Dec 9, 2024 · The Finnish Parliament has approved significant changes to labour market subsidies, commuting and relocation allowances, and unemployment benefits during employment-promoting services. These cuts will take effect on 1 January 2025 and are expected to impact thousands of unemployed individuals across the country. The minimum partial labour market subsidy, currently set at 50% of the full amount ...

3 days ago · Finland's most-watched TV broadcasts of 2024 highlighted moments of national significance, with events such as Independence Day celebrations, the presidential election, and major sporting events drawing millions to Yle's channels. Eight of the top ten broadcasts of the year aired on Yle. The most-watched programme of the year was the Independence Day edition of Yle News at 20:30, which ...

Dec 25, 2024 · THE WINTER SOLSTICE may be behind us, but the gloom is showing no signs of lifting in the labour market, reports YLE.. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on Monday reported that unemployment has crept up noticeably, with the total number of unemployed job seekers rising by 28,100 from the previous year to 292,400 in November.. Heikki Räisänen, a research director at the Ministry ...

Dec 17, 2024 · Finnish taxpayers will experience a significant increase in their overall tax burden in 2025, marking the highest level in a decade. The findings come from calculations by the Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA) using its Tax Calculator. The average Finnish wage earner's tax burden will rise, considering not only income taxes but also mandatory employee contributions and consumption taxes.

Dec 27, 2024 · A DAMAGED CABLE has been confirmed as the cause of the failure detected in Estlink 2, an electricity transmission link between Finland and Estonia, on Wednesday, report YLE and Helsingin Sanomat.. Finnish authorities revealed yesterday at a news conference that the damage is believed to have been caused by Eagle S, a Cook Islands-flagged oil tanker that is understood to be part of the so ...

Nov 25, 2024 · FINNAIR on Saturday communicated that it will cancel hundreds of flights due to two work stoppages organised by the Finnish Airline Pilots’ Association (SLL).. SLL announced earlier last week that its members will participate in a day-long strike on both 9 December and 13 December. Pilots have also decided to reject on-call assignments for an indefinite period starting on 5 December ...

Dec 13, 2024 · The Finnish Parliament has approved a legislative change that will stop the payment of national pensions to recipients living outside Finland in EU and EEA countries, Switzerland, and the UK, effective from 1 February 2025. This decision aims to reduce government spending and redefine the national pension as a minimum benefit, available only to residents of Finland.

Oct 22, 2024 · A strict data privacy law regulating the use of health records for research purposes has led to a nearly 50% drop in studies utilizing healthcare registers in Finland over the past three years. Now, changes to the law are being considered to strike a balance between data protection and easing research processes. Enacted in 2019, the Secondary Use of Health and Social Data Act governs how ...

1 day ago · THE DECLINE in Finnish house prices slowed down at the end of last year.. Statistics Finland on Tuesday published data indicating that the prices of old dwellings in housing companies decreased by an average of 0.6 per cent year-on-year in December. The decrease came in at only 0.2 per cent in the capital region and 0.4 per cent in the six largest cities in the country – Espoo, Helsinki ...

Jan 7, 2025 · Rescuers worked at the smouldering ruins of a private residence after a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on 25 December 2024. A Helsingin Sanomat survey finds that Finns are increasingly supportive of the idea of dispatching western land forces to help Ukraine to defend itself against the brutal and unprovoked war of aggression waged by Russia.