Tag: Espoo
HS: The labor shortage is getting worse in the capital region
“The kind of labor that is in demand is not available, and the demand for labor was at a consistently high level,” said. Heikki Räisänenresearch director at the Ministry of Economy and Labour. For example, there were an average of 1,817 nursing home jobs last year, while there were 1,220 suitable unemployed job seekers. Almost […]
The city bike season starts in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa on April 1
The new city bike season starts on April 1. In Helsinki and Espoo, where there is a common city bike service, Vantaa has its own service. The bikes cannot be used interchangeably between these services. You can buy the entire season ticket now and the purchase of other products is possible at the start of […]
The additional child benefit increased costs by 100 million euros in 2022
A total of 1.46 billion euros in child allowance was paid in 2022, which is almost 100 million euros more than the previous year (1.36 billion euros) due to the additional child allowance paid in December 2022. Otherwise, there have been no significant changes in the amount of child allowance paid in recent years. “At […]
Finland’s largest cities demand better cooperation with the state in immigration matters
The cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Turku and Oulu have proposed the establishment of an alliance led by the prime minister, which would set goals for economic growth and employment development.
Four proposals participated in the Espoo house architecture competition
The zoning competition for the Espoo building to be placed in Espoonkeskus is currently underway in cooperation with the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA). Four working groups were chosen to continue in the competition, whose works are Encounters, Kontrapunkti, Lehteri and Virta. The competition entries are made available for residents to see and comment on […]
The city of Helsinki appoints Glenn Gassen as director of immigration and Annukka Sorjonen as director of labor
Gassen and Sorjonen are responsible for increasing the vitality of the city by ensuring that companies and employers find qualified people and that the people of Helsinki get employment. Gassen, who previously worked as Enter Espoo’s innovation manager, believes that immigration will increase Helsinki’s vitality and states that Helsinki’s economic strength is based on the […]
Espoo awards the Hurraa building award to the Kirstinmäki residential block
According to the board, the awarded block is a successful development and extension construction project. Kirstinmäki residential block consists of several buildings. The whole of Espoo Asunnot Oy and Asuntosäätiö Rakennuttaja Oy consists of four apartment buildings and a parking garage under the courtyard. The main designer of the Kirstintie 2 and Kirstinharju 2 buildings […]
Jokeri Light Rail test runs start in Espoo – stops at metro and railway stations
In Leppävaara, you can easily get to the railway track and its future extension to the City Rail Link and the long-distance train network by express tram. Leppävaara is a commercially attractive area and thanks to the new light rail, its services are even easier to reach. In Otaniemi and Keilaniemi, the Jokeri tram stops […]
Guardians praise the early childhood education and preschool education in the capital region
This is evident from the results of the joint municipal survey. Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa organized a survey for the guardians of children in municipal and private early childhood education and pre-school education between October 26 and November 9, 2022. The survey was aimed at all guardians of children in early childhood education or […]
Police: Suffocation is not the cause of death for the woman arrested by security guards in Espoo’s shopping center
Officials investigating the death of a woman in Shopping Center Iso Omena on Saturday have received a preliminary forensic autopsy report.
More electric cars in use – in addition to Helsinki, electric cars are now also used in Turku, Tampere, Espoo and Vantaa for home delivery of Posti packages
In 2021, Posti launched an operating model where the recipient of the package gets the exact time and real-time map tracking of their shipment. At the same time, the company started deliveries with exact delivery time and map tracking with 100% electric cars. Now this delivery of electric vehicles is expanding to the aforementioned areas. […]
There are serious problems in the security sector, says Mikkonen
“The public must be able to trust that the operators of the security space are professional, whether it’s authorities or employees of security companies. Training and monitoring are necessary in order to ensure that abuse of the position is not used too much,” he stressed. Mikkonen said that he requested the report last week and […]
NIB finances the Green Chemistry R&D Park in Finland
The EUR 40 million loan will partially finance approximately 3,100 square meters of rentable office space, 8,600 square meters of rentable laboratory space, 730 square meters of rentable meeting space and the first phase of the restaurant project. The building will comply with the BREEAM environmental certificate, and the goal is to get at least […]
Monday’s papers: The death of the Big Apple, virus variants and the logistics of liberation
Legal experts have questioned the security guards’ actions after a woman died in Espoo on Saturday.
