Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen has urged people to participate in a blanket ban of handing out money to Roma beggars on the street. Read the full story

Finnish customs officials have announced the interception of ’large amounts’ of the new designer drug MDPV since the start of the year. The majority of the seizures have taken place in Helsinki and Tampere, where six people have been detained under suspicion of smuggling. Read the full story

Finland is to abolish the existing system of granting Ingrian Finns ‘returning migrant’ status. Read the full story

Local governments across Finland are to save money by closing dozens of small day care centres and relocating children to larger, more cost-efficient units. Read the full story

With tonight’s first Eurovision semifinal over and all 17 songs performed, the judging panels and public telephone voters have had their say. Read the full story

Finland and Iceland will both compete in the first semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo this evening. Ten of the 17 participants will go through to Saturday’s final. Read the full story

A number of banned beauty products en route to Russia have been intercepted by Finnish customs officers. Read the full story

Tobacco giant Philip Morris has been forced to destroy product worth five million euro following changes to legislation that require all cigarettes sold in Finland to be self-extinguishing. Read the full story

Legislation to completely outlaw begging is being pushed for by the Finnish Minister of the Interior, Anne Holmlund. Read the full story

Striking food workers in Finland have sent the purchasing public scurrying across the border to Sweden for supplies. Read the full story