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Monday June 21, 2021

Niinistö, Xi discuss bilateral, EU-China ties over phone

President Sauli Niinistö on Monday had a telephone conversation with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and discussed various bilateral and international issues, said the President Office in a press release. The Presidents started with the bilateral relationship between Finland and China, and discussed opportunities to further improve trade and

Published: 14:26 pm,Monday 21 June 2021

Halla-aho decides to quit Perussuomalaiset Chair

Perussuomalaiset (Finns Party) Chairman Jussi Halla-aho on Monday announced that he will not continue as the party chair after the next annual council scheduled for August. Halla-aho, the leader of the main opposition in the parliament made the sudden announcement on the party website. The leader of the populist party

Published: 18:52 pm,Sunday 20 June 2021

Number of marriage on wane, divorce ups

A total of 22,082 marriages were contracted in 2020, which is 214 lower than the number of the previous year, according to Statistics Finland. Meanwhile, a total of 13,478 marriages ended in divorce in 2020. Except for 88 of them, all were divorces where the spouses were of opposite

Published: 04:18 am,Saturday 19 June 2021

Finland must help improving global food security: expert group

Finland must influence and assume more responsibility for reinforcing global food security and the food system, according to the expert group of a Development Policy Committee. Committee expert group, whose analysis of the future of food security and food systems was published on Friday also recommended that particular attention

Published: 04:02 am,Saturday 19 June 2021

Tampere ranks 2nd best European city for clean air

Tampere has been ranked second among the cleanest cities in Europe in terms of air quality from 2019 to 2020, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). Umeå in Sweden ranked top in the list out of 323 cities across Europe followed by Tampere in Finland, Funchal in Portugal, Tallinn

Published: 03:23 am,Saturday 19 June 2021

Proposal for preventing coronavirus spread from abroad goes to parliament

The government on Friday submitted a proposal to the parliament to bring a number of temporary amendments to the Communicable Diseases Act with the view to prevent COVID-19 infections contracted abroad from spreading to Finland. The proposed amendments included the criteria for presenting certificates of recovery from COVID-19, a

Published: 16:04 pm,Friday 18 June 2021

Restrictions on dancing, karaoke eased across country

The authority decided to lift ban on dancing and karaoke in all regions of the country from Friday following the improvement of the coronavirus situation. The government amended the decree restricting the activities of restaurants and other food and beverage service businesses due to the COVID-19 epidemic on Thursday,

Published: 04:26 am,Friday 18 June 2021

Changing employers for seasonal workers becomes easier

The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) has introduced a new function in the service system to make it easier for seasonal workers to change employers while they are in Finland, said Ministry of the Interior in a press release on Thursday. The Migri introduced new system following amendment to the

Published: 03:45 am,Friday 18 June 2021

Number of house burglary on wane

A total of 584 incidents of house burglaries were reported to police by the end of May this year, which is 67 lower than in the stipulated period of the previous year, said the National Police Board in a press release on Thursday. In 2020, the number of house

Published: 22:05 pm,Thursday 17 June 2021

Finland eases entry restriction on EU, Schengen from 21 June

The government on Thursday decided to conditionally lift entry restrictions into Finland from European Union and Schengen countries, which will enter into force on 21 June, 9 November, said the Ministry of the Interior in a press release. Entry into Finland from EU and Schengen countries will be allowed

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