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Finland

EPIDEMIC

Finland moves municipal elections to June over Covid-19 concerns

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/6/21

The True Finns party, which is competing with Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democrats to become the largest party in the country, was the only one to oppose the rescheduling of the elections.

Photograph published last week (10 December) by the Finnish government to celebrate the first anniversary of the Government led by Sanna Marin. Photo: Laura Kotila/Vnk.

WOMEN'S DAY

Only 37% of managerial positions in Finland are held by women

The Nomad Today 3/5/21

Finland ranks ninth in the EU country rankings for number of female managers, just behind Romania and five percentage points behind Sweden.

01 October 2020, Belgium, Gent: An employee works on the first Volvo full-electric car at the Volvo Car plant of the electric vehicles. Photo: Kurt Desplenter/dpa.

AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR

Sales of electric and hybrid cars in Finland grew 57% in February

The Nomad Today 3/4/21

The best-selling car brands in Finland in January and February are Toyota, Skoda and Volvo.

Passport-visa-by--Karl-Allen-Lugmayer-from-Pixabay

PANDEMIC

Major drop in Schengen visa applications at Finnish missions

The Nomad Today 3/3/21

In 2020, by far the largest number of applications received by Finland were made by Russian nationals.

Vote. Image by: The Finnish Parliament @SuomenEduskunta

ELECTIONS IN FINLAND

Voting rights notices in municipal elections to be sent in March

The Nomad Today 3/3/21

The notices will be accompanied by instructions on safe voting.

EDUCATION

Joint application to education after comprehensive school extended

The Nomad Today 3/3/21

This spring’s deadline for applying for vocational education and training, upper secondary education as well as for preparatory education ends at 15.00 on 7 April 2021.

TRANSFORMATION

Finland, Germany, Denmark, Estonia call EU to speed up digitalisation

The Nomad Today 3/2/21

“Ambitious digitalisation policy is also the cornerstone of Finland’s growth policy," said Prime Minister Sanna Marin.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk/file photo.

LABOUR MARKET

332,800 unemployed jobseekers in January in Finland

The Nomad Today 3/2/21

The number of unfilled vacancies at Employment and Economic Development Offices amounted to 129,900.

Woman-search-job-pad-laptop-nails-ring by Pixabay

LABOR FORCE SURVEY

41,000 more unemployed than a year ago in Finland

The Nomad Today 3/2/21

The unemployment rate was 8.7% in January, having been 7.1% in the same month last year.

Sanna Marin's cabinet, during their meeting on Monday. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk.

COVID-19 EPIDEMIC

Finland announces state support for businesses affected by shutdown

The Nomad Today 3/1/21

The shutdown will start on 8 March and it remain in force until 28 March.

Helsinki airport and air traffic control tower. Photo: Finavia.

AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL

Helsinki-Vantaa selected best European airport in its size category

The Nomad Today 3/1/21

Helsinki Airport has also introduced new innovative practices, such as the Covid-19 sniffer dogs that have received worldwide attention and the UVC disinfection of security control trays.

MATERNITY

29.4 years, mean age for women in Finland to have first child

The Nomad Today 2/28/21

Age of women at the first childbirth ranges from 26.3 in Bulgaria to 31.3 in Italy.

BUSINESS

Finland trade surplus rises, producer prices continue to decline

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/28/21

Producer prices decreased 0.8% year-on-year in January, following a 2.9% decline in December.

The M/S Estonia. Image: Youtube/screenshot.

MARITIME DISASTER

Prosecutor appeals acquittal for duo of violating M/S Estonia grave

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/26/21

The two Swedes were part of a team working on a documentary that filmed the wreck, but were detected by a Finnish Border Guard vessel .

YEAR-ON-YEAR FALL

Finland's GDP grew in the last quarter of 2020

The Nomad Today 2/26/21

However, the annual comparison shows that the Finnish economy has shrunk compared to a year ago.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin, holding a video conference. Photo: Laura Kotila/Vnk.

EUROPEAN COUNCIL

Prime Minister Marin to attend video meeting of EU leaders

The Nomad Today 2/24/21

Finland stresses the importance of speeding up vaccine delivery to the Member States and supports the Commission’s efforts to increase production in Europe.