Topic: Helsingin Sanomat

A Finnish municipality announced a record 14 babies were born in 2013, the first year the local government offered a $13,605 baby bonus to parents.

A late fall storm left roughly 200,000 Finnish households without power Friday as the front dissipated while moving east, meteorologists said.

Sweden says it is seeking to strengthen its defense ties to Iceland by participating in a joint Nordic operation to provide surveillance for its airspace.

A dispute between a gunman who killed five people and store employees may have played a role in a New Year's Eve shooting rampage in Finland, sources say.

A pilots' strike has forced the Finnish carrier Finnair to find lodging for thousands of stranded passengers around the country, airline officials say.

Somalia security officials say they thwarted a plot to attack a peace conference in the country's Somaliland region.

Nord Stream AG says the natural gas pipeline it wants to build from Russia to Germany beneath the Baltic Sea would only have a temporary environmental impact.

The Finnish Defense Forces face increased calls about undetonated wartime munitions found throughout Finland during summer months, an official says.

A national day of mourning was declared in Finland for Wednesday, the day after a vocational school shooting left 11 people dead, including the gunman.

An icon depicting St. Nicolas the Miracle Worker was stolen from the Upenski Cathedral in Helsinki, Finland.