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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.