A block of flats under construction in Pasila, Helsinki, on 19 July 2024. The slowdown in construction continues to be reflected in unemployment statistics, but unemployment has crept up also in other sectors of the economy, alarming economists. (Emmi Korhonen –…
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Helsinki’s retail heart struggles to recover post-pandemic, losing over 100…
More than a hundred stores have disappeared from Helsinki's city center in less…
Finnish consumers are spending less than their Nordic counterparts, says Nordea
A person walked through a door advertising a sale in Helsinki on 8 July 2024.…
Valtonen: Hungary can’t present itself as EU representative in Beijing, Moscow
Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen (NCP) laughed in the canteen of the…
YLE: Finland on track to fall short with effort to reduce plastic bag use
A customer in a Lidl supermarket in Espoo on 4 January 2024. With Finnish…
Stubb: Finland’s border security act has broad support in Europe
Finnish President Alexander Stubb arrived for a meeting of the European Political…
Ovaska: High-speed Helsinki—Turku railway project should be suspended
Jouni Ovaska (Centre), the chairperson of the Parliament’s Transport and…
Finland comes in third to last in expat experience study
Employees chatting in an office in October 2021. Finland has lost much of its…
Etla: Finland has no choice to adapt as geopolitics replaces globalisation
Attendees looked at Nio ET7 at the Beijing Auto Show on 3 May 2024. The European…
Police wrap up inquiry into shooting linked to Finnish MP
Timo Vornanen, a 54-year-old lawmaker from Joensuu, attended a plenary session in…