Current affairs

Finnish voters have elected Sauli Niinistö from the moderate conservative National Coalition Party as the nation's 12th president in a decisive second round on Sunday. The 63-year-old former finance minister defeated the Green’s Pekka Haavisto by 62.6 per cent to 37.4 per cent.

Around Helsinki, homes of historically prominent artists and other cultural figures offer art and scenic settings

Want to have fun unlocking the mysteries of the Finnish language and the Finnish brain? See these three dictionaries.

Pekka Haavisto of the Green Party rides a wave into round two of the presidential election and faces Sauli Niinistö.

See thisisFINLAND's easily digestible mini-profiles of the eight candidates in Finland’s 2012 presidential election.

Helsinki is World Design Capital in 2012. It’s an exciting time to pose questions and seek fresh perspectives.

“The growth of inequality is not a force of nature. It can be fought back,” said President of the Republic Tarja Halonen in her New Year’s speech on Sunday 1 January 2012. “It is all about political will and skill of execution.”

Our world today is characterised by continously growing interdependence. No country, be it a superpower or a small island state, can evade it, writes Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja.

The Finnish Embassy will be closed on 24 - 26 December 2011 and on Epiphany on 6 January 2012.

Opinion piece: A clear favourite exists in Finland’s 2012 presidential election – but could it still be up for grabs?