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2 months ago
Allowing mild wines onto supermarket shelves has not increased alcohol consumption.
2 months ago
Starting in June it will become possible to spread out payments over four decades.
2 months ago
The Andes virus is a type of hantavirus spread by rodents in South America.
2 months ago
While every baby born in Finland would get the lump sum, there’s a catch as to when kids can cash out.
2 months ago
The woman says the picture was intended for her husband.
2 months ago
Tarja Halonen said that Vladimir Putin surprised her during their first meeting as presidents.
2 months ago
After decades of steadily declining figures, Finland’s homelessness rate has started to tick upwards again in recent years due to rising poverty.
2 months ago
The company had convinced workers to take up employment as light entrepreneurs, the court ruled.
2 months ago
The average age for a first marriage in Finland has edged down to 32.6 for women and 34.4 for men.
2 months ago
This year’s oldest recipient is a 91-year-old mother of six.