A woman died in the shopping center of Espoo, the security guards are suspected of murder
The police need observations and videos of the incident where a woman died in the shopping center Issa Omena on Saturday evening.
Nature, community and a human-sized city – these are the wishes of the people of Espoo for urban planning
The series of 14 events, which includes themed evenings, discussion sessions and a workshop, reached around 1,500 Espoo residents during the spring of 2022. The series of events was implemented by the Espoo City Planning Agency and the Espoo Adult Education Center in cooperation with the Center for Sustainable Development and Aalto University. The purpose […]
The police are asking the court to arrest the guards for the series of assaults
The newspaper said the three suspects, who are due to be interviewed today – all men in their 20s – are suspected of three counts of assault and two counts of aggravated assault. East Uusimaa Police Department on Monday was revealed that six security professionals are believed to have committed crimes at work in several […]
The employment and income level of immigrants in the capital region is worse than average
This is one fifth of all people of working age. The population shares of people with a foreign background in Espoo and Vantaa have risen to a significantly higher level than in Helsinki, the study claims. In addition, the study shows that the employment situation of immigrants is “clearly worse” than that of residents of […]
The extension of the metro enables better services and increases Espoo’s vitality
– We are not only building the metro, but also everything that it enables, says the mayor of Espoo Jukka Mäkelä. Mäkelä mentions the European Innovation Capital award (iCapital) as an example of the opportunities offered by the metro. The city of Espoo is one of the finalists in this year’s competition, along with Marseille […]
Espoo is introducing new measures to save electricity
The chosen measures aim to secure residents’ access to electricity and the city’s various functions. The measures also aim to reduce peaks in electricity consumption and curb the rise in energy costs. Espoo saves energy with concrete measures Espoo City Council approved the proposal of the energy preparedness group on the following energy saving measures: […]
Tiilismäenrinne’s plan to bring apartment buildings, business premises and a daycare center to Kiviruukki
The plan proposal also reflects the views of the residents. For example, the Ruukintie area in particular has been made more alive and versatile. The apartment buildings closest to the garage building and the neighboring small houses have also been reduced at the request of the residents. Currently, 5–6 floors are proposed for the lowest […]
EMMA opens a new space for the world-class collection of visionary collector Kyösti Kakkonen, which focuses on Finnish glass and ceramic design
Collection Two will be presented to the media on Tuesday, November 8 at 10 a.m. at EMMA – Espoo’s modern art museum. You can follow the live streaming of the event in Zoom from this link. In Finnish. The exhibition is a collaboration Kösti KakkonenEMMA and the city of Espoo and it has been curated […]
The police are warning motorists when a car hit children at a crosswalk in Espoo
Motorists and pedestrians need to be extra careful and alert as daylight hours shorten, police said.
A young Finnish man was arrested in absentia due to a data breach at Vastaamo
The man is believed to live abroad, and according to him, an international arrest warrant has been issued press release KRP published on Friday. “We understand that he was living abroad when the extortion happened. But where he was when the data breach itself took place at the turn of 2018 and 2019, we don’t […]
The new metro line from Matinkylä to Kivenlahti will open on December 3, 2022
The metro was expanded from Ruoholahti to Matinkylä with eight new stations in 2017, when the first phase of the Länsimetro was completed. Since then, the work has continued on the west side of Matinkylä. “The timetables and costs of the construction of the metro extension were kept in accordance with the decisions of the […]
Thousands of Helsinki residents are still waiting for the city to resolve the payroll errors
Helsingin sanomat newspaper reported that, however, the number of contact requests received by payroll has risen to almost 10,000 as the number of contacts increases and the rate of error correction slows down every month. In the last two weeks, there have been more error notifications of wages than resolved cases. Most of the error […]
Most of the highly educated people who move to Finland settle in well
However, there are also areas for development. As many as 39 percent are considering leaving Finland in the near future. Almost one in five (17%) has adapted either somewhat or very poorly. Unemployment, insufficient language skills and a lack of Finnish friends most likely lead to housing difficulties. – It is vital for Finland that […]
The planning of the Kauklahti station area is progressing
The Lasihyti area is planned taking into account the comprehensive development of the Kauklahti station area and the protection of Espoonjoki’s natural resources. In the future, about 4,000 new residents will come to the Lasihyti area. The area south of the railway is mainly an industrial area, divided by the Espoon River. “The Espoonjoki valley […]
The Espoo metro extension will open in December
Having worked for decades on the west side of the Helsinki Metro, the goal is to have traffic in regular use by the end of the year.
