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4 months ago

It takes 6 weeks for a wage earner to match one day of a CEO’s pay, STTK says

For a salaried employee, it takes an average of 46 days to earn what a chief executive makes in a single day.
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4 months ago

Helsinki to further reduce meat in school lunches

In a few years, meat-based dishes will only appear once or twice per week.
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4 months ago

Tuesday’s papers: Finnish justice, swelling deficit, and eggs-asperation

Unlike the perpetrator, the victims of Vastaamo actually face a life sentence, Helsingin Sanomat reports.
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4 months ago

US expert flags Åland as potential target for Putin

Victory in Ukraine would embolden Moscow to further aggression, according to the Atlantic Council.
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4 months ago

“All of us are happy” — Iranians in Finland celebrate Khamenei’s death

Finland says Iran’s support for Russia could falter, and that’s a good thing.
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4 months ago

Monday’s papers: When ICE deports a Finn, paying for pensions, and pen and paper make a comeback

What’s it like to be deported to Finland when you haven’t lived here since childhood?
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4 months ago

Court clears Sanna Marin’s stalker

The court reached its decision without a psychiatric evaluation.
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4 months ago

Finland sees fewer counterfeit banknotes as it increasingly goes cashless

Nearly 500 counterfeit banknotes turned up in Finland last year.
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4 months ago

Finland’s smartphone ban gave middle-schoolers a new way of life, principals say

“Students look each other in the eye and say hello. This makes me happy,” a principal in Lahti said.
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4 months ago

Veteran MP leaving parliament for Sudan

Green parliamentarian Pekka Haavisto says he will soon submit his resignation.
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