Finland

Video

President Niinistö addresses UN General Assembly's 75th session

The Nomad Today 9/24/20

Video by United Nations.

Finland

AIR TRAFFIC

Number of passengers at Finnish airports plummeted 86% in August

The Nomad Today 9/24/20

Air freight and mail transport has also decreased by 41% so far this year.

Finland

15 MILLION EURO PLAN

Government takes action against "growing" undeclared work

The Nomad Today 9/23/20

It is particularly common in labour-intensive industries, such as the construction , restaurant and cleaning sectors. In the Eurobarometer survey in autumn 2019, almost 25% of the…

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Finland

JANUARY-AUGUST

Immigrants keep Finland gaining population

The Nomad Today 9/22/20

The number of births was 5,077 lower than that of deaths so far this year.

Soldiers of Odin and Members of Nordic Resistance patrol claim to 'patrol' Helsinki streets. Image: YouTube screenshot.

Finland

RACISM

Supreme Court bans neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement

The Nomad Today 9/22/20

"PVL violated or sought to violate fundamental and human rights. The Supreme Court decided to dissolve the organization," Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo celebrated on Twitter.

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OFFICIAL FIGURES

Finland had 329,700 unemployed jobseekers at the end of August

The Nomad Today 9/22/20

The unemployment rate was 7.7%, or 1.6 percentage points higher than the previous year, according to the Labour Force Survey issued by Statistics Finland.

An overturned car after an accident on a Finnish road. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Finland

JANUARY-AUGUST

Accidents claimed 149 lives on Finnish roads so far this year

The Nomad Today 9/22/20

There have been 15 pedestrians killed and 14 cyclists.

HANDOUT - 21 September 2020, Belgium, Brussels: Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto speaks to media ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. Photo: Mario Salerno/European Council/dpa.

Finland

EU FOREIGN MINISTERS

Haavisto aired frustration over Cypriot veto of sanctions on Belarus

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/22/20

The EU was unable to unanimously agree on sanctions due to the blockade by the Nicosia authorities, who demand measures against Turkey for its activities in the eastern Mediterranean.

The leaders of the parties that make up the government, and the Minister of Finance (R), during the presentation of the budget proposal for 2021. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk.

Finland

POLL

2021 is not a good time to raise taxes, Foreigner.fi readers say

The Nomad Today 9/22/20

Foreigner.fi will ask a different question about Finland and Finnish lifestyle every Friday on its official Twitter account @foreignerfi

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland reports 2 deaths and 188 infections over the weekend

The Nomad Today 9/21/20

Finland has a cumulative incidence of 13.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the previous two weeks, according to data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

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BUSINESS

Coronavirus crisis wiped out a fifth of Finnish international trade

The Nomad Today 9/21/20

Travel to Finland, which is recorded as travel exports, was 87% lower in the second quarter than one year earlier. Travel from Finland abroad, or imports of travel, fell by 93%.

Finland

FROM TAMPERE

This is Miss Finland 2020

The Nomad Today 9/20/20

She will represent Finland in the next Miss Universe contest.

Finland

AFRO-FINNS

These are the 9 finalists of 'The Face of African Queen' contest

The Nomad Today 9/19/20

The grande finale of the beauty pageant comes up on 21 November 2020.

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Finland

WORK IN FINLAND

15 occupations with the highest and lowest demand for labour

The Nomad Today 9/18/20

The government's latest Occupational Barometer identifies 31 labour-shortage occupations.

Finland

BUSINESS

Lidl to open two new stores in the Helsinki area next week

The Nomad Today 9/18/20

With these two new ones, Lidl already has 192 stores in Finland.

PM Sanna Marin (C), Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo (L) and Minister of Science and Culture Annika Saarikko (R) during the presentation of the draft budget. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk.

Finland

PANDEMIC

Finland 2021 budget proposal: 2 billion to manage Covid-19 crisis

The Nomad Today 9/18/20

The government will reserve 30 million euros for supporting investment connected with testing technology.

Tourism

TRAVEL

Finnair to cut flights to five Finnish cities in March

The Nomad Today 9/17/20

A working group of the Ministry of Transport and Communications has proposed that the state buy the air traffic to the airports of Kokkola, Joensuu, Kajaani, Jyväskylä and Kemi until the end of…

Finland

BREXIT

UK citizens in Finland must apply for a new right of residence

The Nomad Today 9/17/20

The application period begins on 1 October, the Ministry of the Interior says. The right of residence under the withdrawal agreement will be granted for life .

PM Sanna Marin (R) followed by Minister of Finance Matti Vanhanen at the budget presentation. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk.

Finland

TAX HIKES

Key figures of the government's budget proposal for 2021

The Nomad Today 9/17/20

The draft budget foresees a deficit of 10.8 billion euros and the public debt will rise to 135 billion euros. The proposal includes tax increases on heating fuels, alcohol and tobacco.