Finnish customers of the Nordea banking group have again been subject to a phishing attempt. The fraudsters attempted to steal personal user codes by means of false web pages masquerading as a genuine Nordea operated site.
No differences in policy exist between the Centre Party and its presidential candidate Paavo Väyrynen, says Party Chair Mari Kiviniemi. Speaking on the YLE TV programme Ykkösaamu on Saturday, she admitted her disappointment, though, at the lack of other candidates.
Rail services between Helsinki and Turku have returned to normal after earlier disruption caused by a trackside fire late Friday at Piikkiö. It is thought the blaze in a signal box was caused by youths.
Finance Ministry officials are predicting that the Finnish economy could go into decline in just a few months. They say the risk of a recession has grown rapidly, with the economic situation weakening in recent weeks, accompanied by disruptions in inter-bank financing.
Finland’s Equality Ombudsman is challenging the Finnish Defence Forces to consider whether long-haired men can serve in the military. In a recently-issued statement, Equality Ombudsman Pirkko Mäkinen declared that there’s room in the Finnish workplace for men who wear their hair long, but tidy. However, the Defence Forces don’t see the need to change their established practice.
Sex trade activists meeting in Helsinki have condemned talk about restricting or illegalising the sex trade in Finland.
Trains running on the Helsinki main line were delayed by half an hour Friay afternoon due to an electrical fault. The main line services two routes, one for inter-city trains and the other for local rail services.
Finnish hockey forward Jarkko Ruutu has signed with Helsinki club Jokerit for the new SM Liiga season. It will be Ruutu’s first season in Finland since he played for HIFK Helsinki during the 2004-05 NHL lockout.
The Defence Forces and Sisu Auto have settled their dispute over faults in the company’s all-terrain vehicles. Conciliator Jorma Eloranta says that Sisu will correct the detected faults, along with any yet to be discovered, according to the terms of the warranty.
A 15-year-old boy left a backpack with bomb-making materials at the Vaisaaren koulu middle school in Raisio, near Turku, on Friday morning. Police picked up the pupil in the town centre mid-morning.