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28% of Europeans cannot afford a 1 week annual holiday

The Nomad Today 7/31/19

The EU Member States with the lowest percentage of people unable to afford a one week annual holiday in 2018 were Sweden and Luxembourg. In Finland the situation has improved compared to the previous…

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Women in Finland live on average 5.6 years longer than men

The Nomad Today 7/25/19

This greater life expectancy among females is a constant factor in all the EU Member States, but the gap between both sexes varies a lot depending on the country. On average, Spain and Italy are…

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Luxembourg, Italy and Finland top the list of countries with more cars per capita in the EU

The Nomad Today 7/24/19

Luxembourg, with a population less than 600,000 people, has 670 cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Finland is third in the ranking with 617 cars per 1,000 inhabitants, according to Eurostat.

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Moroccans, Albanians, Indians and Turks, main beneficiaries of EU citizenship

The Nomad Today 7/23/19

Finland granted its citizenship to 12,219 applicants. Russians, Somalis and Iraqis were the most numerous groups.

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Finland is the EU country with the second lowest rate of infant mortality

The Nomad Today 7/22/19

Infant mortality halved in 20 years in the EU (down to 3.6 deaths per 1,000 live births), but there are still huge differences among the Member States. Among the candidates to enter the EU, the…

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EU Interior ministers discuss the future of internal security and migration policy in Helsinki

The Nomad Today 7/18/19

The discussion on migration focused on cooperation with third countries, an effective return and repatriation policy , and reform of the EU’s common asylum system.

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EU Home Affairs ministers discussed a temporary disembarkation scheme for the Mediterranean

The Nomad Today 7/18/19

Finnish Minister of the Interior, Maria Ohisalo, also demanded a reform of the Common European Asylum System.

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EU population increased by 1.1 million due to net migration

The Nomad Today 7/17/19

The natural population change was negative for a second consecutive year in the EU as a whole. Finland is once more among the Member States with the lowest birth rates (8.6‰).

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Prime Minister Rinne: "Finland has high ambitions for its Presidency of the EU"

The Nomad Today 7/17/19

The Finnish Government stressed in Strasbourg the strong and global role that the EU should adopt in climate action and the need to protect human rights and security.

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German Defence Minister appointed for president of the EU Commission

The Nomad Today 7/3/19

As President of the European Central Bank, the European Council intends to appoint Christine Lagarde, now Managing Director and Chair of the International Monetary Fund and former Finance…

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Finland, the sixth EU country with the most unemployment

The Nomad Today 7/1/19

The situation is specially complicated among young people under 25 years old. Unemployment affects 16.7% of them, a rate higher than the averages recorded both in the EU (14.3%) and in the euro…

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The Finns, among the 10 peoples of the EU who travel the least abroad

The Nomad Today 6/28/19

Finnish residents made 39,534,000 trips with overnight stays in 2017. Most of them (76%) were domestic trips and 59.7% were made by private cars, according to the latest figures published…

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Which is the European country with more NEETs?

The Nomad Today 6/28/19

In Finland the average rate of young NEETs is good 3 points lower (13.1%) than the EU average. However, there are also big differences between young males (10.4%) and females (15.9%).

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The rate of part-time work among Finnish women is twice that of men

The Nomad Today 6/24/19

In 2018, the share of people aged 20-64 years old who worked part-time in the European Union stood at 19%, according to Eurostat.

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Finland, among the European states with highest household welfare

The Nomad Today 6/19/19

Finnish GDP per capita expressed in purchasing power standards was 110% of the EU average.

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Finland's job vacancy rate exceeds the EU average

The Nomad Today 6/17/19

The highest vacancy rates in the first quarter of 2019 were recorded in Czechia, Belgium and Germany.

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Finnish government regrets the recent executions in Belarus

The Nomad Today 6/17/19

In line with the European Union's statement, the minister for Foreign Affairs, Pekka Haavisto, expressed his "deep regret" and demanded from the Belarusian Government a moratorium on capital…

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Europe is still far from banishing racism and xenophobia, according to a study

The Nomad Today 6/14/19

Anti-immigrant sentiment, antisemitism and Islamophobia were still prevalent in most member states in 2018. Persons of African descent also faced increased resentment, says the annual report of…

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Finland first in the EU’s digital comparison

The Nomad Today 6/12/19

The high competence level is one of Finland's strongest competitive advantages: 76 per cent of the population have at least basic digital skills, which is a long way above the EU average (57%).