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2 months ago

See how Finland’s budget changes will impact your everyday life

Here are the main takeaways from this week’s budget wrangling.
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2 months ago

100k Finns misuse pain medication

Prescription medicines are being sold illegally through messaging apps and social media.
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2 months ago

STT: Ministry proposing to expand private healthcare trial for over-65s

The government is to decide how to proceed once it starts hammering out the state budget on Tuesday, according to news agency STT.
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2 months ago

Young women’s antidepressant use nearly doubles in a decade

These drugs are used to treat depression, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder.
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2 months ago

Rat poison found in baby food

The Hipp baby food importer says the incident does not concern products sold in Finland.
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2 months ago

Citizenship test moves forward as government submits immigration-tightening proposals

The government has submitted a series of immigration-related measures to Parliament, including a citizenship test.
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2 months ago

Thursday’s papers: Melting prices, cancer costs, and meatball lollipops

It started as an April Fool’s joke, but a staple Nordic dinner will soon be available as a lollipop flavour.
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2 months ago

Plant curious: 15% of Finns changed diets after nutrition guideline update

The largest sales increase was seen in tofu and canned legume products.
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2 months ago

Mushrooms still carry traces of Chernobyl disaster

Finland’s nuclear safety watchdog says there’s no need to avoid wild mushrooms on account of lingering radioactivity.
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2 months ago

MOT probe: Cancer patients die sooner in Finland than in other Nordic countries

A new MOT investigation found that cancer survival rates in Finland lag behind those in other Nordic countries, particularly for several common cancers.
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