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Number of foreign-language speakers in Finland exceeds 600K
There were 610,148 persons in the Finnish population speaking a foreign language as their native language at the end of 2024, according to Statistics Finland. The number…
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US experts unable to join forum in Finland over policy changes
Recent policy changes in the United States have prevented American experts from taking part in the upcoming Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference 2025, reported Xinhua,…
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Finland for probe into Israeli attacks on aid workers in Gaza
Finland on Thursday strongly criticised the Israeli attacks in Gaza that killed 15 humanitarian workers. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs in a post on its social media…
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Woman gunned down in Kokkola, suspect held
A woman was killed when a miscreant attacked her with firearm near city centre of Kokkola, a municipality under Central Ostrobothnia region late Wednesday night, police…
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Finland sends expert assistance to Myanmar, Thailand, Libya
Finland sent an expert to Bangkok through the EU's Civil Protection Mechanism to support the coordination of assistance to Myanmar, said the Ministry of the Interior…
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2 drown in ice while fishing in lake, worker´s body found in river
Two men died after falling through ice into a lake at Äänekoski, a municipality in Central Finland region on Tuesday, police said in a press release on…
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Kela to limit urgent aid only to food, medicine
The national social insurance institution-Kela is changing the criteria for granting urgent basic social assistance from April 7, said Kela in a press release on…
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Municipal, county polls´ advance ballot begins
The advance voting in the municipal and county elections in Finland begins on Wednesday. Advance voting will be held in the country from April 2 to April 8 and abroad…
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Finland to withdraw from Ottawa Convention
Finland will begin the preparations for withdrawal from the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on…
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Finland to end coal use in energy production in spring
The use of coal in Finnish energy production will end this spring as energy companies Helen and Vantaan Energia will close their last remaining power plant units using…
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