LIFESTYLE

Lower Finnish pensions will increase in January 2020

Foreigner.fi 04/Dec/2019

Tax-funded pensions of people receiving a small pension will be subject to a general increase and an index increase as of 1 January 2020. The full amount of the national pension will be raised by…

NEWS

Finnish neo-Nazis determined to parade on Independence Day despite police ban

Foreigner.fi 04/Dec/2019

The Helsinki Police Department has banned a march announced by the so-called 'Movement Towards Freedom' (Kohti Vappautta, in Finnish) in Helsinki on 6 December, the date marking Finland's…

NEWS

Prices of single-family homes increased by 5% in Helsinki area

Foreigner.fi 04/Dec/2019

In Greater Helsinki, the prices of old single-family houses rose by 4.9% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2019 while in the rest of the country they fell by 0.5%. According to new data by…

WORK & STUDY

Estonia takes over as European leader in PISA education ranking

Foreigner.fi 03/Dec/2019

Estonian children have been ranked as the best performers in Europe in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Program for International Student Assessment, known worldwide…

LIFESTYLE

Posti will charge 2.90€ for handling online purchases from outside EU

Foreigner.fi 03/Dec/2019

That old habit of paying only for the mail you send is going to end. Soon some customers will also pay to receive. As of 31 January 2020, the Finnish postal service (Posti) will charge a…

عربي

لقد فقدت وظيفتي ، ما هي إعانات بدل البطالة المتوفرة في فنلندا

Foreigner.fi 03/Dec/2019

 إذا كنت تعيش في فنلندا وأصبحت عاطلاً عن العمل أو إذا كانت دراستك قد انتهت ولكن ليس لديك وظيفة ، فإن مؤسسة الضمان الاجتماعي الفنلندي (كيلا) توصي بأن أول شيء يجب عليك فعله هو التسجيل فوراً كعاطل…

BUSINESS & TECH

74% of Finnish enterprises use cloud services

Foreigner.fi 03/Dec/2019

74% of Finnish companies use cloud services that are subject to a charge, according to Statistics Finland survey on information technology in enterprises. The share of enterprises that use…

NEWS

Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne resigns

Foreigner.fi 03/Dec/2019

The Prime Minister of Finland, Antti Rinne, on Tuesday presented his resignation to prevent the fall of the Government. Rinne, leader of the Finnish Social Democratic Party (SDP) and a former…

TOURISM

Flying from Helsinki at Christmas? See this list of festive events at the airport

Foreigner.fi 02/Dec/2019

Christmas is coming, and for many foreigners it is time to return home to spend a few days off. To make it more enjoyable, special activities are scheduled at Helsinki Airport from 1 December until…

LIFESTYLE

Finns commemorated the start of the Winter War

Foreigner.fi 02/Dec/2019

Saturday 30 November marked the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Finnish Winter War. To commemorate the start of the war, state leadership laid a wreath at the National…

LIFESTYLE

Finland's Gender Equality award to an NGO that changed discriminatory laws worldwide

Foreigner.fi 02/Dec/2019

Finland awarded the International Gender Equality Prize endowed with 300,000 euros to the NGO Equality now, which "has succeeded in changing discriminatory laws and ossified practices in…

NEWS

Minister Skinnari travels to Washington to strengthen bilateral trade

Foreigner.fi 02/Dec/2019

Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will visit Washington, the Unites States on 3 to 4 December. During his visit, he will meet United States Trade Representative…