Finland has steadily been filling up with Russian immigrants and if the trend continues, they will outnumber Swedish speakers as the largest language minority in the country.
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Is Russian on its way to becoming Finland’s No. 2 language?
Posted on 19 May 2013.
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Finns among the best childhood welfare providers
Posted on 10 April 2013.
Finnish children enjoy better well being than almost all other countries in the developed world, according to a UNICEF report recently published. Comparing 29 ‘advanced economies’, Finland ranked fourth after the Netherlands, Norway and Iceland. However, the country ranked even better on some specific criteria.
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Finland unemployment drops in December
Posted on 29 January 2013.
Finland’s unemployment rate saw a year-on-year decrease last month, new figures have revealed. The news comes via the latest Labor Force Survey from Statistics Finland, which showed the country’s jobless rate dropped to 6.9 percent in December of 2012, down from 7.3 percent in November and the 7.4 percent seen during the same month one year [...]
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Deep freeze breaks records in southern Finland
Posted on 25 January 2013.
Several records for freezing temperatures have been broken in Finland this week. The record lows came late on Thursday last week and in the early morning hours the day after.
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Report: most Finns against later retirement
Posted on 04 January 2013.
A recent survey has revealed that the majority of Finland’s population reject later retirement as a means of prolonging working careers.
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Finnish economy to grow 0.5% in 2013
Posted on 28 December 2012.
Finnish officials have forecast that the national economy will see minimal growth in the coming year.
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70 per cent of Finnish teens have illegally downloaded
Posted on 19 December 2012.
A new report has revealed that illegal downloading remains the most prominent crime among Finland’s youth. The news comes via a study conducted by the Finnish National Research Institute of Legal Policy
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Ancient grain returns in Finland
Posted on 07 November 2012.
One of mankind’s earliest cultivated crops has resurfaced in Finland. According to a report by the Helsinki-based YLE news agency, emmer wheat has begun to flourish in Finnish fields over the past few years
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More Members of Parliament against the Icesave deal
- IMF loan to Iceland blocked by Dutch and British
- Icelandic economy: making sense of the unintelligible
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British and Dutch stance on Icesave hardening
- Unbowed Icelandic PM sends a strong message to UK
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Finland’s president to visit Iceland
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President of Iceland calls for scrutiny of economic failure at Global Leadership Summit 2013 in London
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Riots shake Stockholm for three consecutive nights
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Central bank starts buying forex
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A Government of the Progressive Party and the Independence Party has been formed and took office today