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Saturday September 05, 2026

Fixed-term work can open a career path for foreign students in Finland

The three/six-month rule, which entered into force in June 2025, determines the amount of time during which foreign workers need to find a new job, if their previous employment relationship has ended prematurely. However, the rule has a more limited effect than assumed. For example, the rule does

Published: 10:47 am,Tuesday 18 March 2025

Many risks lurking for older people

Children and young people are particularly vulnerable groups in society. Of course, so are many others, such as various minorities or those struggling with diverse problems and challenges, as well as victims of repeated domestic violence. We should pay far more attention to all of this and to

Published: 11:55 am,Thursday 7 November 2024

BRICS membership – What’s not to like?

The annual BRICS Summit was held last week in Kazan, the capital city of Russia’s Tatarstan region. The original member countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China – held their first get-together under the BRIC banner in 2009. In 2011, South Africa joined the group, and an “S”

Published: 15:03 pm,Friday 12 April 2024

Nuclear energy: It is worth hopping on a plane to Brussels

Nuclear energy is produced for good reasons. In the early days of January, the coldest winter conditions for decades raised electricity consumption in Finland to a maximum of 15 gigawatts, which is the biggest quantity for nearly a decade. There was indeed demand for electricity produced with nuclear

Published: 10:08 am,Tuesday 7 November 2023

Radical events in the Finnish gas market - security of supply ensured

It's only been four years since Finland's natural gas imports were entirely dependent on the Russian pipeline connection. At the beginning of 2020, the Balticconnector between Finland and Estonia was commissioned, and a year ago, in the conditions of energy crisis, so was the floating LNG terminal in

Published: 11:27 am,Sunday 15 December 2024

Pedestrian crossing must live up to its reputation

Now that winter has come, with darkness and slippery streets, we must all be more alert to keep safe in traffic. The fact that it is dim or completely dark during most of the day makes a pedestrian crossing a dangerous place. Unfortunately, there have recently been several

Published: 00:48 am,Saturday 5 August 2023

Investments, Western market replaced Russian energy - prices reflect the new reality

Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, approximately one third of the energy used in Finland was imported from Russia. That share was reduced almost to zero in a few months, and the energy war launched by Russia increased consumer prices remarkably. As the energy markets have

Published: 19:30 pm,Friday 1 September 2023

Reforming the utilisation and regulation of nuke energy

This year, more than 40 per cent of Finnish electricity is produced with nuclear energy. In the future, nuclear energy can also be produced in smaller units and used for new purposes, such as heating industry and buildings. A new outlook for the sector's activities requires a new

Published: 01:01 am,Monday 15 August 2022

Rushdie -- and the world of writers

Problem arises when outrage or disagreement translates into outright violence or the threat of violence against a writer The assault on Salman Rushdie in New York state on Friday has left us all worried about the persistent threats to freedom of writing and of speech in our times. That

Published: 10:53 am,Friday 25 February 2022

Economic fallout from the war

In the early morning of February 24 Russian military invaded Ukraine after a long buildup of forces around the country and in the two imaginary people’s republics. This violation of international law will result in widespread human suffering and economic dislocation. While Ukraine will bear the heaviest cost

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