Vacancies in state-subsidised rental housing rose in 115 municipalities last year, leaving a record number of units unused, the Ministry of the Environment reports.
The company’s entire workforce of 6,500 employees will be included in the negotiations, with up to 90 redundancies likely as a result of the restructuring.
Economic uncertainty is leading many shoppers in Finland to cut back on their grocery bill and increasingly choose stores’ own brand products over the more expensive brand-name options.
The report found Finland scored well on permanent residence and access to education, but poorly on the ease of obtaining citizenship as well as immigrants’ political participation.
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.