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Finland

TRIAL

Ruling due for two charged with violating M/S Estonia maritime grave

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/8/21

After the footage was released in September, Estonia, Finland and Sweden said they would conduct a joint investigation led by Estonia, the ship's flag state.

FILED - 31 January 2021, Russia, Saint Petersburg: A couple stands in front of Russian National guard officers who are blocking a street during a demonstration against the detention of the Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Navalny was immediately detained upon his arrival in Moscow earlier this month after receiving treatment in Germany following a near-fatal assassination attempt. Photo: Sergei Mikhailichenko/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa

POISONING

Haavisto to discuss Navalny case during visit to St Petersburg

The Nomad Today 2/7/21

Foreign Minister Haavisto will meet representatives of civil society organisations too.

Helsinki-port-boat-cruise-ship-Silja-Line-by-Pixabay

BUSINESS

Sea transport of passengers and goods falls for 8th month in a row

The Nomad Today 2/5/21

Passengers accounted for only 22% of the number of passengers in the previous year.

FROM NEXT SPRING

Finland to allow criminal record checks on all employees working with minors

The Nomad Today 2/4/21

After the legislative amendments, employers would have the right to request that an employee provide an extract from the criminal record even for positions lasting no more than three months

Hybrid electric cars charging. Photo: Pixabay.

BUSINESS

Car sales continue to decline at the start of 2021

The Nomad Today 2/4/21

The most common passenger car makes first registered in January were Toyota, Skoda and Volvo.

CORONAVIRUS

THL advises to suspend short-term international student exchanges

The Nomad Today 2/4/21

The health agency says thinks that international student gatherings can pose a risk for the epidemic to escalate.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin in a file photo. Photo: Laura Kotila Vnk.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Marin calls not to ignore China's "oppression of minorities"

The Nomad Today 2/3/21

The prime minister reacted to an article published by a Finnish newspaper, describing systematic rape and torture of women from the Uighur Muslim minority.

Helsinki-Parliament-eduskunta-square by Ali Abaday

CORONAVIRUS

Finland prepares to ensure safety in municipal elections

The Nomad Today 2/3/21

Instructions on safe voting will be sent to all eligible voters together with the notice of right to vote (polling card) in March.

TAXES

Coronavirus crisis sinks tax revenue from Finnish companies

The Nomad Today 2/3/21

Tax collection from VAT also decreased, while personal income tax collection increased.

MIGRATION

Government draws strategy for expatriates to exert their influence

The Nomad Today 2/2/21

The strategy includes measures enabling all citizens who are interested in returning with possible foreign spouses and children to settle in Finland smoothly and in an assisted manner. In…

Office of the Finnish Social Security Institution (Kela) in Espoo. Photo: © Foreigner.fi.

CYBER EXTORTION

2,800 Kela customers affected by liquidation of hacked Vastaamo center

The Nomad Today 2/2/21

The extorted psychotherapy center, whose client database was exposed on the Internet, has been placed in liquidation.

Students-adolescent-young-group-by-Fox-from-Pexels

MOVING TO FINLAND

Migri launches project to speed up processing of work, study permits

The Nomad Today 2/1/21

The aim is to issue customers with a work permit on average within a month.

ECONOMY

Finnish consumer confidence strongest in over two years

The Nomad Today 2/1/21

The confidence indicator received the value -5.0 among self-employed persons in January.

Model of the ferry MS Estonia in the Estonian Maritime Museum.
Photo: Leif Jørgensen/W. Commons.

INVESTIGATION

New government in Tallinn wants to stick to Estonia ferry probe

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/31/21

Estonia, Sweden and Finland want to find out how a large and long-unknown hole in the hull, which footage by documentary film-makers revealed last year, was created.

Minister-of-Employment-Tuula-Haatainen-by-Lauri-Heikkinen-Vnk

LABOUR MARKET

357,400 unemployed jobseekers

The Nomad Today 1/31/21

This is 99,700 more than a year earlier.

UN WOMEN

Finland funds Syrian women's peace efforts with € 1 million

The Nomad Today 1/29/21

"Sustainable and fair peace cannot be achieved without women’s participation," the Foreign Ministry says.

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

Turnover of large Finnish companies falls

The Nomad Today 1/29/21

In total, the turnover of large enterprises decreased by 6.4% in 2020.

EDUCATION

Finland to implement a new action plan to prevent bullying

The Nomad Today 1/28/21

It is proposed that action to combat bullying begins already in early childhood education and care.

Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen. Photo: Laura Kotila/Vnk.

LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

Employment clearly worsened in Finland at the end of the year

The Nomad Today 1/28/21

In December, the number of employed people was 74,000 lower than one year before. The unemployment rate was 7.8%, having been 6% twelve months earlier.