Finnish MPs on Monday approved the controversial Patient Safety Act, by a vote of 109–38. One MP cast a blank vote while 51 MPs were not present. Ahead of hours of debate among legislators in Parliament on Monday, healthcare workers’ unions have said the law could effectively force nurses toContinue Reading
Meanwhile a leading economic think-tank predicts that the Finnish economy will enter recession by year’s end. The Ministry of Finance predicts that Finland’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 1.7 percent this year but will slow to 0.5 percent in 2023 before recovering somewhat to 1.4 percent in 2024.Continue Reading
The majority-state-owned Finnish energy company Fortum has announced the signing of a bridge financing agreement with the Finnish state worth 2.35 billion euros. The financing arrangement will cover the company’s collateral needs in the Nordic power commodity market, Fortum said in a statement released on Tuesday morning. The deal allowsContinue Reading
The Finnish Defence Forces (FD) will hold a combat exercise next week in the Rovaniemi and Rovajärvi areas of Lapland, the FDF said in a press release. The exercise, called Vigilant Knife, will last from Monday to Friday. In addition to the Ground Forces, troops from Sweden and the UKContinue Reading
A price comparison of Estonian and Finnish food products made by Helsingin Sanomat revealed that food is already more expensive here than in Finland. At the same time, the wages of Estonians amount to only half of those of the Finns. It is known that Estonia has the fastest inflationContinue Reading
Representatives from Finland, Sweden and Turkey are to meet in Finland on Friday to discuss the two Nordic countries’ Nato applications, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs told Yle on Wednesday. Officials have not announced the exact location or agenda of the meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to reviewContinue Reading
Some 50,0000 more people were employed last month compared to July of last year. The employment rate trend in Finland hit 73.7 percent during the month of July, according to the latest monthly Labour Force Survey produced by Statistics Finland. This meant that about 50,000 more people were employed lastContinue Reading
Reuters on Tuesday reported that Russian state-owned firm Rosatom has begun legal proceedings seeking $3 billion in damages from Finland’s Fennovoima consortium for pulling the plug on a nuclear power plant in Finland. Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland was to grant final building permits for the project thisContinue Reading
Ukrainaa auttaneiden suomalaisten henkilötietoja on julkaistu venäjänkielisessä Telegram-ryhmässä. Osa tiedoista näyttää olevan aitoja, mutta mukana on myös valheellisia väitteitä listan henkilöistä. Venäjä-mielisessä Telegram-ryhmässä on julkaistu lista, jossa väitetään olevan Ukrainan puolella taistelevien kansainvälisten vapaaehtoisten henkilötietoja. Listalla on myös 14 väitetysti suomalaista nimeä. Ylen tietojen mukaan ainakin osa suomalaisten tiedoista onContinue Reading
The two Nordic nations continue to work closely together, with Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) meeting his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde in Helsinki on Friday. Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) will visit Berlin next week at the invitation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. In a press release, the government’sContinue Reading