The new metro line from Matinkylä to Kivenlahti opens on December 3
The metro was expanded from Ruoholahti to Matinkylä with eight new stations in 2017, when the first phase of the Länsimetro was completed. Since then, the work has continued on the west side of Matinkylä. – The construction schedules and costs of the metro extension were kept in accordance with the decisions of the Espoo […]
Espoo raises the salary of daycare managers, but not the staff
The city justified the managers’ salary increase by saying that the managers’ salaries benefit the employees, which suggests that better leadership increases the employees’ well-being.
The decline in Helsinki apartment prices will continue until the end of 2023, says an economist
In the rest of the capital region, apartment prices continued to rise. Espoo and Kauniainen rose by 1.9 percent to 4,176 euros per square meter and Vantaa by 2.4 percent to 3,212 euros per square meter. In Espoo and Kauniainen, however, apartment prices fell by 1.8 percent in July-August. Juhana BrotherusThe chief economist of the […]
Espoo aims for sustainable land use by 2060
“Housing, services, transport, business life, jobs, recreation, natural values ​​and climate issues must be coordinated so that the city functions as a whole.” The preparation of the master plan will begin on September 7, 2022, when the start of the zoning will be announced. First, the goals are set for the plan: which issues must […]
On screens in September: Why reboot is one of the ugliest words in cinema
Let us start again” … in the 1820s it sounded like mission impossible from a doctor to a gout sufferer; in the 1960s, as something Nancy Sinatra might say during a flip-flop break; and since the 1980s, our most common office announcement. Usually it is followed by moaning. Perhaps that’s why the TV and film […]
New public art on display in schools and daycare centers in Helsinki
Kinetic installation Circulation by Inka Bell is located in the renovated premises of Pakila elementary school and youth center. The installation is 2.5 meters high and 1.9 meters wide and it covers the wall of the dining room with cylindrical pieces that can be turned. The cylinders are painted with two ombre colors: one side […]
Espoo’s eventful summer culminates Espoo celebrates! week
Event calendar Espoo is celebrating! The week also includes architecture-, history- and nature-themed walks, free entry to museums, events about local food and drinks, and exercise classes organized by clubs. On Espoo Day, Saturday 27.8. we celebrate from morning to night at the long-standing party venue in Dipoli. In the early afternoon, an orchestra plays […]
Other municipalities that use the same salary system are causing havoc for the employees of the City of Helsinki
In a few months, communities all over Finland will start working in welfare service municipalities, which will replace the country’s old social and health service system of hundreds of individual municipalities. When it happens early next year, more than 200,000 people will effectively have new employers who will pay them for their work. Half of […]
Magpie: Finland does not accept the rail gauge changes requested by the European Commission
Finland’s standard track width is 1,524 millimeters, close to the track width used in Russia. Harakka said on Tuesday that the proposed transition to a narrower gauge is unreasonable and unacceptable for Finland. He added that the country should be granted an exception from the requirement to switch to the European gauge. “Finland does not […]
The beauty of Finland’s national parks still attracts people after the peak of the pandemic
During the first two years of the Covid pandemic, 2020 and 2021, Finland’s national parks and other natural sites became very popular domestic tourist destinations, but it seems that other attractions are increasingly competing for people’s attention. Although official summer visitor numbers are not yet available, traffic has slowed down according to the parks Pirkko […]
UPM makes record results, Nokia and Wärtsilä are also strong
More large Finnish companies announced brisk second quarter sales on Thursday. The comparable operating profit of Nokia, which manufactures wireless and fixed network equipment, was 714 million euros in April-June, compared to 682 million euros in the same period last year. Turnover rose to 5.87 billion euros in the second quarter, compared to 5.31 billion […]
Forecasts: Mercury will remain above 30 ° C in many parts of Finland this week
Such a heat wave is rare in June. “Daytime temperatures are almost 10 degrees higher than usual, so we’re not talking about anything typical now. The difference is noticeable when comparing current figures with long-term statistics, ”he said. This year’s highest temperature, 31.2 degrees, was measured on Sunday in Nuuksio, Espoo. According to forecasts, there […]
A Finnish startup is building a € 400 million plant to supply textile fiber to Zara, Patagonia, for example
