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Wed, 12 Oct 2022 11:35:14 +0300
Minority actors in Finland face discrimination and racism, survey finds
Minority actors reported difficulties gaining entry to the industry and working in it.

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:56:41 +0300
Haavisto: Finland would receive support from Nato partners in case of direct threat, even before full membership
With its membership ratified by all but two member states, Finland is taking part in this week's Nato conference in Brussels as an observer.

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:16:51 +0300
Wednesday's papers: Turku consulate, early retirement, electric car charging rates
The energy crisis is now starting to make itself felt in the daily lives of electric car drivers in Helsinki, Helsingin Sanomat reports. 

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 18:39:00 +0300
Finns moving less since pandemic
People in Finland spend most of their time either sitting or lying down, according to a fresh study.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 17:42:33 +0300
President: Finland will persevere through difficult winter ahead
Everyone occasionally find themselves in difficult situations and end up being surprised by their abilities to cope, according to President Niinistö.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:54:28 +0300
Police find stolen ATM, emptied of cash
Last week thieves used a bucket loader they briefly commandeered to rip out the cash machine from a supermarket wall in Mäntsälä.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:39:16 +0300
No need to hoard iodine tablets, pharmacy association says
An updated recommendation by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health led to a surge in demand for iodine tablets on Tuesday.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:50:58 +0300
Meteorological office offers €500 to find runaway weather balloon over Lapland
The balloon carries thousands of euros worth of equipment used to measure atmospheric pressure.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:54:45 +0300
Ministry: Households should stock iodine tablets for those 40 and under
Finland's updated radiation hazard recommendations are based on guidance from the World Health Organization, issued about five years ago.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:27:21 +0300
Espoo raises pay for daycare managers, but not staff
The city justified the managerial salary increase by saying that paying bosses benefits workers, suggesting that improved leadership increases employee wellbeing.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 11:30:10 +0300
Efforts to protect endangered seal pups proving successful, conservationists say
A record number of Saimaa ringed seal pups were born this year, as tighter restrictions on fishing nets in the region led to fewer deaths.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 09:40:07 +0300
Poll: More than one third want female conscription
The issue of extending military conscription to include women as well as men has been the subject of much debate in Finland over recent months.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 09:32:15 +0300
Tuesday's papers: Path to peace, PISA decline and Nord Stream monuments
The Finnish President says it's not the west's job to give Putin a way out of the war.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 18:43:53 +0300
Finns Party: Criminal liability age should be dropped to 14
The opposition party also says the criminal justice system suffers from insufficient resources and is calling for extra funding.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:53:30 +0300
Bank of Finland: War is 'bleeding' the Russian economy
Russia's economy will contract by four percent this year and next, the Finnish central bank says.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 16:41:14 +0300
Helsinki offers free monkeypox vaccines to at-risk adults
The city is the first in Finland to start vaccinating at-risk adults against monkeypox.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 14:50:55 +0300
Survey: People trust their data is safer with employers than public authorities
Finland's National Cyber Security Centre estimated that in 2022, ransomware attacks grew by almost a third compared to 2021.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:39:03 +0300
Finland 'strongly condemns' Russia's missile attacks on Ukraine
"Bombing civilian targets fulfils the criteria of war crimes," Haavisto told Yle.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:14:26 +0300
Turku Mayor calls for closure of Russian consulate
Turku's mayor said the southwestern city doesn't want Russia's presence in the city.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:57:22 +0300
Yle: Satellite caused early morning light display
Finnish officials have so far refused to comment on what caused the burst of light along the eastern border.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:23:05 +0300
HJK clinch 32nd Finnish football league title
The Helsinki-based club won their third successive Veikkausliiga title with a 1-0 victory over FC Haka on Sunday.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:09:42 +0300
Monday's papers: Strange lights, exchanging roubles and berry exploitation
Iltalehti readers say they witnessed strange light displays near the eastern border on Monday morning.

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 15:57:32 +0300
Autumn migration of birds proceeding as usual
Birdlife Finland says that the past few weeks have seen some spectacular migratory movements of birds in Finland.

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 11:57:18 +0300
Vero: Still time to update tax card
The Tax Administration (Vero) estimates that nearly one million employees have a tax rate on their tax cards that is too low for the rest of the year.

Sat, 08 Oct 2022 17:00:41 +0300
Tuppurainen: Finland neither seeks nor supports a new EU joint debt
As Europe faces an energy crisis this winter, EU countries like France are lobbying for a similar shared debt scheme similar to the one used as relief for the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sat, 08 Oct 2022 13:49:49 +0300
EU naming regulations block Finnish domestic "wines"
A Finnish alcohol producer shared that grapes grown in the Finnish climate could create a unique sparkling wine.

Sat, 08 Oct 2022 11:15:25 +0300
Wind warnings issued across Finland
The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) also issued wave height warnings along Finland's southern coast.

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 18:27:23 +0300
Poster display of dictators marks Putin's birthday in Helsinki
The organisers said they wanted to highlight that the "median lifetime of militant dictators" is 70 years.

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 17:35:49 +0300
Police suspect thousands of Finnish firms may be victims of domain name fraud
Companies were sold the rights to a domain name under contracts that were to last for up to 10 years, but the rights ran out after one year in most cases.

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:34:53 +0300
Thieves use bucket loader to rip ATM from supermarket wall
Police suspect the heavy equipment was used to tear the cash machine out of the wall and carry it away.



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