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2 months ago
Tourists from Germany spent the most amount of nights in Finland during the past summer, with visitors from Sweden and the US in second and third place respectively.
2 months ago
The problem is most acute in southern parts of the country.
2 months ago
Home office deductions for taxpayers could soon be a thing of the past, reports Taloussanomat.
2 months ago
A ministry spokesperson told Yle there were no leads yet as to who might be behind the attack.
2 months ago
The VAT rate is set to drop slightly on food, restaurants, medicines and books, as well as sports and exercise services.
2 months ago
The government’s policies and austerity measures are “not unproblematic” from a human rights perspective, according to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
2 months ago
Finland’s psychiatric wards are “bursting at the seams”, according to Helsingin Sanomat.
2 months ago
Although officially one of Finland’s national churches alongside the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Finnish Orthodox Church has just over 57,000 members, making up around one percent of the population.
2 months ago
Officials acknowledge that the planned reforms would worsen the situations for low-income earners and slightly increase the number of low-income people.
2 months ago
There were over a quarter of a million people out of work in Finland last month, the bleakest unemployment figure since 2009.