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4 weeks ago

Housing construction projects will be sluggish this year, industry group forecasts

Improvement in the situation hinges significantly on Finland’s economic growth, according to the property owner advocacy group Rakli.
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4 weeks ago

More flats falling into foreclosure

Forced property sales to settle debts rose by 16 percent last year.
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1 month ago

It takes 6 weeks for a wage earner to match one day of a CEO’s pay, STTK says

For a salaried employee, it takes an average of 46 days to earn what a chief executive makes in a single day.
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1 month ago

Tuesday’s papers: Finnish justice, swelling deficit, and eggs-asperation

Unlike the perpetrator, the victims of Vastaamo actually face a life sentence, Helsingin Sanomat reports.
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1 month ago

Monday’s papers: When ICE deports a Finn, paying for pensions, and pen and paper make a comeback

What’s it like to be deported to Finland when you haven’t lived here since childhood?
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1 month ago

Do you qualify for Finland’s new 25% flat tax?

Finland is willing to reduce income taxes for those it most wants to attract.
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1 month ago

Thursday’s papers: Gold rush payoffs, Finns mourn sugar firm’s plans, and luxury cars blocking trams

A firm in northern Finland extracts up to 7,500 kg of gold per year.
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1 month ago

Asbestos concerns prompt Tokmanni to issue warning about ‘Stretcherz’ toys

Some of the toys may contain asbestos, a dangerous carcinogen.
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1 month ago

Wolt cutting jobs in Finland

The delivery company says the redundancies will affect its international operations staff based in Finland.
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1 month ago

Finnish quantum computing firm IQM to be listed on US stock market

The state-owned VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and IQM completed work on the country’s first quantum computer in 2021.
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