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Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs is preparing additional measures to restrict the entry of Russians, including professional athletes, the country’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said.

Moscow reacted “warmly” to the call to Vladimir Putin from the leaders of Finland and Norway, Alexander Stubb and Jonas Støre.

A Google project in Finland faces a criminal investigation over land clearances, while Italy and Portugal are tightening environmental rules for data centers.

Since last Friday's decision, several leading ice hockey nations, including Finland, Sweden and Czechia, have said they would refrain from playing against Russia in any tournament in which it is allowed to take part.

They also follow a string of hoax bomb threats that has disrupted passenger flights from Serbia to Finland to Spain and beyond in recent days, forcing diversions, emergency landings and security sweeps, though no explosives have been found so far.

Denmark is the latest country to buy Finland’s “Blocker” naval mines, a day after Lithuania decided to go ahead with its own contract for the weapon. The forces of Finland, where the mines are made, and Estonia already operate the proximity sea mines. The Danish acquisition will take place as part of a pentalateral joint procurement agreement that includes Finland and Lithuania, as well as Germany and Norway, who have not yet publicly announced a contract to buy the device. The Finnish military signed a contract with manufacturer Forcit Defence in June on behalf of the five countries participating in the NMC’s procurement scheme. The contract was worth “hundreds of millions of Euros,” the Finnish government said. Ten countries signed the pact’s original declaration of intent: Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Finland and Estonia, all of which are members of NATO. “Selecting Finland as the lead nation of the naval mines cooperation project is a reflection of the Finnish Navy’s long-standing capability in naval mining,” the country’s military wrote in a statement.

“Every time a user scrolls or likes a video on TikTok, the algorithm serves more of the same leading users down rabbit holes they cannot easily escape from,” said the European Commission’s lead official on tech policy, Henna Virkkunen.

Group B: Canada, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Denmark.

Exclusive: US is 'playing politics' with Patriots - Finnish minister

The Italian Air Force escorted a Finnair plane into Rome after an anonymous bomb-threat email was sent to Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) and other companies at Fiumicino. The plane arrived safely.

Exclusive: US is 'playing politics' with Patriots - Finnish minister

The email, which claimed it was from “fighters of the Male State”, said devices had been placed on inbound flights from Helsinki and Dublin and they would explode in 60 minutes.

In another case from Finland, a court dismissed charges against the captain of a Russian oil tanker accused of damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea on account of lack of jurisdiction.

Shona Murray brings the latest on Ukraine's need for interceptors and talks to Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen ahead of next week's Abu Dhabi talks.

Travellers holding Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish passports can now use Thailand’s automated passport control gates, following an expansion that has made the system available to citizens of 33 countries and territories.

Thailand and Finland are exploring new opportunities to strengthen their educational cooperation, with Finnish organisations presenting initiatives in teacher training, digital learning and early childhood education during a meeting at Thailand’s Ministry of Education. The meeting took place on 4 November, when Thailand’s Deputy Permanent Secretary for Education, Surapong Uemuthai, welcomed Finnish Education Ambassador Outi Hakanen and representatives of several Finnish education organisations. Several Finnish organisations presented their ongoing and proposed initiatives in Thailand. Omnia, a Finnish education provider, has signed a cooperation agreement with Thailand’s Office of the Vocational Education Commission to support the professional development of teachers and education personnel. Meanwhile, Finnish digital mathematics platform Eduten is working with Thailand’s Office of the Basic Education Commission to introduce its learning platform in pilot schools. Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences also expressed its willingness to support Thailand’s One District One Scholarship (ODOS) programme. Finnish early childhood education provider HEI Schools presented its approach to play-based learning and discussed how elements of the Finnish early childhood education model could be adapted to the Thai education system. As a next step, Thailand and Finland plan to organise a joint education seminar in 2027 to further develop the proposals and translate the discussions into practical cooperation. The meeting highlights Finland’s continued engagement with Thailand’s education sector, where Finnish expertise in teacher training, digital learning and early childhood education is being explored as part of efforts to improve the country’s education system.

People walk at Fiumicino Airport after Italian Air Force jets safely escorted a Finnair plane from Helsinki to its scheduled landing in Rome following bomb threats on Thursday.

Countries including Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Latvia and the Czech Republic have said they will refuse to play Russia. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Russia and Belarus, a close Moscow ally, would be barred from the World Junior Championship beginning next month in Alberta, while the Finnish city of Turku threatened to drop hosting duties for the 2028 World Junior Championship.

A Finnair plane taking off from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on Nov 5, after it was diverted due to a bomb threat.

Italian fighter jets escorted Finnair's Helsinki-Rome flight.