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Tourism

TRAVEL

Airline industry wants Covid-19 tests for all international passengers

Foreigner.fi/dpa 9/22/20

Global passenger numbers in July were only 8% of what they were one year ago.

Business

BUSINESS

Forest industry turnover fell by 19%

Foreigner.fi 9/16/20

Export turnover adjusted for working days fell in June most in the chemical industry, by 25.6% from one year ago.

Business

IN ALL MAIN INDUSTRIES

New manufacturing orders plummeted almost 30%

Foreigner.fi 9/10/20

Enterprises in all examined sectors received fewer orders, but the biggest fall (31.7%) was in the industry of the manufacture of paper and paper board products.

Business

RECESSION

Coronavirus pandemic prolongs Finnish industry crisis

Foreigner.fi 9/10/20

Production went down by 11.2% in the electrical and electronics industry, by 8.4% in the forest industry and by 8.1% in the metal industry from the year before.

Business

CLOSURES AND JOB CUTS

Death blow to Finland's pulp and paper industry

Foreigner.fi 8/26/20

UPM announces the closure of a paper mill in Jämsä, job cuts in pulp plants and in the Finnish forest organization. In total, about 670 jobs will be destroyed. The company blames high…

Business

BUSINESS

New orders in paper manufacturing plummet 22.6%

Foreigner.fi 8/11/20

Orders have declined continuously for six months.

Business

RECESSION

Industrial output in sharp decline in the first half of the year

Foreigner.fi 8/10/20

Compared to one year back, output went down most in the chemical industry (11.4%), in the forest and in the metal industries.

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.

Business

Pandemic hits Volvo Cars hard

Foreigner.fi 7/22/20

The company said it sold 269,962 cars in the January-June period, compared to the 340,826 cars it sold in the same period last year.

Business

IN DECLINE FOR MONTHS

Industrial production and manufacturing orders declining

Foreigner.fi 7/10/20

The chemical industry and mining and quarrying endured the biggest output falls.

News

Russia space adviser arrested on suspicion of being NATO spy

Foreigner.fi 7/7/20

Ivan Safronov faces a charge of treason, punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

Business

New orders in manufacturing fell by 13%

Foreigner.fi 6/10/20

 Orders have declined continuously for four months.

Business

Finland's industrial output fell in April

Foreigner.fi 6/10/20

Production fell most in the chemical, forest and metal industries.

Lifestyle

CLIMATE

Greenhouse gas emissions in Finland record low

Foreigner.fi 5/28/20

Emissions from the Finnish agricultural sector grew by 1%.

Business

Finnish industry output decreased at the beginning of the year

Foreigner.fi 3/10/20

Industrial output decreased in January both from the previous month and from one year back. Also, new orders in manufacturing fell by 1.6% year-on-year.

Business

Finland recorded an increase in industrial output at the end of 2019

Foreigner.fi 2/10/20

Seasonally adjusted industrial production grew in December most in the electrical and electronics industry, by 7.2%. The decline in output was strongest in the chemical industry (-3.1%).

News

Wages and salaries sum grew in all main Finnish industries

Foreigner.fi 1/13/20

The growth in the wages and salaries sum was fastest in private health and social work (7.2%), other services (4.0%), financial intermediation (3.1%), manufacturing (2.7%) and trade (2.3%).

Business

Finnish industrial production grew again after months of decline

Foreigner.fi 1/10/20

In November, seasonally adjusted industrial output went up by 1.3% from the month before.

Business

Finnish food exports growing at a record rate

Foreigner.fi 11/28/19

Countries where export growth has been visible include China, where there has been a particular demand for pork and powdered milk. However, Finns still import three times more than they export in…

Business

Research and development expenditure growing in all sectors

Foreigner.fi 10/24/19

The gross domestic product (GDP) share of R&D expenditure in 2018 was 2.74%.