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3 months ago

Lowering fuel taxes would be risky, entrepreneur group warns

Reducing fuel taxes to ease pump prices could have reverse effect, according to an SME interest group.
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3 months ago

Wednesday’s papers: Immigration costs, European defence, and Chinese airlines

Finland has calculated the fiscal impact of immigration.
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3 months ago

Finns trust the US about as much as they do Russia, China

Finns place almost as little trust in the United States as they do in China and Russia, according to a new poll.
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3 months ago

Tuesday’s papers: UN aspirations, oats lose steam, and a rainy respite

Finland wants a seat at the United Nations Security Council’s “horseshoe”, the inner circle of global decision-making.
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3 months ago

EK: Finland must increase work-based immigration to meet future challenges

Finland’s main business lobby is calling for a sharp increase in labour-based immigration.
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3 months ago

Monday’s papers: Nearby drone strikes, sanction skipping suspicions, and Finland braces for more cuts

Russia’s largest oil port on the Baltic Sea has come under attack, just 50 kilometres from Finland’s border.
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3 months ago

“My war is the war in Ukraine,” Stubb tells The Telegraph

The paper describes Alexander Stubb as growing more sombre in the past year.
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3 months ago

Government looks to tighten immigrants’ residency requirements for lowest pension

The end result could be more people shifting to last-resort social assistance.
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3 months ago

Friday’s papers: Iran war impacts in Finland, probing happiness, and what moms know

Will the Iran war hit Finnish wallets?
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3 months ago

HS: Riikka Purra accepted gift of champagne worth nearly €800

According to an investigation by Helsingin Sanomat, several other cabinet ministers have also accepted gifts with values over the €200 limit.
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