Efforts by the Finnish government to create consensus on economic reforms in the wake of a decline in the country’s credit rating last week seem to have failed, ... details
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, who is on a state visit in the country, paid a visit to the Santa Claus Village at the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi on Thursday.
In an ... details
Parliament will receive a citizen’s initiative bill which proposes tougher penalties for sexual offence against children.
The initiative has already garnered more than 50,000 signatures.
The bill ... details
A diplomat who was allegedly behind the smuggling of a six-year-old boy named Anton from Russia to Finland was on Thursday fined by the Vantaa District Court, reported the Finnish language tabloid Iltalehti.
Anton and his father were smuggled out of Russia in a car’s trunk in 2009. The mother had secretly taken Anton to Russia without his father’s knowledge.
The court handed the diplomat a 60-day fine equivalent to around 4,000 euros. The penalty was demanded by the boy’s mother.
According to the court, the diplomat neglected his duty in resolving the matter.
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The number of abortions carried out by girls under the age of 20 is at a record low level according to the National Institute for Health and Welfare-THL.
In 2013, ... details
