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2 months ago
Rules for receiving social assistance are getting stricter as of Sunday.
2 months ago
Historically a net contributor, Finland now faces a difficult path towards economic recovery, made all the more challenging by sharing the EU’s longest landborder with Russia.
2 months ago
Speaking to Yle on Saturday, Petteri Orpo expressed faith in American democracy.
2 months ago
The benefit is a last resort form of support for households that are unable to cover their daily essentials.
2 months ago
Furniture chain Asko was founded more than a century ago, but its owner has filed for bankruptcy.
2 months ago
Some Finnish officials say they were aware of the phenomenon, while others say the recent revelations came as news.
2 months ago
Finland has pledged to raise defence spending to five percent of GDP by 2035.
2 months ago
Almost 80 percent of survey respondents blamed social media for increasing stress, while more than one-third of them said they use social platforms over five hours a day.
2 months ago
“I have asked my ministry to draw up a comprehensive picture of what we know about children who are sent abroad,” Minister Anders Adlercreutz (SPP) said.