Finnish telecommunications equipment maker Nokia on Thursday reported strong growth in 2022, with its quarterly operating profit exceeding market expectations. The company’s operating profit in full year 2022 increased by 12 percent to 3.1 billion [Read More]
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto has said that Finland might have to reconsider promoting a joint, simultaneous entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO if Sweden’s application is delayed much longer. Joint entry with Sweden [Read More]
Consumer prices rose by an average of 7.1 percent in Finland in 2022, the highest increase in 40 years. The previous inflation record for the 21st century was set during the global financial crisis in [Read More]
Reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements, such as those used during the COVID-19 crisis, can bring benefits for economies, businesses and workers, such as greater productivity and improved work-life balance, a new [Read More]
Retail sales volume in Britain is estimated to have fallen by 0.4 percent in November despite Black Friday shopping events, as non-store retailing sales volumes fell by 2.8 percent, statistics show. Retail sales fell overall [Read More]
The Finnish economy is expected to fall into a mild recession in 2023, although it will grow by 1.9 percent over the entire year of 2022, the Bank of Finland has forecast. The central bank [Read More]
Heading into the winter months, people in Finland appear to be overwhelmingly supportive of the government’s energy efficiency measures. According to a recent survey, their attitude has also changed markedly towards nuclear power. The rise [Read More]
Following its emergency meeting on Monday, the government of Finland submitted to Parliament a draft proposal on the country’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). However, the speaker of Parliament said that he [Read More]
Up to 41 percent of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Finland are preparing to carry out layoffs, and 10 percent consider it possible that they may go bankrupt next year, the Confederation of Finnish [Read More]
1917: After drafting the Declaration of Independence, the Finnish Senate headed by P. E. Svinhufvud submitted to the Parliament of Finland a proposal for the form of government of the Republic of Finland and issued [Read More]
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