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Finland joins the New York Declaration calling for the end of the Gaza war and advancing a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
2025-09-5

More than a dozen governments condemn the Israeli military firing in the direction of a diplomatic delegation with representatives from 31 countries including Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay.
2025-05-21

The Russian Ministry of Defence proposes to unilaterally adjust Russia's maritime border in the Baltic Sea, prompting comments of concern made by Baltic members of NATO, including Finland and Lithuania. The Ministry of Defense later retracts the proposal.
2024-05-22

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warns both Finland and Sweden that they could face "detrimental military and political consequences" if they attempt to join NATO.
2022-02-25

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health launches a digital contact tracing app in an effort to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
2020-08-31

Finland imposes "Europe's tightest" border restrictions on several countries which it had considered safe destinations to stop the spread of COVID-19. Travel from most EU member states, as well as Japan and Iceland, will be limited to essential trips starting August 24, with people returning from those countries required to self-quarantine for two weeks.
2020-08-19

Three women, the Imatra Town Council chairwoman and two local reporters, are shot dead outside a restaurant in Imatra, Finland, a town east of the capital, Helsinki. A 23-year-old suspect is apprehended by police.
2016-12-4

Nokia, the telecommunications giant based in Finland, announces that it has gained control of French counterpart Alcatel-Lucent, and sets the date for formal consolidation as January 14.
2016-01-4

Voters in Finland go to the polls for the second round of the Finnish Presidential election with conservative candidate Sauli Niinisto winning in a landslide.
2012-02-5

François Bazaramba is sentenced to life imprisonment for his part in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide in Porvoo, Finland's first genocide trial.
2010-06-11