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Monday March 20, 2023

Finland ranks world’s happiest country for 6th year in a row

Finland has been ranked as the happiest country in the word for the sixth consecutive year, according to the latest report of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network 2023 a global initiative of the United Nations published on Monday. As in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, Finland again takes

Published: 21:02 pm,Sunday 19 March 2023

Rail traffic to halt as RAU starts countrywide strike on Monday

Rail communication will remain suspended across the country from early Monday as the Railway Union Association (Rautatiealan Unioni Ry-RAU) representing locomotive drivers decided to start a strike for an indefinite period. The RAU took the decision following failure to realise its collective bargaining agreement despite repeated talks with Service

Published: 01:31 am,Monday 20 March 2023

Man killed in road mishap in Saarijärvi

One person was killed in a road accident at Saarijärvi, a municipality in Central Finland region late Saturday night, police said in a press release on Sunday evening. The accident took place at after 7:00 pm when a private car skidded off Paavontie road at Palvasalmi area and collided

Published: 02:25 am,Sunday 19 March 2023

FMs discuss joint move for Finland, Sweden´s NATO accession

Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto on Saturday held a telephone conversation with his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billström discussed on joint move so that both Finland and Sweden could be members of NATO before the upcoming Vilnius Summit scheduled for July, said the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in a twitter

Published: 01:34 am,Saturday 18 March 2023

Hungary likely to ratify Finland´s NATO joining on March 27

Hungarian ruling party Fidesz on Friday announced that the parliament of the country will vote on Finland´s NATO accession protocol on March 27 and the party will unanimously support in favour of Finland´s membership. “On behalf of the Fidesz faction, I inform you that we have decided to support

Published: 17:37 pm,Friday 17 March 2023

Turkey to start ratifying Finland's NATO bid: Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that his country will begin the process of ratifying Finland´s NATO accession protocol. Speaking at a joint press conference after a meeting with President Sauli Niinistö, Erdogan said that Finland had fulfilled its responsibilities as per the tripartite deal agreed during

Published: 02:49 am,Saturday 18 March 2023

Collapse of carbon sinks jeopardises success of emission targets

The measures to reduce emissions have progressed as planned, but the trend in carbon sinks jeopardises the achievement of carbon neutrality by 2035, according to the main conclusion of the last meeting of the Ministerial Working Group on Climate and Energy Policy. During this government term the key elements

Published: 02:44 am,Friday 17 March 2023

Harmonization, combination of basic social benefits proposed

The Social Security Committee on Thursday published its interim report where the committee proposed that caused-based basic social security benefits be harmonised and combined, taking into account earnings-related benefits, said the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in a press release. The report includes 31 proposals for reforming social

Published: 01:05 am,Friday 17 March 2023

Advance ballot in parliamentary polls begins on March 22

Advance voting in the parliamentary elections will be held in Finland from March 22 to March 28. Advance voting will be held abroad from March 22 to March 25. Finland’s parliamentary elections will be held on April 2. In the elections, Finnish citizens entitled to vote will elect 200 Members of

Published: 01:27 am,Friday 17 March 2023

Finland continues humanitarian, expert aid to quake hit Turkey

President Sauli Niinistö visited the area affected by the earthquake in Kahramanmaraş, south-eastern Turkey on Thursday, on the first of his two-day visit, said the President Office in a press release. “Visited Kahramanmaraş in south-eastern Türkiye today (Thursday). The rescue and aid workers are doing extremely important work in

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