Infinited Fiber on Monday said the facility is expected to operate at full capacity in 2025 and directly employ about 250 people, in addition to 50 on-site support functions such as maintenance, logistics and services. The construction and installation phase is estimated to create 120 person-years and an additional 800 jobs will be created as […]
The Academy of Fine Arts award was given to Katarina Reuter
He currently lives in the countryside of Raseborg, surrounded by the nature subjects he depicts in his paintings. Reuter is known for his nuanced depictions of intimate natural environments and miniature creatures rendered with delightfully delicate brush strokes. His scenes of nature feed the imagination with their layering and significance. The jury commented on his […]
Friday’s newspapers: Political fires, empty homes and US Senate committee support Finland’s NATO application
Helsingin sanomat newspaper wrote The Center, the National Coalition Party (NCP) and the Left Alliance will meet for their annual meetings this weekend. The members of the Center Party will meet in Lappeenranta, the NCP will head to Kalajoki and Pori will host the Left Alliance. All three chairs, Annika Saarikko (Center), Petteri Orpo (NCP) […]
Finland at centre of multimillion dollar UN sustainable housing scandal
Finland has become embroiled in a scandal involving a United Nations project in which tens of millions of dollars were invested into a flagship sustainable housing programme. The project was operating out of an office in downtown Helsinki. A UN audit revealed that up to 60 million dollars was allocated to a single partner company […]
EMMA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Espoo by donating a public sculpture
On the green bench of Toppelundinranta sits a human-sized figure welcoming passers-by to sit next to him. Nelli from Espoo is a bronze sculpture by Kerttu Horila that delights both Espoo residents and guests. The nomadic sculpture moves regularly and brings joy to a new neighborhood every year. The Espoo Youth Council decides on the […]
Significant EU funding for the city of Espoo to combine sports, sports and digitalisation
– The receipt of EU funding is an indication that Espoo’s expertise in digitalisation and the promotion of mobility has been recognized at European level. It is particularly gratifying that the funding makes Espoo an even better sports city with the help of the whole community. Together, residents, sports clubs, companies and the city create […]
Monday’s newspapers: Signs of recession, rising energy costs and donations to Ukrainians
Rising inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have increased fears of a future recession in Finland. However, economists said Helsingin sanomat newspaper that there is no need to worry too much, saying that Finland is now better prepared to cope with the recession than during the recession of the early 2010s. In the aftermath of […]
Espoo Master Plan 2060 aims for sustainable growth
The population of the Helsinki metropolitan area is growing. The Espoo Master Plan 2060 is a city-wide master plan that agrees on the direction of the city’s growth and key land use issues. The master plan guides traffic, mobility, and the location of housing, services, jobs, and recreational areas. – With the plan, we can […]
Housing prices rose, although sales volumes in Finland fell in April from last year
Juho KeskinenAn economist at the Finnish Mortgage Association (Hypo) said that market activity remained surprisingly strong despite Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. – The mood has calmed down and the high activity observed during the coronavirus crisis is clearly behind us. But sales are still higher than it was three years before the pandemic, […]
The court sentenced Helsinki rapists to long prison terms
The Helsinki District Court has sentenced long-term prison sentences to suspects leaders of a street gang involved in violent incidents in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The court condemned Milan JaffThe 22-year-old, known for his music videos and rape on social media, is sentenced to 10 years in prison. In the judgment, the court found that […]
Finnish Lapland benefited from internal migration for the first time since the early 1960s
“Lapland is a good example. It recorded migration gains, but many other regions have managed to reduce net migration losses during the coronavirus pandemic. The main explanation is the migration from the Helsinki metropolitan area to the provinces, ”MDI’s leading expert Timo Aro told me YLE on Friday. The largest migration gain increased in Pirkanmaa, […]
45% of jobseekers in Vantaa are long-term unemployed
Since 2021, most of the experimentation with the responsibility for employment services being transferred to municipalities has shown good results Eija Väätäinenwhich leads the project in Vantaa and Kerava. However, he adds that long-term unemployment remains a distressing problem. "For many, the setbacks caused by the coronavirus appear to be long-lasting," Väätäinen says. There are […]
In 2021, Teosto collected 70.1 million euros in music royalties
