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1 month ago

National Youth Council criticises Finland’s social media ban plans

A government working group examining the matter is scheduled to submit an interim report by the end of this month.
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1 month ago

More women taking their own lives

Alcohol-related deaths remain the single largest preventable driver of premature mortality in Finland.
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1 month ago

Finnish FM slams Russian disinformation campaigns against Baltics

Elina Valtonen says Finland stands in solidarity with all countries subjected to Russian intimidation and disinformation.
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1 month ago

Detained Finnish activists have left Israel, ministry confirms

Israeli authorities stopped the Global Sumud aid flotilla at the beginning of the week, detaining more than 300 activists.
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1 month ago

Friday’s papers: Orpo’s drone lessons, immigration’s ‘sudden stop’, and are you eating too much bread?

The last time net immigration was negative for two consecutive months was in 1998, according to Helsingin Sanomat. One factor in particular caused the current situation.
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1 month ago

APN on video: Adapting to the quirks, shocks and drying cabinets of Finnish culture

This week in the ‘All Points North on Video’ studio we discuss how to embrace, accept or cope with the idiosyncrasies of daily life in Finland.
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1 month ago

Safety authority warns fibre cement balcony panels pose fall risk

A woman died in Helsinki last autumn after falling from a balcony outfitted with the panels.
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1 month ago

Finland setting up police reserve for exceptional situations

Finland had a supplementary police force in the late 1990s, although in practice the reservists were never deployed.
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1 month ago

Government did not heed warnings about longer mortgages, central bank boss says

Finland recently extended the maximum term of housing loans to a period of 40 years.
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1 month ago

Finland wants answers from Israel over treatment of detained flotilla activists

Finland has criticised video footage that appears to show detained activists kneeling on a boat deck with their hands bound behind their backs.
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