Investment aid of 40 million euros available for energy technology projects

Foreigner.fi 19/Feb/2019

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has opened a round of applications for investment aid for large-scale new energy technology demonstration projects for 2019. This year, 40 million…

41,000 unfilled job vacancies in Finland by the end of 2018

Foreigner.fi 19/Feb/2019

There were 41,000 open job vacancies in the last quarter of 2018, while the figure was 37,200 one year before. The data appear from Statistics Finland's statistics on open job vacancies and describe…

Finland gathers all information about Brexit in a single website

Foreigner.fi 18/Feb/2019

Finnish Government announced today that has grouped together all information about Brexit and the future EU-UK relationship in a single website. These pages offer information, for example, on…

Building costs rose by 1.9 per cent in January year-on-year

Foreigner.fi 18/Feb/2019

Building costs rose by 1.9 per cent in January 2019 from one year back. The prices of materials went up by 2.5 per cent, those of labour inputs by 1.4 per cent and those of services by 0.7 per cent…

Police investigates a xenophobic video that announces a “hunt” of rapists

Foreigner.fi 18/Feb/2019

The Finnish Police investigates a video published last week in social media by the far-right group ‘Soldiers of Odin’ that announces a “hunt” of rapists and paedophiles. The video, which is…

Would you swim in Paskalampi? Read the most bizarre place names in Finland

Foreigner.fi 15/Feb/2019

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Team Finland to visit Japan in search of innovative business opportunities

Foreigner.fi 15/Feb/2019

Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä will lead a Team Finland visit to Japan on 17-20 February 2019 to promote exports and internationalisation. He will be accompanied by a business delegation…

I got sick in Finland, do I have the right to medical treatment?

Foreigner.fi 14/Feb/2019

In the unwanted event that you are in Finland and you get sick, it is possible that you will be entitled to receive medical treatment in the Finnish Social Security system. However, you will have to…

Sales in total trade went down by 1.7% year-on-year in December

Foreigner.fi 14/Feb/2019

Sales in total trade went down in December by 1.7 per cent compared to December 2017, according to the latest numbers published by Statistics Finland. Sales in motor vehicle trade decreased by 2.9…

Government considers neglect in elderly care intolerable and starts legal reform before elections

Foreigner.fi 13/Feb/2019

In its meeting on Tuesday 12 February, the ministerial working group for health and well being discussed the current status of care services for the elderly. "The ministerial working group decided…

Credit blacklists: why you must never leave bills unpaid in Finland

Foreigner.fi 13/Feb/2019

Marie (assumed name) is a young woman with foreigner background who lives in Finland. A little over a year ago she had to return to her home country urgently due to a serious family problem that…

Salaries sum grew by 4.6% year-on-year in the last quarter of 2018

Foreigner.fi 13/Feb/2019

According to Statistics Finland, the wages and salaries sum of the whole economy was 4.6% greater in the October to December period than in the corresponding period twelve months earlier. In…