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National

NEW BIOMETRIC CERTIFICATE

Finnish government raises fees for issuing identity cards

Foreigner.fi 7/15/21

The applicant's facial image and fingerprints will be stored on the chip of the identity card

Apartment buildings in Helsinki. Photo: Pixabay.

Business

HOUSING LOANS

53% of Finnish households in debt

Foreigner.fi/dpa 6/27/21

The total amount of these loans was 131,600 million euros in 2020, 3.4% more than the previous year

President and CEO of Nokia Pekka Lundmark. Photo: Jaakko Jaskari/Nokia.

Business

BUSINESS

Nokia offers employees to work remotely up to 3 days a week

Foreigner.fi/dpa 6/23/21

Many offices will be renovated and will see up to 70% of the office space allocated to teamwork and meetings

Tourism

THIRD FINNISH CITY

Oulu selected as European Capital of Culture for 2026

Foreigner.fi 6/3/21

Another 2026 European Capital of Culture will be selected from Slovakia.

Screenshot of the trailer of All The Sins. Image: YouTube.

Lifestyle

TV SERIES

Five Finnish 'Nordic noir' series to discover

Pablo Morilla 5/29/21

Finnish fiction series are sparking interest around the world, as the 'Nordic noir' genre gains popularity.

Passengers at Helsinki airport. Photo: Finavia.

Business

AIR TRAFFIC

Number of passengers at Finnish airports increased 512% in April

Foreigner.fi 5/26/21

The number of air traffic passengers was still around 90% lower than in April 2019, the most recent comparable period before the pandemic.

Moving to Finland

IMMIGRATION

Number of foreigners who obtained Finnish citizenship fell 19% in 2020

Foreigner.fi 5/7/21

143,256 permanent residents of Finland have citizenship of some other country in addition to Finnish.

Engineer-factory-production-plant-manufacture by pexels

Business

BUSINESS

Prices of Finnish manufactured goods grew 6.7% over the last year

Foreigner.fi 4/26/21

Producer prices also increased in the service sector.

The new Finnish ambassador to Iraq, Matti Lassila. Photo: Petri Krook/Finnish government.

National

DIPLOMATIC SERVICE

New Finnish ambassador to Iraq

Foreigner.fi 4/9/21

Matti Lassila joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1987.

Helsinki airport and air traffic control tower. Photo: Finavia.

Business

AIR TRAFFIC CRISIS

Number of passengers at Finnish airports plummeted in 2020

Foreigner.fi 3/19/21

In all, 76% of the passengers in air transport in 2020 flew in January to March.

Finnish children have fun in the snow. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Moving to Finland

REPORT

Government: "Finland's population would shrink without immigrants"

Foreigner.fi 3/10/21

"More net immigration will be necessary to maintain a stable population in the future. A potential target could be to raise net immigration to 25,000 people by 2030," the report concludes.

A man yells through a loudspeaker.
Photo: Sora Shimazaki/Pexels.

Lifestyle

THL RESEARCH

A fifth of Finns classify themselves as noise-sensitive, study finds

Foreigner.fi 3/8/21

Noise caused by road traffic and close neighbours are the most common sources of environmental noise annoyance for them in their daily lives.

A Finnish man, searching for empty cans in the trash in a park in the Uusimaa region. Photo: © Foreigner.fi.

Lifestyle

LIVING CONDITIONS

Growing number of Finns at risk of poverty

Foreigner.fi 2/9/21

In 2020, there were slightly more households experiencing difficulties in making ends meet than in the year before.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Four Finns arrive in Sweden on a British plane despite the ban

Foreigner.fi/dpa 12/27/20

The Finnish nationals were allowed to continue to Finland after the incident, which was attributed to "a misunderstanding" by the Swedish Transport Agency. Sweden detects the first case of…