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Finland: Government resigns a month before general elections

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
The coalition government of Juha Sipilä has resigned this morning over the failure of its social, health care and regional government reform package. The act...

Finnish labour market ‘quite unusual’

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
Further action is needed to address the labour market mismatch in discussing the central government budget for 2019 in the Finnish Parliament. So said...

Finland backs redistribution of UK’s EU seats, stirs controversy at home

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
Finland’s European affairs, culture and sports minister, Sampo Terho, is disappointed with the government’s decision to back the partial redistribution of the United Kingdom’s...

OECD calls on Finns to scrap basic income system

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has called on Finland to overhaul its social security system because it “reduces work incentives”. Its new...

Animal rights wrongs in Finland

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
Finland’s new draft bill to reform the animal welfare act has sparked controversy. Critics warn the new rules will do little to ease the...
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