Finland

Following a call for tenders, the Finnish Immigration Service issued decisions on the establishment of new reception centres in different geographical areas, concluding 16 agreements

Hollywood actor Brad Pitt and Australian musician Nick Cave debuted as artists in an exhibition in Finland featuring sculptures and ceramics created by the film star and singer-songwriter

The government reached an agreement on disputed Patient Safety Act, that would allow regional administrative agencies to restrict strikes affecting essential social and health services with threat of fines

This summer, domestic tourists preferred domestic destinations, as reflected in the summer accommodation statistics, with May-July figures exceeding the pre-pandemic level

Espoo will draw up a roadmap by the end of 2023 to promote biodiversity recovery in the growing city and achieve the roadmap's biodiversity targets by 2035

The Russian invasion of Ukraine had an impact on people applying to study Russian at the University of Tampere, the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland

The Finnish Immigration Service has revealed that the assistance system for victims of human trafficking received a total of 185 applications for a period between January 1 and June 30 2022; in the same period of 2021 they were 147

Inheritance is becoming an increasingly important wealth source in Finland as large age groups die and pass on their wealth to future, smaller generations - said Hannu Nummiaro, an economist at Lähi-Tapiola

Finnair announced an upcoming new strategy and significant structural renewal to mitigate the losses due to rising fuel prices, rapid inflation and operational rescheduling in consequence of a prolonged closure of Russian airspace

The country will update its transgender legislation in the autumn; currently, a transgender person must present proof of sterilisation before they can receive legal gender recognition, but the government would like this requirement to be abolished

YLE news director and editor-in-chief Jouko Jokinen rejected Turkish President Erdogan's demands to stop broadcasting interviews with 'terrorist leaders', calling them 'delusional imaginings of a dictator'

About a third of young Finns are worried that working life is too hard, reveals a survey commissioned by Economy and Youth; percentage of young people worried about the burden of working life has increased by 10 points since 2020