergo annual outage on August 2

Drawdowns of holiday cottage loans drop by 5% in June

Prices of old house in Finland drop by 3.9% in June

Sports

VAR process of red card for Switzerland's Embolo was wrong

Zidane appointed France head coach

FIFA proposes selling stakes in new commercial arm, drawing UEFA criticism

FIFA has proposed creating a commercial subsidiary and selling minority stakes to private investors to fund a sharp increase in development funding for its 211 member associations, drawing fierce criticism from UEFA, with European associations ...read more