Daily Finland, English News from Finland

Friday March 20, 2026

Tax debt exceeds €4.5b in Finland in 2025

The total tax debt in Finland exceeded 4.5 billion euros at the end of 2025,

Finance Minister takes champagne worth €800 as gift

Finns make fewer domestic leisure trips, higher abroad in January

Finland ranks world’s happiest country for 9th year in a row

Man stabbed to death in Helsinki, suspect held

Iranian Minister killed

Israeli strikes Iranian gas facility, Iran warns of attacks on oil facilities

National

Finance Minister takes champagne worth €800 as gift

NATO should stay out of war in Iran, Stubb tells BBC

Finnish, French Armies strengthen cooperation on training, exercises

Majority Finns expect ambitious energy, climate policies: survey

Drone hits Baghdad hotel housing Finnish, US embassies

Govt to press ahead with bill easing nuclear weapons restrictions

Europe

Germany has turned back 30,000 at borders since May 2025

Germany has turned back around 30,000 people at its borders since the conservative-led government took office in May 2025, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has said, reported dpa. The figure was significant, Dobrindt told public broadcaster ARD late on Wednesday, adding that

Abel Prize in mathematics awarded to German for 1st time

EU, Iceland sign security, defense partnership to deepen cooperation

Flights cancelled at Berlin airport as workers strike for better pay

Poland to invest $270b in energy sector over next decade: PM

Worldwide

60 suspected terrorists killed by Nigerian troops

17 killed in 2 fire incidents in India

Trump waives Jones Act to curb rise in oil prices

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday waived the Jones Act for 60 days in an effort to curb rising oil prices caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Iran, ...read more

What to know about death of Iran's top security official Ali Larijani?

US ´not ready´ to end conflict, Iran begins new ´heavy strikes´

Business

OP opens 3,000 summer jobs for young people

Gastro Helsinki draws thousands, offers food, beverage brands

Inflation goes up in February in Finland

Sports

Iran women's football team receives grand welcome in Tehran

Barca thrash Newcastle, Liverpool cruise into UCL quarters, Bayern, Atletico also advance

Real Madrid pay Courtois injury toll as goalkeeper sidelined for 6 weeks

This week's Champions League game has left Real Madrid with a significant injury bill to pay, with tests carried out on Thursday confirming that Belgian international goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has suffered a muscle injury, reported ...read more