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3 days ago
The US embassy criticised the Finnish supreme court’s conviction of Päivi Räsänen as a troubling precedent for religious and free speech rights.
4 days ago
The least experienced are most vulnerable to economic swings.
4 days ago
Ukraine has intensified drone strikes on Russian oil refineries and export routes.
5 days ago
The initiative’s authors say that adding a non-binary gender marker would strengthen people’s rights to self-determination and increase equality.
5 days ago
“Unfortunately, my life in Finland was not successful. I tried to do everything I could. I feel like this country doesn’t want me here,” Vladislava Onufrienko explained.
5 days ago
“Our limited resources must be allocated to those who have no housing and no opportunity to take care of their basic needs,” the No Fixed Abode group said.
6 days ago
Life for many people in “the world’s happiest country” can be very different from the image projected by state agencies and social media, according to a guest on Yle News’ APN podcast.
6 days ago
In Vantaa, nearly 60 percent of families have had their daycare fees waived.