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OECD Interior Ministers to discuss preparedness for large-scale migration

Foreigner.fi 16/Jan/2020

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will hold a ministerial meeting in Paris on 17 January. The topics on the agenda are migration and integration. Finland will be…

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Migri raised the fee for refugees' right to work certificates by 150%

Foreigner.fi 16/Jan/2020

The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) announced in its last customer bulletin a 150% increase in the fee charged for issuing a certificate that accredits the right to work of an asylum…

BUSINESS & TECH

Finnish economy production grew

Foreigner.fi 16/Jan/2020

The output of the Finnish economy grew in November.  Adjusted for working days, output went up by 2.3% in November 2019 year-on-year. In November, seasonally adjusted output also grew by…

BUSINESS & TECH

96% of Finnish companies provide mobile devices to staff

Foreigner.fi 15/Jan/2020

Being connected while on the go is increasingly important in business. More and more enterprises are equipping staff with mobile phones, tablets or laptops, enabling them to connect to the internet…

BUSINESS & TECH

Turnover and sales in trade grew in November

Foreigner.fi 15/Jan/2020

According to Statistics Finland, turnover in total trade adjusted for working days increased by 0.5% in November from November 2018. Over the same time period, the working day adjusted volume of…

NEWS

Police are looking for Saana, 16, missing in Lapland

Foreigner.fi 15/Jan/2020

The police are looking for the 16-year-old Saana Vittikko, who has been missing since 13 January. According to police information, Saana is about 155 cm tall, she has normal body and black…

NEWS

Labour exploitation and forced marriages: record number of human trafficking victims

Foreigner.fi 15/Jan/2020

According to the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri), there were a record number of victims of human trafficking in 2019. The immigration agency reported in a press release that last year 229 new…

LIFESTYLE

Each inhabitant of Finland generates 550 kilos of waste per year

Foreigner.fi 15/Jan/2020

In Finland, as in any other developed society, people enjoy very high levels of consumption. This shows in the great number of people who cram stores, in the amount of paper advertising…

NEWS

Why did the length of hospitalizations decrease so quickly in Finland?

Foreigner.fi 14/Jan/2020

In Finland, the average length of a hospital stay for in-patients is 7.8 days, according to the latest data published by the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat). The Hospital…

NEWS

Croatian Presidency priorities discussed in the European Parliament

Foreigner.fi 14/Jan/2020

Under the motto 'A Strong Europe in a World of Challenges', the Croatian presidency intends to provide pertinent answers to European citizens’ concerns, stressed Prime Minister Plenković in…

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Maistraatti is no longer Maistraatti

Foreigner.fi 14/Jan/2020

Maistraatti (or the Local Register Offices as they were known in English) is no longer called Maistraatti. On 1 January 2020, the old state organism where foreigners had to register if they intended…

BUSINESS & TECH

Turnover and output in services grew in November

Foreigner.fi 14/Jan/2020

The turnover and production of the service industries grew in November in year-on-year terms. However, they contracted compared to the previous month. According to Statistics Finland's data, working…