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Finland

FROM 1 AUGUST

Finnish motorists cry out against impending fuel tax increase

The Nomad Today 7/29/20

Gasoline and diesel will be more expensive from 1 August due to a tax hike. Autoliitto criticizes the moment and warns that it will especially affect the working people.

Low prices shown on Lidl shelves. Photo: Lidl.

FROM 30 JULY

Lidl Finland to lower prices of hundreds of products

The Nomad Today 7/29/20

The price cuts will begin on Thursday 30 July and will affect all product groups.

Bikes parked in Lappeenranta. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

STOLEN BIKES FOUND

Bicycle thieves caught in Espoo

The Nomad Today 7/29/20

Stolen Jopo, Baana, Jippo and Merida bicycles were found.

A gas station in Espoo. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

HIGHER TAXES

Gasoline in Finland will be more expensive from 1 August

The Nomad Today 7/29/20

Drivers still have time to refuel before the fuel tax increase takes effect on Saturday.

The Helsinki police department released photos of the five suspects. Images: Police.

IN HELSINKI

Police seek 5 men of foreign origin for beating to death a man

The Nomad Today 7/28/20

Police have released images of the five suspects and are asking for citizens' collaboration to locate them.

Bikes parked in a workplace in Espoo. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

POLICE ALERT

Bicycle thefts increased sharply in Helsinki region

The Nomad Today 7/28/20

Police investigation and analysis units have started a project to identify and arrest people who sell stolen bikes on the internet.

POLL

Finland should end Alko's monopoly on alcohol sale, Foreigner.fi readers say

The Nomad Today 7/28/20

Foreigner.fi will ask a different question about Finland and Finnish lifestyle every Friday on its official Twitter account @foreignerfi

CONSUMERS

Consumer confidence strengthened

The Nomad Today 7/27/20

Intentions to spend money on durable goods increased.

Finnish aircraft with the swastika at the Finnish aviation museum (Aviapolis), in Vantaa. Photo: Pablo Morilla.

A CONTROVERSIAL SYMBOL

The origin of the swastika in Finland

Pablo Morilla 7/25/20

Should this symbol, associated with Nazism, be removed in Finland? The controversy is still on.

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Finnair racks up millionaire losses over coronavirus

The Nomad Today 7/24/20

Revenue decreased in the April-to-June period by 91.3% to 68.6 million euros, while net loss grew to 172 million euros.

A crashed car in a ditch. Photo: Foreigner.fi/file photo.

Traffic accidents claimed 101 lives in January-June

The Nomad Today 7/23/20

In June, 16 men and 3 women died in Finnish roads.

Couple-black-wthite-multicultural-pregnant-family by Pixabay

POPULATION FIGURES

More immigrants and more births in the first half of 2020

The Nomad Today 7/23/20

In January to June, 13,258 persons moved to Finland from abroad and 4,827 persons moved abroad from Finland.

Prime-Minister-Sanna-Marin-2--by-Lauri-Heikkinen-Vnk

OFFICIAL FIGURES

Unemployment rose sharply in June

The Nomad Today 7/21/20

The number of unemployed jobseekers increased by 162,700 year-on-year. The unemployment rate was 7.9%, or 1.8 percentage points higher than the previous year.

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Finland receives 58.3 million in EU funding for major rail projects

The Nomad Today 7/17/20

Funding was awarded to the one-hour Helsinki-Turku rail link, among other major projects.

Women paying for their purchases in a supermarket. Photo: Foreigner.fi

ESPECIALLY IN SERVICES

Output of the national economy continues to decline

The Nomad Today 7/16/20

Primary production increased by around 4%, but there were decreases in manufacturing and services.

The Minister of the Interior, Maria Ohisalo. Photo: Aaro Taina/Vnk.

AMENDMENT TO ALIENS ACT

Removing barriers to family reunification

The Nomad Today 7/15/20

Parliament requires that the Government prepare legislative amendments to ensure that the requirement for sufficient financial resources is not applied in the processing of family reunification…

Twitter controversy over a video teaching a child to 'shoot' Somalis

The Nomad Today 7/14/20

The existence of the video, which circulates on Twitter, has been denounced by the Helsinki City Councilor Suldaan Said Ahmed.

Police officers, dressed in protective suits, carry out an intervention amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Foreigner.fi

NUMBER OF OFFENCES INCREASING

Crime figures: murders on the rise, assaults and rapes decreased

The Nomad Today 7/14/20

The total number of offences against the Criminal Code recorded in Finland by the police, customs and border guard during the period from January to June was 232,900, which is 9.1% more than one year…