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26 March 2021, Lower Saxony, Wolfsburg: A Volkswagen ID.4 stands in a car tower at Autostadt where the German Automaker company started deliveries of the all-electric SUV today. Photo: Ole Spata/dpa

Business

BUSINESS

Electric and hybrid car purchases grow 68% in Finland

Foreigner.fi 4/11/21

FILED - Fußball: Champions League, Gruppenphase, Gruppe B, 2. Spieltag, Borussia Mönchengladbach - Real Madrid im Stadion im Borussia-Park. Karim Benzema von Madrid jubelt nach seinem Treffer zum 2:1. Photo: Marius Becker/dpa

Sports

FOOTBALL

Real Madrid pull off thrilling Clasico win over Barcelona

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/11/21

Protesters with posters in the center of Helsinki. Photo: Twitter/@MikkoPuolimatka.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Police detain pandemic deniers in unauthorized protest in Helsinki

Foreigner.fi 4/10/21

A cafeteria in the city of Järvenpää (Uusimaa region). Photo: Foreigner.fi/file photo.

Entrepreneurs

BUSINESS

Entrepreneurs can apply more aid for Covid-19 damage from April 27

Foreigner.fi 4/10/21

09 April 2021, United Kingdom, London: Pharmacist Asha Fowells holds vials of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at Copes Pharmacy and Travel Clinic in Streatham, south London. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire/dpa

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Germany: 42 thrombosis cases after AstraZeneca vaccination

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/10/21

A group of taxis in Helsinki. Photo: Twitter/@journalistalen.

Business

BUSINESS

Government reforms taxi legislation to end chaos in the sector

Foreigner.fi 4/9/21

Valletta-Malta-by-Pixabay

Tourism

REOPENING

Malta offers up to € 220 to the country's first 35,000 tourists

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/9/21

Forest-industry-by-Pixabay

Business

BUSINESS

Finland industrial production increases for second month

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/9/21

Prime Minister Sanna Marin, during the presentation of the de-escalation plan. Photo: Jussi Toivanen/Vnk.

Coronavirus

DE-ESCALATION PLAN

Government publishes timetable for lifting Covid-19 restrictions

Foreigner.fi 4/9/21

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC

Finland prepares for reopening: fewer cases, declining incidence

Foreigner.fi 4/8/21

THL reported on Thursday 426 new infections and 4 deaths.

Paola Elefante

Inclusion should be the norm – a personal story

4/6/21

Tytti Yli-Viikari is under suspicion of having spent thousands of euros of public funds on beauty treatments. Photo: Twitter/Tytti Yli-Viikari.

National

FRAUD

Parliament suspends auditor general following embezzlement scandal

Foreigner.fi 4/8/21

Police-car-by-pixabay

World

BORDER CONTROL

Wrong-way driver with corpse in passenger seat detained in Spain

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/10/21

FILED - 04 February 2018, United Kingdom, West Newton: Queen Elizabeth II (C) and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, with Canon Jonathan Riviere (L) attended St Peter and Paul Church in West Newton. Prince Philip died on Friday at the age of 99. Photo: Joe Giddens/PA Wire/dpa

World

ROYALS

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies aged 99

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/9/21

08 April 2021, Italy, Rome: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi speaks during a press conference on the vaccination plan to fight COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Riccardo Antimiani/Pool Ansa/Lap/LaPresse via ZUMA Press/dpa

World

AT A PRESS CONFERENCE

Italy's Prime Minister Draghi calls Turkey's Erdogan a 'dictator'

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/9/21

08 April 2021, Norway, Alesund: Dutch cargo ship Eemslift Hendrika is seen drifting off the Norwegian coast. The vessel, currently in distress at the North Sea, is in the care of two tugboats on its way towards land. Photo: Svein Ove Ekornesvåg/NTB/dpa

Nordics

TOWED TO SHORE

Cargo ship arrives in Norway after successful rescue operation

Foreigner.fi 4/8/21

30 March 2021, Argentina, Buenos Aires: Shipments of the Russian Corona vaccine Sputnik V are unloaded after the arrival of a Aerolineas Argentinas plane delivering about vaccine 300,000 doses from Russia at the international airport Buenos Aires. Photo: Carol Smiljan/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa

Coronavirus

VACCINATION

Germany set for talks with Russia on Sputnik V as calls for jab grow

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/8/21

07 April 2021, Saxony, Dresden: Protesters hold signs during a rally called by the Dresden Afghanistan Association and the Saxon Refugee Council against collective deportations to Afghanistan on the Altmarkt. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

World

FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS

Afghans deported from Germany arrive in Kabul

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/8/21

Photo: Migri.

Moving to Finland

NEW PREMISES

Migri's service point in Helsinki moved to Malmi

Foreigner.fi 4/6/21

People passing in front of Helsinki central train station. Photo: Julia Kivela/Visit Finland.

Moving to Finland

POPULATION STRUCTURE

433,000 foreigners permanently living in Finland

Foreigner.fi 3/31/21

Migri office sign. Photo: Migri.

Moving to Finland

ASYLUM

Migri cuts 700 beds in reception centers due to lack of asylum seekers

Foreigner.fi 3/30/21

Helsinki-people-family-by-Julia-Kivela-Visit-Finland

Moving to Finland

MOVING TO FINLAND

Finnish population increases in early 2021 due to immigration

Foreigner.fi 3/23/21

Moving to Finland

REPORT

Government: "Finland's population would shrink without immigrants"

Foreigner.fi 3/10/21

"More net immigration will be necessary to maintain a stable population in the future. A potential target could be to raise net immigration to 25,000 people by 2030," the report concludes.

