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2 months ago

Tuesday’s papers: Finland calls up reservists, surveillance reforms, and digitalisation reaches bottle receipts

Ukraine’s drone strikes over the Gulf of Finland have prompted the defence forces to call in reservists.
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2 months ago

STT: Ministry proposing to expand private healthcare trial for over-65s

The government is to decide how to proceed once it starts hammering out the state budget on Tuesday, according to news agency STT.
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2 months ago

Finnish Air Force reprimands cadet pilots for penis-shaped flight patterns

The patterns attracted attention on the Flightradar tracking service last week, around the time of a training exercise in the skies near Jyväskylä.
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2 months ago

Young women’s antidepressant use nearly doubles in a decade

These drugs are used to treat depression, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder.
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2 months ago

Don’t tempt the bears, Finnish police warn

Authorities say the best way to prevent bears from visiting residential areas is to remove food sources from gardens and rubbish bins.
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2 months ago

Half of Finns would lower taxes to stem brain drain

“It’s unwise to tax away the conditions for growth,” think-tank Eva says, commenting on its survey findings.
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2 months ago

Etla: Finland too dependent on China and US as globalisation fades

In 2024, nearly 38 percent of Finland’s imported products considered vulnerable came from China, according to the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.
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2 months ago

Rat poison found in baby food

The Hipp baby food importer says the incident does not concern products sold in Finland.
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2 months ago

Flags fly to honour Finland’s internally displaced

During WWII, around 430,000 people were permanently displaced within Finland, while nearly 200,000 were temporarily evacuated.
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2 months ago

See one of the world’s largest cruise ships take first test run in Turku

The Legend of the Seas is a 365-metre-long Icon-class ship, and designed to carry 5,600 passengers.
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