The Court of Appeal is hearing Russian millionaire Pavel Melnikov in the Airisto Helmi financial crime case, Yle reports. Prosecutors accuse him of tax evasion and paying undeclared wages through the company, while Melnikov denies the charges. Melnikov was sentenced by the district court last yea…

Finland’s Supreme Court has refused businessman Onni Sarmaste permission to appeal in his mask-trading dispute with the Huoltovarmuuskeskus, the country’s emergency supply agency, Yle reported. A Helsinki Court of Appeal ruling from March 2026 will therefore remain in force. Sarmaste must pay the…

Norwegian veterinarian Rolf Nordmo is seeking to have his life sentence for murdering former ice hockey player Janne Puhakka reduced to a manslaughter sentence, Yle reports. The Helsinki Court of Appeal began hearing the case on Monday. The prosecution is asking the court to uphold Nordmo’s life …

A serious disruption affecting Aipa, the case and document management system used by Finnish courts and the Prosecution Service, has ended, Yle reported. The widespread outage began on Monday, August 17. Users experienced significant slowness and login problems, and the system was effectively una…

The Eastern Finland Court of Appeal has refused to hear a case that leaves Lappeenranta dance venue entrepreneur Jari Papinniemi facing nearly 20,000 euros in costs over a cancelled band performance, Yle reported. The South Karelia District Court ordered Papinniemi to pay the dance orchestra’s 62…

Kela is seeking repayment of basic social assistance more actively than before, sending cases involving even a few hundred euros to administrative courts, Yle reports. The increase has placed a growing workload on the courts. Tuula Pääkkönen, a judge at the Helsinki Administrative Court, said the…

The Northern Savonia District Court on Thursday conducted a rare site inspection at the remote location in Vesanto where Saara Arva’s remains were found, Yle reports. The prosecution and defence disagreed over what the inspection demonstrated. Prosecutor Antti Lampén requested the inspection to s…

The Helsinki Administrative Court has overturned the dismissal of a 32-year-old court secretary at Helsinki District Court, ruling that the conduct cited did not constitute the particularly compelling grounds required by law, Yle reports. The woman was dismissed in December 2024 after being convi…

Blood found on a folding knife linked to the death of Saara Arva may not be human blood, according to Finland's National Bureau of Investigation forensic laboratory, Yle reported. DNA testing on the knife also failed to produce a result. Mika Moring is charged with the manslaughter of Arva in the…

Mika Moring has denied killing Saara Arva or forcing her to accompany him on a trip from which she apparently never returned to Helsinki, Yle reports. Moring made the statement on Friday at the Northern Savonia District Court, where he faces charges of killing and aggravated deprivation of libert…

Mika Moring is appearing in the North Savo District Court on Thursday over the alleged manslaughter of 35-year-old Saara Arva and aggravated deprivation of liberty, Yle reports. The trial in Kuopio has been scheduled for seven days. Prosecutors allege that Moring killed Arva in Vesanto between 31…