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1 month ago

Trump’s Greenland threats cast shadow on Finland’s icebreaker deals

US designs on Greenland risk putting Finland in an uncomfortable position.
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1 month ago

Poll: Majority of Finns support fur farming ban

Many Finns support ending fur farming, both nationally and across the EU.
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1 month ago

Finland shows slight improvement in record-high jobless rate

The unemployment rate edged down from 10.7 to 10.3 percent in January, but remained higher than a year earlier. The number of employed men fell by 23,000 year-on-year while the number for women remained unchanged.
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1 month ago

Tuesday’s papers: Finnish humility, protecting girls, and mysterious roof deaths

Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, HBL notes that Finland has not tested its wartime readiness since 1945.
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1 month ago

False salmonella alarm cost farm €1m

A lab error led to the culling of thousands of hens and losses exceeding one million euros.
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1 month ago

Agency to heighten inspections of recreational tour firms at popular destinations

The heightened checks of tour operators will begin in March, particulary in Northern Finland and Finnish Lapland.
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1 month ago

Monday’s papers: The end of free electricity, personal service wins, and Finland tightens driver’s licenses

Negative spot electricity prices are losing their charge, according to Helsingin Sanomat.
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1 month ago

EV registrations up by 22%; petrol and diesel share falls

Nearly 60 percent of all last year’s new cars were rechargeable, with less than 40 percent petrol-powered and just four percent diesel-powered.
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1 month ago

Finland reaches Olympic medal target with hockey bronze

Finland placed third in the men’s ice hockey tournament, clinching its sixth medal at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
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1 month ago

Hazardous driving throughout Finland during busy travel weekend

Many families are on the roads this weekend as school holidays end in parts of the south and begin in central Finland.
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