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1 week ago

Study: Serious illness causes long-term earnings loss, with immigrants hit hardest

The research found that a person of immigrant background loses an average of 4,000 euros per year after a serious injury or illness, while a native Finn loses about 2,600 euros.
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1 week ago

Finland registers new record cold temperature for this winter: -42.8C

The chilly conditions are expected to continue into the weekend, with lows of -40C in Finnish Lapland and -20C in the south of the country.
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1 week ago

Finland sees slight increase in drowning deaths in 2025

Between 100 and 150 people die every year in Finland as a result of drowning, with about half that number occurring during summertime.
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1 week ago

Friday’s papers: Finland and Greenland, Arctic realities, and staying in jobs

What do Donald Trump’s Greenland threats mean for Finland’s celebrated icebreaker deal?
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2 weeks ago

FM: “No indications the US planning Greenland takeover”

The United States and Denmark are both founding members of Nato.
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2 weeks ago

Court jails men who rowed into Vuosaari Harbour to collect cocaine

The men were tasked with retrieving the drugs from a shipping container and hiding them in nearby woods.
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2 weeks ago

Eurostat: Finland’s unemployment rate now worst in EU

There were over a quarter of a million people out of work in Finland in November last year, or 10.6 percent of the workforce.
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2 weeks ago

Finnish border town cools on Russian language

Interest in Russian as a school elective has collapsed in Lappeenranta.
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2 weeks ago

Fingrid: Finland’s electricity consumption hits all-time high

Demand is high as temperatures drop across the country on Thursday, with parts of Finnish Lapland seeing the mercury plunge below -40 degrees Celsius.
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2 weeks ago

Trump moves to pull US from Helsinki-based hybrid centre

The decision is part of a broader push to uncouple the United States from more than 60 international organisations.
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