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Finland

5G licences for Åland to Elisa, Telia and Ålands Telekommunikation

The Nomad Today 2/7/20

The aim is to facilitate the construction of the first 5G networks in Åland.

Finland

Posti appointed new CEO with a salary of 37,500 euros per month

The Nomad Today 2/7/20

Turkka Kuusisto held the position of interim CEO since the resignation of Heikki Malinen in October 2019. Malinen resigned in the middle of an industrial action against…

Finland

Union wants to close most supermarkets in Finland during ski holiday

The Nomad Today 2/7/20

The strike that aims to close Prisma stores could affect also the K-Market and K-Citymarket stores.

Finland

Finland tops EU ranking of work from home

The Nomad Today 2/7/20

Comparative figures of work from home were published by Eurostat on the same day that the Finnish Government warned of low productivity growth in relation to its main European competitors,…

Finland

Finnish economy fails in productivity growth against its competitors

The Nomad Today 2/6/20

Since last decade, labour productivity growth has been slowing down in all industrialised countries. In Finland, however, this development has been more drastic than in the reference countries…

Lifestyle

Five films to understand the genius of Kirk Douglas

The Nomad Today 2/6/20

The last great star from the Golden Age of Hollywood died yesterday at the age of 103.

Finland

2020 began with a sales drop for the Finnish automotive sector

The Nomad Today 2/6/20

The most common passenger car models registered were Toyota Corolla, Skoda Octavia, Toyota Yaris, Nissan Qashqai and Ford Focus.

Finland

British woman arrested for killing her child died in Vantaa prison

The Nomad Today 2/6/20

The woman had previously threatened to commit suicide.

Finland

Vantaa, Turku and Tampere, where housing rents increased more

The Nomad Today 2/6/20

According to Statistics Finland, the annual increase in rents has slowed down in recent years across the country. Check in this article the evolution of prices in your city or region.

Finland

Finances of Finnish municipalities continued to weaken in 2019

The Nomad Today 2/5/20

The combined operating margin of municipalities weakened by 1.2 billion euros in 2019 compared with the previous year. However, as a result of growth in central government transfers to local…

Finland

Driver entered with car through a bank window in Helsinki

The Nomad Today 2/5/20

According to police information, after the accident, the woman said she could no longer indicate which pedal she had pressed.

Finland

Finland to provide same paid family leave to father and mother 

The Nomad Today 2/5/20

The daily allowance days will also increase up to 14 months for both parents. The reform will raise the costs of the scheme by around 100 million euros.

Coronavirus

10 false myths about coronavirus

The Nomad Today 2/5/20

Is it safe to receive a letter or a package from China? Can pets spread the virus? Does eating garlic help prevent infection? Is it true that sesame oil kill the virus? Are antibiotics…

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What is known so far about the novel coronavirus

The Nomad Today 2/5/20

The World Health Organization (WHO) explains in this short video what is known about the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) so far. Learn how and where the outbreak started, the symptoms of the disease,…

Finland

Finnish suicide profile: male, 25-34 years old from Kuopio or Oulu

The Nomad Today 2/4/20

The 30-year decline in the number of suicides was recently interrupted, according to the Finnish Health authority (THL). Between 2016 and 2018 there were 2,400 cases across the country. Hanging was…

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Snow shows up in southern Finland.

The Nomad Today 2/4/20

At last! on Monday 27 January, Helsinki woke up with a thin blanket of snow covering the landscape. In January, temperatures have been 10 degrees higher than usual in Finland, according to the…

Tourism

Finnair opens a new route to Bodø, in Northern Norway

The Nomad Today 2/4/20

It will be operated on Sundays between the end of May and September.

Finland

Traffic

Mild and snowless winter is damaging Finnish roads

The Nomad Today 2/4/20

Next spring there will be more potholes to patch than usual, warns the Finnish Transport and Infrastructure Agency.

Finland

World cancer day

Finland, second EU country with fewer cancer deaths

The Nomad Today 2/4/20

Cancer is responsible for over one quarter of all deaths recorded in the EU. The main fatal cancers are lung (men) and breast (women). The highest mortality rates are in Hungary and Croatia and the…

Finland

Research team aims to build in Helsinki tallest wooden apartment tower

The Nomad Today 2/3/20

Right now, the world's tallest wooden block is an 18-storey wooden tower of flats in Norway. The project designed by Finnish experts is for a 30-storey tower which would be built in the Finnish…