BUSINESS & TECH

Turnover increased in all sectors of trade

Foreigner.fi 13/Nov/2019

According to Statistics Finland, turnover in total trade adjusted for working days grew by 3% in September year-on-year and the development was positive in all sectors of trade. Over the same time…

LIFESTYLE

History calls the Finnish National Football Team

Foreigner.fi 13/Nov/2019

Finns have always been great football fans. And the country has been able to produce some great players, such as Jari Litmanen, who played almost two decades ago as midfielder at FC Barcelona,…

NEWS

Foreign woman detained for organizing sex sales in Kajaani

Foreigner.fi 13/Nov/2019

The Oulu Police Department informed today that "a woman of foreign origin" is suspected of arranging the sale of sexual services at her massage center in Kajaani. According to police information,…

NEWS

Diaspora Glitz magazine wins Best Media at Afro Finns Awards

Foreigner.fi 13/Nov/2019

The editor-in-chief of Diaspora Glitz Magazine, Obi-West Utchaychukwu, has emerged winner of the Afro Finns Achievement Awards in the category of media. The awards gala night, which took place…

WORK & STUDY

Salaries grew by 3.2% year-on-year

Foreigner.fi 13/Nov/2019

According to Statistics Finland’s data, the wages and salaries sum of the whole economy was 3.2% greater in the July to September period than in the corresponding period twelve months earlier.…

NEWS

Immigrants transferred 70 million euros to non-EU countries

Foreigner.fi 12/Nov/2019

Immigrants living in the European Union (EU) are sending growing amounts of money to their countries of origin, with Asia and North Africa being the most benefited regions. According to the…

NEWS

Auschwitz Memorial denounced display of a Nazi symbol in a Finnish bar

Foreigner.fi 12/Nov/2019

Auschwitz Memorial, the museum located in Poland that tries to preserve the memory of what happened in the most fearsome extermination camp during World War II, has denounced the use of a Nazi symbol…

LIFESTYLE

Citizens' initiative proposes permanent summer time in Finland

Foreigner.fi 12/Nov/2019

Permanent summer time -not to confuse with summer weather- is what new a citizens' initiative calls for in Finland. The promoters of the proposal have managed to gather 53,971 signatures of Finns…

LIFESTYLE

Cannabis use increasing among Finnish pupils

Foreigner.fi 12/Nov/2019

In recent years, there has been an increase in pupils in grade 9 who have used cannabis or simply experimented with this drug. A study published by the Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare…

LIFESTYLE

Six-language survey opened to ask people about reform of Climate Change Act

Foreigner.fi 11/Nov/2019

The reform of the Climate Change Act has now begun, informed the Finnish Ministry of the Environment in a press release. The first phase of the reform is hearing citizens’ views on what the new…

LIFESTYLE

Ministers Andersson and Kosonen to attend UNESCO General Conference

Foreigner.fi 11/Nov/2019

Minister of Education Li Andersson will attend the General Conference of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 13-14 November 2019 in Paris. Minister of Science and…

LIFESTYLE

Meet Miss Helsinki 2020

Foreigner.fi 11/Nov/2019

Helsinki has a new beauty queen. Her name is Inna Tähtinen, she is 20 years old and she is the winner of the Miss Helsinki 2020 contest, which was held last weekend in the Finnish capital.…