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Finland

Trucks with cargo entering the port of Helsinki. Photo: Jarmo Vehkakoski/Port of Helsinki.

NATIONAL ACCOUNTS

Finland's GDP shrinks in first quarter driven by declining consumption

The Nomad Today 5/30/21

The volume of exports also fell significantly.

Helsinki residents enjoying the sun in a park in Esplanadi avenue (Helsinki). Photo: Angelo Giordano/Pixabay.

STATISTICS

People of foreign origin already 8% of Finland's population

The Nomad Today 5/28/21

The proportion of people of immigrant background is highest in Vantaa (22%), Espoo (19.1%) and in Närpiö (18.5%). Already one in four of under school-age children is of foreign background in…

Image: Photograph of the missing woman Andreea Stanga distributed by the Helsinki Police Department.

OBSERVATIONS REQUESTED

Helsinki police asking for help to find missing woman

The Nomad Today 5/28/21

She could be wearing dark pants, a dark jacket, and pink sneakers.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin at the Kesäranta official residence. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk.

'BREAKFASTGATE'

Police to investigate payments with public money for Marin's meals

The Nomad Today 5/28/21

The police decided that "at least" a preliminary investigation should be carried out.

Plenary session on April 28, 2021. Announcement by Prime Minister Sanna Marin (sd) of the exit strategy from covid-19. Photo: Hanne Salonen/Eduskunta.

'BREAKFASTGATE'

Sanna Marin's food payments with public money cause outrage in Finland

The Nomad Today 5/27/21

The prime minister's office angers the family of former prime minister Paavo Lipponen (SDP), saying these benefits have been used since his time in government.

Finland's new Finance Minister, Annika Saarikko (L). Photo: Hanne Salonen/Eduskunta/file photo.

REPLACEMENTS IN GOVERNMENT

Finland appoints a media researcher as new Minister of Finance

The Nomad Today 5/27/21

Annika Saarikko, until now Minister of Science and Culture, replaces her party colleague and former Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen at the head of this key portfolio in times of crisis.

People in a cafeteria in a Helsinki shopping center. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

OPTIMISM

Finnish consumer confidence remains positive but down from a month ago

The Nomad Today 5/27/21

Compared to last year's May, all components of the Consumer Confidence Indicator were now clearly on a better level.

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BUSINESS

Turnover and retail sales in Finland increased significantly in April

The Nomad Today 5/26/21

In daily consumer goods trade, the working day adjusted turnover increased by 3.1%.

Passengers at Helsinki airport. Photo: Finavia.

AIR TRAFFIC

Number of passengers at Finnish airports increased 512% in April

The Nomad Today 5/26/21

The number of air traffic passengers was still around 90% lower than in April 2019, the most recent comparable period before the pandemic.

Employment Minister Tuula Haatainen (R) speaks in Parliament in front of Prime Minister Sanna Marin. Photo: Hanne Salonen/Eduskunta.

EMPLOYMENT BULLETIN

318,400 unemployed jobseekers

The Nomad Today 5/25/21

The number of new vacancies reported during April totaled 76,100, or 26,000 more than in April the previous year.

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POLICE INVESTIGATION

Video: Suspected assault by guard on alleged shoplifter in Espoo

The Nomad Today 5/25/21

The woman screams and says "I can't breathe."

10 September 2020, Greece, Moria: Migrants queue to get food, near the burnt-out Moria refugee camp that was almost completely destroyed in a fire the broke out overnight on Wednesday. More than 12,000 migrants, who lost what homes they had in the blaze that might have been intentionally set, had to spend the night on the streets. Photo: Socrates Baltagiannis/dpa

ASYLUM

Most refugees relocated to Finland are Afghan or Somali nationals

The Nomad Today 5/25/21

10 unaccompanied refugee children and adolescents arrived in Finland last Friday, according to the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri).

Prime Minister Sanna Marin (C) during a press conference. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk.

LABOR FORCE SURVEY

Unemployment in Finland climbed to 9% in April

The Nomad Today 5/25/21

The unemployment rate for young people stood at 25.7% .

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IMMIGRATION

Finland seeks 'complementary solutions' to legalise irregular migrants

The Nomad Today 5/24/21

According to the Ministry of the Interior, this is one part of a broad package aimed at preventing social exclusion and the emergence of a parallel society in Finland.

AGRICULTURE

Nearly 11,000 seasonal workers allowed to work in Finland this summer

The Nomad Today 5/24/21

As in previous years, most of the seasonal work permits are issued to Ukrainian nationals.

FINNISH INDUSTRY

Producer prices of Finnish manufactured exports grew 9.2%

The Nomad Today 5/24/21

The rise in the export price index was especially due to higher prices of oil products, basic metals, chemicals and chemical products from last year’s April.

A voter casting the ballot. Photo: Eduskunta/Finnish Parliament.

ADVANCE POLLING STATIONS

Early voting in municipal elections begins on Wednesday 26 May

The Nomad Today 5/23/21

There will be more than a hundred advance polling stations abroad, located at Finnish diplomatic or consular missions or their offices in over 70 different countries.

Old houses in the Metropolitan area. Photo: Foreigner.fi

HOUSING

Sharp increase in prices and sales of detached single family homes

The Nomad Today 5/23/21

In the first quarter of the current year, almost 18% more transactions of existing single-family houses were made than in the corresponding period of last year.