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JANUARY-AUGUST

Accidents claimed 149 lives on Finnish roads so far this year

Foreigner.fi 9/22/20

There have been 15 pedestrians killed and 14 cyclists.

Business

BUSINESS

August saw a further decline in car sales in Finland

Foreigner.fi 9/7/20

The number of passenger cars first registered in the January to August period was 64,976, which is 18.3% down from the year before.

News

IN LAPLAND

Bomb explodes under Finnish Border Guard car

Foreigner.fi 8/4/20

The explosive was detonated at 00:50 on Tuesday 4 August on Aarnintie street.

Business

Volkswagen Group reports 1.4-billion-euro loss in first half of 2020

Foreigner.fi 7/30/20

Management are seeking to reduce a dividend proposed last year.

News

Traffic accidents claimed 101 lives in January-June

Foreigner.fi 7/23/20

In June, 16 men and 3 women died in Finnish roads.

Business

BUSINESS

Car sales still sunk

Foreigner.fi 7/6/20

Only 8,023 new passenger cars were registered in June, 23.9% down from the year before.

Business

IN FINLAND 68,000

Volvo recalls 2 million cars for seat belt repair

Foreigner.fi 7/1/20

Due to a safety risk, 68,000 vehicles should receive a repair call in Finland.

News

Road traffic accidents claimed 13 lives in May

Foreigner.fi 6/16/20

 Among those who died, 8 were men and 5 were women.

Business

IN MAY

Car sales fell to under one half

Foreigner.fi 6/5/20

Toyota, Skoda and Volkswagen are the favourite cars of Finns.

Entrepreneurs

Iraqi brothers’ mobile barber very popular in corona days

Foreigner.fi 5/11/20

Different from the regular barbers there is only one customer in the barber mobile. 

Business

Coronavirus crisis sinks car sales

Foreigner.fi 5/8/20

The collapse of April sales is already reflected in the accumulated figures for the first four months of the year.

News

Fake cops caught after stealing 32,000 euros from the elderly

Foreigner.fi 4/6/20

The suspects managed to steal 32,000 euros from 20 elderly people between 75 and 90 years old, mainly in Vantaa and Helsinki.

Business

Car sales resist economic slowdown caused by coronavirus

Foreigner.fi 4/6/20

The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to March period were Toyota, Skoda and Volkswagen.

Tourism

Ratikka tram starts its test drive in Tampere

Foreigner.fi 3/18/20

Before the actual tram transportation begins, test drives have started in Hervanta.

News

Sharp nails on the road in the same spot in Espoo since 2013

Foreigner.fi 3/16/20

Someone has been throwing sharp nails on the Nöykkiö road for years. Fortunately, a lady has been picking them up every day.

Business

Passenger car sales grew in Finland

Foreigner.fi 3/6/20

The most common passenger car makes first registered in the January to February period were Toyota, Skoda and Volkswagen.

News

Road traffic accidents claimed 17 lives in January

Foreigner.fi 2/18/20

The number of people killed was higher than in the same period one year before.

Business

Passenger car sales fell 5.2% in Finland in 2019

Foreigner.fi 1/8/20

The industry recorded eight consecutive months of declines in sales, which only grew in the last four months of the year.

News

Two children seriously injured in a car fire in a Prisma parking lot

Foreigner.fi 10/9/19

According to the Police, the cause of the fire was the ignition of the tablet with which the older child was playing while the father was buying at the supermarket.  

News

Passenger cars registration down by 17% in August

Foreigner.fi 9/5/19

In the January to August period, the number of passenger cars first registered was 79,492, which is 12.8% down from the year before.