The government has abandoned the plan to introduce tuition fees to students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA), due to fierce controversy both in the cabinet and outside.
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Defence Minister Carl Haglund said his remarks about deeper defence cooperation between Finland and Sweden were misinterpreted.
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The Confederation of Affiliates for Highly Educated People-Akava will offer unjustifiable fixed-term contracts to long-time unemployed persons, said the national broadcaster YLE.
Currently, fixed-term contracts are offered only for reasons like in case one is hired as a temporary replacement.
The basis for fixed-term employment could be set aside, so that the long-term unemployed would be employed, said Akava Director Maria Löfgren to Yle.
The temporary exemption would only apply to those unemployed for a year. The duration of the job should be at least 10 months.
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Anarchist protests in Helsinki during the Independence Day celebrations resulted in a loss of property worth 100,000 euros, according to police estimates.
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Kaisa Mäkäräinen on Sunday won the 10-kilometre biathlon pursuit race in a dominant fashion in Östersund.
According to the International Biathlon Union (IBU), Mäkäräinen secured the win with three penalties.
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