Prices for many popular products in Finnish and Swedish online stores have been higher than normal during the month of October over the past couple of years, retail price tracker Hintaopas reports.
Helsingin Sanomat casts a spotlight on Finland’s rapidly-changing pornographic industry, where “content creators” can reportedly earn thousands of euros per month.
The wellbeing services county of Southwestern Finland sent payment notices to tens of thousands of customers for social and health care services provided years ago, with some bills reaching thousands of euros.
The volunteer force would be deployed “in the event of serious incidents under normal conditions, in emergency conditions and in a state of defence”, the interior ministry says.
At least 20 doctors with licences to work in Finland had been restricted from practicing medicine by authorities in another country, often following a conviction for a serious crime.
Some companies illegally order foreign workers to attend weeks of training without pay – or even charge them for such orientation sessions, say industry insiders.