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3 months ago

Employers brace for flood of summer job applications

Last summer, staffing firm Barona received some 43,000 applications for 1,000 seasonal positions.
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3 months ago

Helsinki to pilot gift cards for drug users to stay clean

The initiative focuses on behavioural incentives to tackle alpha-PVP abuse.
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3 months ago

FM: “No indications the US planning Greenland takeover”

The United States and Denmark are both founding members of Nato.
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3 months ago

Court jails men who rowed into Vuosaari Harbour to collect cocaine

The men were tasked with retrieving the drugs from a shipping container and hiding them in nearby woods.
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3 months ago

Finnish border town cools on Russian language

Interest in Russian as a school elective has collapsed in Lappeenranta.
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3 months ago

Trump moves to pull US from Helsinki-based hybrid centre

The decision is part of a broader push to uncouple the United States from more than 60 international organisations.
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3 months ago

Maternity benefit rises as Finland updates baby box for newborns

The value of the baby box is rising to 210 euros.
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3 months ago

NBI seizes Fitburg vessel

Investigators are probing whether the cable damage was intentional.
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3 months ago

Finland’s role in multinational force for Ukraine unclear

There is no point in Finland antagonising the United States, a foreign policy expert told Yle.
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3 months ago

Wednesday’s papers: Helsinki’s ‘luxurious’ student flats, high-earning telemarketer’s secret, and Finland’s slippery roads

Students want to live alone more than they did in the past, according to the head of Helsinki’s student housing outfit HOAS.
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