BUSINESS & TECH

Turkish Airlines opened a new direct flight from Istanbul to Rovaniemi

Foreigner.fi 09/Dec/2019

Rovaniemi wants to bring its tourist offer a little closer to the Middle East, a market that aims to attract customers with high purchasing power. And now that goal is closer because National…

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Sanna Marin will be the new Prime Minister of Finland

Foreigner.fi 08/Dec/2019

Sanna Marin, a 34-year-old graduate in Administrative Studies and mother of a child, will be the next Prime Minister of Finland. Marin was appointed on Sunday by the council of the Social…

LIFESTYLE

Memorial for former Finnish President Mauno Koivisto

Foreigner.fi 08/Dec/2019

A memorial honouring former President of the Republic of Finland Mauno Koivisto is to be erected in Helsinki, informed the Government Communications Department. The memorial will be unveiled on 25…

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Finland increases its support for the African Development Fund

Foreigner.fi 08/Dec/2019

Finland will contribute 68.4 million euros to the replenishment of the African Development Fund (AfDF), which is the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, informed the Ministry…

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Finland celebrates Independence Day with a caretaker government

Foreigner.fi 05/Dec/2019

Finland will celebrate this 6 December the Independence Day with a resigned prime minister. This, and the pools on this possible successors, will undoubtedly be the great matters of debate among…

LIFESTYLE

Tampere hosts the Independence military parade

Foreigner.fi 05/Dec/2019

This year’s national Independence Day parade will be organised in Tampere. According to the website Visit Tampere, the review of troops will take place at Ratina Stadium and the pass-in-review on…

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Russia arrests a man who built a fake border post with Finland to scam migrants

Foreigner.fi 05/Dec/2019

Russian authorities have arrested a man who built a fake frontier zone in the middle of the the Karelian forest, near the Finnish-Russian border. He is accused of collecting around 10,000 US dollars…

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True Finns again Finland's main party

Foreigner.fi 05/Dec/2019

The party of the True Finns (Perussuomalaiset) are again Finland's main political party in voting intention, says a survey conducted in November by the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation (Yle).…

VIDEO

Well done, Finland!

Foreigner.fi 05/Dec/2019

Finland celebrates Independence Day on 6 December. In this video, Statistics Finland lists a few Finnish achievements to be proud of.

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Refugee reception center in Rauma will close

Foreigner.fi 04/Dec/2019

Finland's Immigration authorities will close another reception centre for asylum seekers. "The Finnish Immigration Service has discontinued the contract of the reception centre in Rauma," Migri said…

LIFESTYLE

Increasing proportion of women of foreign origin in Finland's birth rate

Foreigner.fi 04/Dec/2019

The share of persons with foreign background in the Finnish birth rate has slowly grown since the 1990s and now is 14% in the whole country. During the corresponding time, the share of women with…

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Police dog saved woman's life in Espoo

Foreigner.fi 04/Dec/2019

A police dog has saved the life of a woman, who had lost herself in the city of Espoo (near Helsinki). According to the West-Uusimaa Police Department, on Tuesday 3 December they received an…