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High death toll forces Sweden to slightly change coronavirus approach

The Nomad Today 4/1/20

The Swedish government still refuses to impose severe restrictions, although 59 people have died in the past 24 hours. Schools, bars and restaurants remain open.

Finland

CORONAVIRUS

Helsinki is preparing not to reopen schools this spring

The Nomad Today 3/31/20

Closing schools due to coronavirus would be problematic for foreign-language schoolchildren. 

Finland

People rush to new shopping mall opened in Helsinki amid state of emergency

The Nomad Today 3/19/20

The Government tries to reduce people contacts and is requesting the public to stay in their homes. However, Helsinki shopping lovers queued to enter the new mall Hertsi.

Finland

CORONAVIRUS

Caring for your child at home? This is how it may affect your salary

Ali Abaday 3/17/20

Employers must pay salaries only for 14 days unless employees are able to work remotely.

Finland

CORONAVIRUS MEASURES

Government orders schools, universities, museums and libraries to close

The Nomad Today 3/16/20

People over the age of 70 are required to stay away from their contacts.

Coronavirus

Government should take further measures, say Foreigner.fi readers

The Nomad Today 3/16/20

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

Coronavirus

Coronavirus: students and staff in Helsinki school quarantined

The Nomad Today 3/9/20

On Monday, health authorities reported seven new infections that brought the total number of cases to 30.

Finland

Tuberculosis case detected in Vantaa school

The Nomad Today 3/3/20

Vantaa authorities say the affected student and the exposed persons have been identified and referred to laboratory tests. School work continues normally.

Coronavirus

Helsinki quarantines 150 people for coronavirus exposure

The Nomad Today 3/1/20

130 students from a school in Viikki neighbourhood and youth from a football team who were in contact with the child diagnosed on Sunday have been requested to stay at their homes. In addition,…

Finland

10% of Finnish teachers report suffering violence in schools

The Nomad Today 2/18/20

More and more teachers are taking self-defence courses to protect themselves.

Finland

Map of the schools that closed last year in Finland

The Nomad Today 2/12/20

Interestingly, where more comprehensive schools have closed it is not in rural areas, but in the large urban areas of Uusimaa, Pirkanmaa and Ostrobothnia. At the same time, the new units built are…

Finland

Finland's PISA good results attracted thousands of foreign educators

Eric Lipchis 2/10/20

16,000 visitors came from more than half of the countries in the world from 2004 to 2019.

Finland

Finland allocates 8 million to improve Nepalese schools through UNICEF

The Nomad Today 12/12/19

The purpose is to bring people in need of special support, such as the disabled and the poorest and most discriminated children, to school education.

Finland

Competition authority proposed €300,000 fine to driving schools for agreeing price rises

The Nomad Today 11/21/19

New driving schools opened in Porvoo were advised to raise their prices by 300-400 euros, so that the previously existing ones did not have to lower theirs.

Finland

Finland closed 53 comprehensive schools during the last year

The Nomad Today 11/18/19

11.6% of comprehensive school pupils received intensified support in autumn 2019 and 8.5% special support.

Finland

Autumn school holiday started for thousands of children

The Nomad Today 10/14/19

National Agency for Education asked families to spend time reading together.

Finland

Suspect of Kuopio sword attack jailed by North Savo District Court

The Nomad Today 10/4/19

Police confirm that the woman who was killed in the attack is a 23-year-old Ukrainian girl. She and the suspect were students at Savo Vocational College.

Finland

Rinne to meet representatives of the attacked college and Kuopio youth

The Nomad Today 10/3/19

After the discussion with authorities, the Prime Minister will be also available to meet with the public.

Finland

Kuopio school attack: perpetrator acted alone, according to police

The Nomad Today 10/2/19

The motive remains still as one of the unknowns of the case.

Finland

Kuopio school attack: 5 unknowns of the case

The Nomad Today 10/2/19

On Tuesday a 25 year-old Finnish student broke into his school, killed a young woman and injured 9. Was it an spontaneous act or a carefully planned attack? Did the perpetrator know his victims?…