A coronation ceremony will be held on Saturday 13 December at Helsinki Cathedral. From there, Lucia will join a holiday-themed parade through the city centre.
“The director came to the same conclusion as the board, that his choice of words was very unfortunate, and he apologises for them,” Kela’s board chair Vertti Kiukas says.
Finnair cancelled around 40 flights last month after erroneously washing passenger seat covers on A321 planes with water, bringing into question the covers’ fire-resistant properties.
Officials and researchers agree that language skills are crucial to employment and integration into Finnish society – but also that no quick fix is in sight regarding access to linguistic training.
“I think we’re on the wrong track here. It’s like we’re going back to the 2010s,” said Tuija Mäkelä, head of the union representing Tax Administration workers.
Overall, taxes paid by companies continued to decline. Two years ago, corporate tax revenue totalled eight billion euros, but last year it dropped to seven billion.
A record number of taxpayers in Finland reported crypto income to tax authorities this year, but as many as 100,000 neglected to declare their virtual currency income last year.