Did Stavros Dimas pack a bulletproof vest next to his toothbrush on a trip to Helsinki last week (4 May)? The last time the environment commissioner was involved with the Finns he ended up being ...

New regulations related to the hunting of the Baltic ringed seal will come into effect from the beginning of August, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has announced. In a press release, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, local and national authorities in Europe and the United States have authorised the controlled killing of wolves ...

Finland’s bear population has increased considerably over the past few years and now stands at just over 1,700 adults. (Ints Kalnins/Reuters) Finnish hunting clubs have received permits to hunt 255 ...

Cubs of less than a year old are protected from hunters. Permits to shoot 70 bears will be issued for the reindeer herding areas of northern Finland, 20 fewer than last year. ( Pentti Kallinen / Yle ) ...

Finland has been savaged by the European Court of Justice for authorising wolf hunting without proving the activity would not cause long-term damage to populations of the predator. The European Court ...

The lively Finnish Spitz — called Finkies or simply Finns for short — is the most popular dog breed in Finland, where they're called Suomenpystykorva. The national dog of Finland, the Finn has become ...