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FEWER THAN HALF of Finns are expected to get married before the age of 50. Statistics Finland in November announced it…
A BELT-TIGHTENING CAMPAIGN by the Finnish government has set off a flurry of consultative negotiations across government agencies and ministries.…
The City of Helsinki will celebrate residents who gained Finnish citizenship in 2023 with a citizenship ceremony at City Hall…
The City of Helsinki will celebrate residents who gained Finnish citizenship in 2023 with a citizenship ceremony at City Hall…
The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has identified a mutated type 2 poliovirus (VDPV2) in wastewater samples collected…
The Finnish Parliament has approved significant changes to labour market subsidies, commuting and relocation allowances, and unemployment benefits during employment-promoting…
THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY has held on to the top spot in the latest opinion poll commissioned by YLE. The…
A new South Korean reality show brings K-Drama celebrities Lee Je-hoon, Lee Dong-hwi, Cha Eun-woo, and Kwak dong-yeon to ”rural”…
Independence Day demonstrations in Helsinki concluded with police detaining 40 counter-protesters and accusations of extremist symbolism within the 612 torch…
A protest organised by Helsinki without Nazis (Helsinki ilman natseja) on Finnish Independence Day ended with 41 arrests and accusations…
THE FINNISH INSTITUTE for Health and Welfare (THL) in November stated that fur farming in its current form constitutes a…
THE FINNISH INSTITUTE for Health and Welfare (THL) in November stated that fur farming in its current form constitutes a…
FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES in the municipal sector have on average 22 fewer workdays, or 165 fewer working hours, a year than…
MAIJALIISA ERKKOLA, a professor of nutrition at the University of Helsinki, has expressed her disappointment with the statements made by…
EVEN THOUGH interest rates on housing loans have fallen and the prices of old homes have seemingly started creeping up,…
A CLEAR MAJORITY of Finns have a positive view of Nato, reveals a value and attitude survey commissioned by the…
THE PLANS of Teemu Keskisarja and Sheikki Laakso of the Finns Party to skip the Independence Day reception and attend…
THE PLANS of Teemu Keskisarja and Sheikki Laakso of the Finns Party to skip the Independence Day reception and attend…
THOUSANDS of protesters are expected to descend on Helsinki on Independence Day, 6 December, according to YLE. Heikki Porola, a…
Building wealth is easiest when you start early. If you’re just beginning, the world of stocks, funds, and portfolios might…
The Swedish People's Party (SFP) in Espoo has announced the formation of a multicultural committee aimed at engaging immigrants and…
THE FINNISH FOOD AUTHORITY unveiled its new national nutritional guidelines on Wednesday, 27 November. The guidelines encourage a shift away…
THE PRICES of old dwellings in housing companies crept up by 0.4 per cent year-on-year in October, reveal preliminary data…
My daughter gave birth to premature twins in 2017 in Turku, one 600 grams, the other 700 grams. As alarming…
Gunnel Stenbäck, a deaconess and Finland’s oldest known living person, has died at the age of 110. She passed away…
Riikka Purra, Finland’s finance minister and leader of the Finns Party, has defended two of her party’s MPs for choosing…
Teemu Keskisarja, a Member of Parliament from the Finns Party, has announced he will not attend Finland’s Independence Day gala…
Kimmo Kiljunen, a veteran Finnish MP from the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has resigned as chair of the Foreign Affairs…
New data from Statistics Finland paints a grim picture of rising drug-related deaths in Finland, particularly among young people. In…
Modern technology has given us an interesting new dimension in two-sided markets where it is unclear who pays for what.…
A GROUP of lawmakers and prominent foreign policy experts has launched a citizens’ initiative urging Finland to opt out of…
HUS GROUP, the joint municipal authority responsible for providing specialised hospital care in Helsinki and Uusimaa, will lay off roughly…
A new report by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)…