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Enter Finland e-service to be offline for maintenance on 16 June evening
Migri will take the Enter Finland portal offline on 16 June from 17:15–19:15 EEST for maintenance. The outage halts all online residence-permit and employer transactions, so businesses should avoid scheduling submissions during that window. Draft applications will be preserved and services will resume immediately afterwards.
Finnair eyes winter sun: Helsinki–Krabi direct flights proposed for 2026/27
Finnair has asked Thai authorities for slots to run two weekly Helsinki–Krabi flights during the 2026/27 winter season. The service would cater to high-spend Scandinavian leisure traffic and offer Finnish businesses a shorter connection to Thailand’s Andaman coast. The proposal underlines Finnair’s strategy of pivoting south as Russian air-space remains off-limits.
Finnish prosecutors charge Russian ship’s master for Gulf of Finland cable sabotage
Finland has formally charged the captain of a Russian cargo ship and a crew member with sabotaging under-sea telecom cables in the Gulf of Finland last New Year’s Eve. The high-profile indictment highlights rising maritime security risks for Finnish transport and data infrastructure and could lead to tougher inspections of foreign vessels and new insurance requirements for operators.