News about Finland

Old houses in the Metropolitan area. Photo: Foreigner.fi

Business

HOUSING

Price of existing detached houses in Helsinki twice country's average

Foreigner.fi 12/4/20

The average price per square meter in the Helsinki metropolitan area is 3,402 euros.

Video

Video

How Finland has developed in the past 30 years

Foreigner.fi 12/4/20

How are you doing, Finland? How have you changed? How sustainable has your development been? The Finnish statistical office has followed the country's journey using some indicators on Finnish…

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Tighter restrictions on bars and restaurants in many regions

Foreigner.fi 12/4/20

From Saturday 5 December, the bars and restaurants of Uusimaa, Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme, Kymenlaakso and North Ostrobothnia must stop serving alcohol at 22:00 and close at 23:00.

Business

BUSINESS

Sales of electric and hybrid cars in Finland grow 61% year-on-year

Foreigner.fi 12/4/20

New passenger car registrations in fell 15% in November and 16.7% so far this year.

Opinion

Two years of Foreigner.fi

Cesar Calvar 12/3/20

Moving to Finland

DECEMBER AND JANUARY

Migri service point in Helsinki to open on Saturdays

Foreigner.fi 12/3/20

Appointments can be booked in its appointment system every Tuesday of the same week.

Coronavirus

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT

Government: coronavirus epidemic "rapidly worsening" across Finland

Foreigner.fi 12/3/20

People under 50 years of age accounted for around 75% of all cases and people under 30 years of age for nearly 40%. Now, the government is especially concerned about what might happen to…

Coronavirus

VACCINE COMING

Finland will offer free Covid-19 vaccination to all residents

Foreigner.fi 12/3/20

The government approved on Wednesday the strategy to vaccinate the entire population from the beginning of 2021.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland reports 9 deaths, nearly 1,000 new infections in 48 hours

Foreigner.fi 12/2/20

The incidence rate of the disease now exceeds 100 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants throughout Finland.

Business

BUSINESS

Government grants 7.7 million for projects replacing coal energy

Foreigner.fi 12/2/20

The Ministry of Economic Affairs has reserved 90 million euros for the investment aid. Applications for projects that replace coal power will be accepted by 28 February 2021.

Business

BUSINESS

Finnish retail sales and turnover grew year over year

Foreigner.fi 12/2/20

This improvement in sales was especially visible in daily consumer goods.

Coronavirus

EPIDEMIC

A quarter of Covid-19 cases in Finland detected in foreigners

Foreigner.fi 12/1/20

Health authorities reported 550 new infections on Tuesday. There was no official published daily death toll at the time of writing.

National

PARTNER COUNTRY

Minister Haavisto to discuss China at NATO Foreign Ministers meeting

Foreigner.fi 12/1/20

With China’s global role growing, its activities are being assessed by various stakeholders, including NATO.

Work & Study

CORONAVIRUS

Helsinki University premises closed due to worsening epidemic

Foreigner.fi 12/1/20

The Covid-19 management team of the University of Helsinki has made decisions preventing the spread of the disease in the university community.

National

INVESTIGATION

Studies of sea bottom, hull could shed light on Estonia ferry disaster

Foreigner.fi/dpa 12/1/20

Future inspection dives could be necessary, said the acting head of the Swedish accident board.

Business

HOUSING

Prices of existing homes keep rising in Helsinki, fell in Oulu, Turku

Foreigner.fi 12/1/20

In October, prices of old dwellings in housing companies rose by 4.1% in Greater Helsinki and by 1.4% in the rest of Finland.

Moving to Finland

MIGRATION

Finland, below the EU average in granting residence permits

Foreigner.fi 11/30/20

EU member states issued 3 million first residence permits in 2019. Employment-related reasons accounted for 41% of all first residence permits issued in the EU in 2019, family reasons for 27%…

Lifestyle

THL SURVEY

Drug experimentation growing sharply in Finland

Foreigner.fi 11/29/20

“Among Finns under 40 years of age drug experimentation, either their own, or that of their friends, has become quite a normal thing”, says THL Research Professor Pekka Hakkarainen.

Tourism

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

Few clients in tourist establishments despite calls to domestic travelers

Foreigner.fi 11/29/20

Finnish travelers did not respond as well as expected to calls from local tourism entrepreneurs to fill their establishments during the October school holidays