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Migri will wait until the end of the year for late documents due to postal strike

The Nomad Today 12/10/19

The Finnish Immigration agency informed in its latest customer bulletin that they will take into account the effects of the industrial action when processing applications.

Renewable energy consumption exceeds imported fossil fuel

The Nomad Today 12/10/19

Altogether 1,189 enterprises operated in the renewable energy sector at 1,784 sites, employing a total of 6,104 people. In 2018, Finland reported a current account deficit of 5.3 billion euros…

This is the new Government of Finland

The Nomad Today 12/10/19

The new Government of Sanna Marin has 19 ministers. The Social Democratic Party has 7 ministers, the Centre Party 5, the Green League 3, the Left Alliance 2 and the Swedish People’s Party of Finland…

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Sanna Marin, the Prime Minister raised in a rainbow family

The Nomad Today 12/10/19

In an interview in 2017, she explained how a kind of "culture of silence" related to family caused her anxiety as a child. She also mentioned how matters related to her family were also silenced, for…

Finland to offer EU citizens free online training on the basics of Artificial Intelligence

The Nomad Today 12/10/19

The country will provide free access to an online course created by the University of Helsinki that will be available in all the official languages of the European Union. The aim is to respond to the…

Dozens of foreign intelligence officers conducting operations in Finland

The Nomad Today 12/9/19

The country is interesting especially for Russian and Chinese intelligence agencies. Some foreign spies are trying to "control and exert pressure" on their citizens living permanently in…

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Sanna Marin and Katri Kulmuni, a new power duo in Finland's Government

The Nomad Today 12/9/19

Kulmuni strengthens her weight within the Government by taking over the key Ministry of Finance. Resigned minister Sirpa Paatero is expected to return.

Sanna Marin will be the new Prime Minister of Finland

The Nomad Today 12/8/19

The council of the Social Democratic Party proposed her as a candidate to replace Antti Rinne as the head of the Government. She is about to become the world's youngest Prime Minister and the leader…

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Memorial for former Finnish President Mauno Koivisto

The Nomad Today 12/8/19

As a young man he worked at a dockyard and as a primary school teacher. He was the President of the Republic of Finland from 1982 to 1994.

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Finland increases its support for the African Development Fund

The Nomad Today 12/8/19

Many countries have been afflicted by a downturn in the world market prices for raw materials in recent years. They also suffer from increasing youth unemployment, growing refugee flows and…

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Finland celebrates Independence Day with a caretaker government

The Nomad Today 12/5/19

The Council of the Social Democratic Party will elect a candidate for Prime Minister on Sunday evening. The polls on Antti Rinne's successor will be one of the main topics of debate for the 1,700…

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Tampere hosts the Independence military parade

The Nomad Today 12/5/19

The pass-in-review will involve a thousand persons, 56 vehicles, 12 planes and helicopters and a 30-equine cavalry detachment.

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Russia arrests a man who built a fake border post with Finland to scam migrants

The Nomad Today 12/5/19

The scammer charged 10,000 US dollars to four south Asian immigrants for taking them to the other side of the false frontier he had built.

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True Finns again Finland's main party

The Nomad Today 12/5/19

The far-right and anti-immigration populists got 24.3% in voting intention, according to a survey by the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation (Yle).

Refugee reception center in Rauma will close

The Nomad Today 12/4/19

This is the second closing announcement made by Migri in six days.

Increasing proportion of women of foreign origin in Finland's birth rate

The Nomad Today 12/4/19

The figures also show fertility rates are higher among Finnish-Swedish women.

Police dog saved woman's life in Espoo

The Nomad Today 12/4/19

The missing person was in very bad condition and the weather was freezing, so several police patrols helped by the dog Leevi started the search immediately.

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Lower Finnish pensions will increase in January 2020

The Nomad Today 12/4/19

Approximately 609,000 pensioners with a total pension of less than 1,200-1,300 euros per month will receive at least a small increase. This rise will not affect the amount of the pensioner's housing…