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6 months ago
President Alexander Stubb says dealings with Russia require a mix of carrot and stick. The Trump administration, however, has decided to lean on the stick.
6 months ago
Helsingin Sanomat reports that the government plans to curb jobless benefits for immigrants without Finnish or Swedish skills.
6 months ago
Government is considering a temporary integration support allowance for foreigners arriving in Finland who do not immediately enter employment, reported Iltalehti.
6 months ago
The Finnish President told the UN General Assembly that the international community must do more to uphold the values on which the United Nations was founded.
6 months ago
Home office deductions for taxpayers could soon be a thing of the past, reports Taloussanomat.
6 months ago
Finland’s psychiatric wards are “bursting at the seams”, according to Helsingin Sanomat.
6 months ago
There were over a quarter of a million people out of work in Finland last month, the bleakest unemployment figure since 2009.
6 months ago
Flight cancellations, Palestinian statehood and lingering fallout from Chernobyl are among the topics in Finnish newspapers on Tuesday morning.
7 months ago
According to the main opposition party, the SDP, cooperation between the government and the president in managing foreign policy has failed.
7 months ago
In an interview with Yle, Rainer Hiltunen said he hopes the government will move beyond declarations and take real steps to advance equality.