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HS: Helsinki’s hotel boom has led to low occupancy rates, low prices and financial worries
A cyclist passed by people sitting by Töölönlahti Bay in Helsinki on 22 July 2024. Hotels in the Finnish capital have become relatively affordable as…
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Finland’s economic turnaround is delayed, probably not cancelled, economist tells YLE
A block of flats under construction in Pasila, Helsinki, on 19 July 2024. The slowdown in construction continues to be reflected in unemployment…
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Helsinki’s retail heart struggles to recover post-pandemic, losing over 100 stores
More than a hundred stores have disappeared from Helsinki's city center in less than five years. LEHTIKUVA…
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Finnish consumers are spending less than their Nordic counterparts, says Nordea
A person walked through a door advertising a sale in Helsinki on 8 July 2024. Finnish consumers used their payment cards more cautiously than their…
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Valtonen: Hungary can’t present itself as EU representative in Beijing, Moscow
Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen (NCP) laughed in the canteen of the Parliament House on 12 July 2024. Valtonen on Monday reiterated the…
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YLE: Finland on track to fall short with effort to reduce plastic bag use
A customer in a Lidl supermarket in Espoo on 4 January 2024. With Finnish consumers bringing home hundreds of millions of plastic bags from grocery…
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Stubb: Finland’s border security act has broad support in Europe
Finnish President Alexander Stubb arrived for a meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) at the Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, the UK, on…
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Ovaska: High-speed Helsinki—Turku railway project should be suspended
Jouni Ovaska (Centre), the chairperson of the Parliament’s Transport and Communications Committee, outlined the Centre’s platform for the European…
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Finland comes in third to last in expat experience study
Employees chatting in an office in October 2021. Finland has lost much of its shine in the eyes of international talent, indicates an annual study of…
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Etla: Finland has no choice to adapt as geopolitics replaces globalisation
Attendees looked at Nio ET7 at the Beijing Auto Show on 3 May 2024. The European Union has threatened to impose tariffs of up to 38 per cent on…
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