The Nomad Today

Finland

Minimum capital requirement for limited liability companies will be abolished

The Nomad Today 2/8/19

The Government believes this will benefit about 85 percent of the limited liability companies to be formed in the future

Finland

Recipients of basic income perceived their well-being improved

The Nomad Today 2/8/19

They felt less stressed and were also more confident in their possibilities of finding employment, as explained in the preliminary results published today by the Finnish Government

Tourism

Lapland is the favourite destination for foreign tourists

The Nomad Today 2/7/19

More than half of all hotel stays made by non-resident visitors in December took place in the northernmost region of Finland. During the whole 2018, foreigners recorded 6.8 million overnight…

Tourism

More than 6,4 million people travelled with Viking Line in 2018

The Nomad Today 2/7/19

Almost 2 million passengers travelled between Helsinki and Tallinn. The number of cargo units during the year was 128,549 and the number of passenger cars was 704,799

Finland

Prices of housing rents rose three times that the employees real earnings

The Nomad Today 2/7/19

Rents rose by 2.3% cent in the year, while real earnings did by 0,8% in the same period

Finland

Finland includes massive immigration among the main "threats" to national security

The Nomad Today 2/6/19

The National Risk Assessment published by the Ministry of the Interior points to large-scale immigration as a threat on the same level as terrorism and "violent, large-scale civil disturbances"…

Finland

Finnish children under 5 years, among Europeans with more severe health limitations

The Nomad Today 2/6/19

According to the latest figures published by Eurostat, more than 95% of the children in the EU are considered to be in good health

Finland

Employees income grew 2.2% in the last quarter of 2018

The Nomad Today 2/6/19

The rise of real earnings was not as pronounced because it was tempered by increases in consumer prices

Finland

The child benefit, an incentive to increase the number of family members

The Nomad Today 2/5/19

This is an amount of money the Finnish Social Security pays every month to the parents of a child until s/he becomes 17 years old

Lifestyle

Science confirmed: sex is better with socks on

The Nomad Today 2/5/19

Wearing socks, in addition to warming the feet, helps to dilate the blood vessels, which improves the overall blood flow

Finland

What is hate speech and why it is a crime

The Nomad Today 2/4/19

Finland launches a communications campaign with the hashtag #againsthate to stress the punishability of this act

Finland

First results of the basic income experiment to be published soon

The Nomad Today 2/4/19

Evaluation study about the Finnish basic income experiment is ongoing

Finland

Matti Nykänen flies into eternity

The Nomad Today 2/4/19

The best and bravest ski jumper the world has known died last night at the age of 55 years

Finland

7,900 rejected asylum seekers remain in Finnish reception centers

The Nomad Today 2/1/19

In 2018 there were a total of 646 people who chose to return voluntarily to their countries of origin, most of them to Iraq

Finland

How to apply for the Finnish housing subsidy

The Nomad Today 1/31/19

Low-income households are eligible for a general housing allowance to help with their housing costs. Learn here what it is and how to get it

Finland

Finland revises downwards its 2017 economic growth

The Nomad Today 1/31/19

Gross domestic product grew by 2.7 per cent in 2017

Finland

Turnover of large Finnish enterprises grew in December

The Nomad Today 1/31/19

The companies described in the statistics employ 40 per cent of the personnel of all enterprises

Finland

SOCIAL SECURITY

I lost my job, what kind of unemployment benefits are there?

The Nomad Today 1/30/19

The first thing you should do is to register immediately as a jobseeker in accordance to the instructions of the TE services

Finland

Kela's number for questions on the basic income will be closed

The Nomad Today 1/30/19

During the experiment 2,000 randomly selected unemployed persons were paid a monthly basic income of 560 euros

Finland

Immigration allows Finland to gain population despite the fall in birth rate

The Nomad Today 1/29/19

211 women and 120 men entered into a marriage in which the spouse was of the same sex in 2018, according to Statistics Finland