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WEB1 day ago — Workers washed off red paint from one of the 14 columns in the facade of the Parliament House in Helsinki on Wednesday, 25 September 2024. The paint was sprayed on the columns and steps of the building as part of an unannounced protest against peat extraction organised by Extinction Rebellion Finland and Sweden’s Återställ Våtmarker.
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WEB1 day ago — Finland. Politics. 17 September 2024. Print. Minister of Finance Riikka Purra (PS) attended a plenary session in the Parliament House in Helsinki on 6 September 2024. Purra has expressed her disappointment with the conclusions drawn by a parliamentary task force appointed to examine the budget of YLE, …
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WEBSep 20, 2024 — THE NUMBER of financial scams has increased in the first half of the year, according to information collected from banks by Finance Finland.. YLE on Tuesday reported that Finns lost a total of 27.5 million euros to financial scams in the first half of the year, signalling an increase of nearly eight million euros from the first six months of 2023. Banks managed to block and recover ...
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WEBFinland. Politics. 04 September 2024. Minister of Finance Riikka Purra (PS) spoke at a news conference following the conclusion of the government’s budget session in Helsinki on Tuesday, 3 September 2024. Purra indicated that the nine-billion-euro target for fiscal adjustment should be enough to meet the government’s goal of stopping the ...
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WEBInternational news. 30 July 2024. Print. A pedestrian is seen crossing a street near the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on July 18, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / AFP. The German economy continues to struggle, with economic output falling by 0.1 percent in the second quarter of 2024, according to the ...
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WEBFinland. Domestic. 17 September 2024. Print. Helsinki remains the most expensive city in Finland for property-related expenses, with costs rising at twice the national average. This year, property expenses have increased primarily due to higher land property taxes, district heating, and water charges.
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WEBLEHTIKUVA. In a grim forecast released by the Bank of Finland, the country's economy is expected to shrink by 0.5% in 2024, with only a slow recovery projected in the following years. The national bank’s interim forecast, published on September 16, 2024, paints a cautious picture of the economic outlook, warning that while growth may return ...
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WEB3 days ago — A recent assessment reveals that Finland's Helsinki metropolitan area has approximately 528,000 square meters of vacant office space, with estimates suggesting this could reach one million square meters when considering additional areas. If converted into residential units, this space could yield around 10,560 apartments, assuming an average size of 50 square meters per apartment.
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WEB2 days ago — LEHTIKUVA. In 2023, the number of households renting their homes in Finland exceeded one million for the first time, according to recent data from Statistics Finland. By the end of the year, 1.02 million households were living in rental accommodations, representing a 2.2% increase compared to the previous year.
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WEBIn a celebration of their shared sauna culture, Estonia and Finland have set a new Guinness World Record for "Most Photos of People in Saunas Posted on Facebook in One Hour." The event took place on International Sauna Day, June 8, 2024, and saw 3,909 sauna photos uploaded during the designated hour, with 3,602 officially counted towards the record.
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