Moving to Finland

INTEGRATION

Migri updates Finnish society course for asylum seekers

Foreigner.fi 3/15/21

Two of the lectures in the course are compulsory for all asylum seekers over 16 years of age, who are obligated to participate in work and study activities.

Office of the Finnish Social Security Institution (Kela) in Espoo. Photo: © Foreigner.fi.

Work & Study

HIGHER EDUCATION

Kela to refer unpaid student healthcare fees to enforcement authority

Foreigner.fi 4/7/21

seasonal work Lingon berry pickers by Lena Svensson Pixabay

Work & Study

WORK IN FINLAND

Government aims to improve the status of foreign berry pickers

Foreigner.fi 4/3/21

Strawberries

Work & Study

WORK

Finland to open seasonal work visa application center in Belarus

Foreigner.fi 4/1/21

Nurse-woman-health-worker-doctor-by-Andrea-Piacquadio

Work & Study

OCCUPATIONAL BAROMETER

37 occupations with shortage of workers in Finland

Foreigner.fi 3/27/21

Brainstorming meeting work interview by Pexels

Work & Study

LATEST EMPLOYMENT BULLETIN

Finland has 79,000 unemployed jobseekers more than a year ago

Foreigner.fi 3/30/21

Helsinki cathedral harbour

Work & Study

WORK

Salaries higher in Helsinki-Uusimaa than elsewhere in Finland

Foreigner.fi 3/11/21

Work & Study

WORK MARKET

Half of the students in Finland work during their studies

Foreigner.fi 3/14/21

Women worked while studying more frequently than men.

The Nokia campus in Espoo (Finlnad): Photo: Nokia.

Business

BUSINESS

Nokia and Lenovo conclude patent cross-licence deal, settle litigation

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/7/21

Travelers in the lobby of the Helsinki main train station. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Business

RAILWAY TRANSPORT

Number of train trips fell 36% in Finland in 2020

Foreigner.fi 4/6/21

Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä (Center Party), during the government meeting. Photo: Jussi Toivanen/Vnk.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Government orders keep restaurants closed despite falling infections

Foreigner.fi 4/9/21

Restaurant-closed-Järvenpää-by-Foreigner.fi

Entrepreneurs

EPIDEMIC

Finland extends restaurant closures until 18 April

Foreigner.fi 3/29/21

Cabin-lake-by-Anneli-Hongisto-Visit-Finland

Tourism

TOURISM

Demand for accommodation services in Finland fell to 1990s level

Foreigner.fi 4/8/21

People wearing protective masks in Helsinki central station. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Restrictions on entry into Finland extended until 30 April

Foreigner.fi 3/31/21

Northern-lights-in-Arctic-Snow-Hotel,-by-Visit-Rovaniemi

Tourism

TOURISM

Nights spent by foreign tourists in Finland fall by 90%

Foreigner.fi 3/25/21

Tram in the center of Helsinki. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC IN FINLAND

Passenger numbers limited on Helsinki public transport

Foreigner.fi 3/26/21

Traffic-sign-road-by-Pixabay

Tourism

OFFICIAL ESTIMATE

Tourist spending in Finland will fall between 6 and 8 billion in 2021

Foreigner.fi 3/21/21

Champagne Lapland by Pixabay.

Tourism

PANDEMIC

Coronavirus reduced tourist spending in Finland by €7 billion

Foreigner.fi 2/22/21

Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo with Border Guard officers at the Finnish-Swedish border in Lapland. Photo: Border Guard/@rajavartijat/Twitter.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland restricts opening hours for crossing border points

Foreigner.fi 2/11/21

Lapland By Juho Kuva Business Finland

Tourism

CRISIS

Government warns: Finland's tourism recovery will take years

Foreigner.fi 2/10/21

Feminis woman campaign. Photo: nicoladreyer/Pixabay.

National

HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty International slams Finland for women and refugees situation

Foreigner.fi 4/8/21

A health worker taking a sample for a coronavirus test in the Helsinki region. Photo: @HUS.

Lifestyle

GENERAL DECLINE IN THE EU

Life expectancy increased in Finland amid Covid-19 pandemic

Foreigner.fi 4/7/21

FILED - Critics have long warned that the automated selection of Facebook's newsfeed leads to so-called filter bubbles. The social media giant is now giving users more controls over how they see content. Photo: Uli Deck/dpa

Lifestyle

DATA LEAKED ONLINE

1.4 million Finns among victims of Facebook data breach and theft

Foreigner.fi 4/4/21

Photo: Pixabay.

Lifestyle

HEALTH

174 cases of tuberculosis diagnosed in Finland in 2020

Foreigner.fi 3/24/21

Capture of the fake message from Posti prompting the user to click on a link. Image: Foreigner.fi.

Lifestyle

WARNING

Did you get this SMS in the name of Posti? Don't open it, it's a scam!

Foreigner.fi 3/29/21

Woman well being welbeing exercise by Minna Hamalainen

Lifestyle

UN REPORT

Despite pandemic, Finland retains title as world's happiest country

Foreigner.fi/dpa 3/19/21