Prime Minister Juha Sipilä on Saturday said he is willing to provide his little-used house to refugees, reported national broadcaster Yle.
Sipilä travels to Oulu, northern Finland, on Saturday ... details
The government is considering measures which it could use to shorten the holidays of people working for the state, municipalities and the universities, reported the Helsingin Sanomat, a Finnish ... details
Refugees and volunteers assisting them have been threatened with violence in different parts of the country, the police said.
Senior police officer Teijo Ristola from the South-West Finland Police Department said threats, spread ... details
Finland has dropped in its ranking on the latest International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) index which measures the openness of a country’s economy.
Finland is now ranked 25th on the latest Open Markets Index. Two years ago the country was number 17 on the list.
Singapore and Hong Kong claimed the top spots once again.
Timo Vuori, the director of International Chamber of Commerce in Finland said the fact that Finland is falling behind other Nordic and Baltic states is alarming.
“The modest success in the survey gives Finland a bad picture as an investment destination,” Vuori observed.
Other Nordic countries maintained their ... details
The number of new passenger cars registered in August 2015 was 8,402, which was 11.7 per cent up from the year before.
A total of 13,023 new motor vehicles were registered ... details