Although the COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the music industry, the amount of royalties collected by Teosto increased by almost 7%, or about EUR 4.5 million, compared to 2020. At the same time, Teosto’s own operating expenses decreased. To 4.2%. Royalties collected from concerts, gigs and festivals increased only slightly compared to 2020, from EUR […]
The climate group announces the demonstrations, reports an increase in the number of members
The Finnish branch of the Extinction Rebellion environmental activist group, or Elokapina The demonstration in Finnish was held on Tuesday in front of the main entrance of the energy company Fortum’s head office in Keilaniemi, Espoo. The demonstration lasted until 11 a.m. and was attended by about 70 people. Ainomaija MikolaElokapina’s media contact told Yle […]
Greenpeace activists hung an anti-war flag at the headquarters of the power company Fortum
Greenpeace activists climbed on Wednesday at the energy company’s Fortum headquarters in Espoo to hang a flag urging the state-owned company to end business relations with Russia. The company’s subsidiary, German Uniper, is one of the largest importers of Russian gas to Europe. Fortum, which is almost 51% owned by the Finnish state, is by […]
Municipal strikes would cut off traffic in Finland’s largest cities
The strikes of more than 80,000 municipal employees began on Tuesday in Finland’s largest cities. The strikes were due to growing frustration with the stagnation of workers ’wages and labor shortages. The municipal strikes began on Tuesday morning when municipal employers and employees could not reach an agreement on a new collective agreement covering 425,000 […]
Tuesday’s newspapers: strikes, Marin to Berlin and former British diplomat offers protection to Finland
Municipal strikes began on Tuesday in cities across the country and affected about 81,000 workers. Helsingin Sanomat wrote that kindergartens, schools, libraries, food services, sports halls and other municipal services are affected by the strike in Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Oulu, Rovaniemi, Tampere and Turku. HS wrote that the most important requirement for […]
Helsinki May Day Crash Car owned by an official of the Ministry of Finance, a new candidate for election
The Ministry of Finance has confirmed that one of its officials owns a car that collided with nine vehicles on May Day in Helsinki. Three men, including the driver, were injured in Saturday’s crash series, while a video from the scene shows the car barely overtaking several pedestrians at high speed. By Monday afternoon, police […]
Schools and kindergartens will close next week as the strike progresses
The week-long strike by municipal workers appears to continue from Tuesday, May 3rd Elina Pylkkänenan official in charge of the controversial conciliation committee said Friday he did not intend to ask the minister for a new postponement. The measure will lead to large-scale closures of schools, kindergartens and other services such as libraries and museums […]
Friday’s newspapers: Strike threat, Finnair’s problems and Tappara title
Helsingin sanomat newspaper reports Municipal workers in the metropolitan area will go on strike next week after a conciliation committee set up to unite unions and employers said on Thursday afternoon that the parties were too far apart and could not propose a new agreement. The agreement now seems a long way off, as employers […]
Strike on the shutters of schools and kindergartens in 10 Finnish cities next week
According to YLE, the strike covers a total of 81,000 employees in Espoo, Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Kauniainen, Kuopio, Oulu, Rovaniemi, Tampere, Turku and Vantaa. In the Helsinki metropolitan area alone, about 31,000 employees are on strike. The city of Helsinki decided on Wednesday that its Finnish-language schools would be closed due to the strike. Pylkkänen told […]
A nationwide strike in the municipal sector next week
The one-week municipal service, school and kindergarten strike will begin on May 3, unless a dispute is resolved. Public sector unions Juko, Jyty and JHL have issued a strike warning for the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen, Vantaa, Oulu, Rovaniemi, Jyväskylä, Tampere, Turku and Kuopio next week. Trade unions seek to put pressure on employers […]
The coronavirus group in the Helsinki region is abandoning the general mask recommendation
The coronavirus coordination group in the metropolitan area on Wednesday recommended that people may choose to reduce the use of face shields in public places. The groupAn organization of officials, authorities and medical experts in the area said that children and young people in the cities of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa are not required to […]
Ukrainians can apply for jobs in Finland, but can they find them?
After Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of Ukrainians are expected to seek refuge in Finland, most of them seeking work. Julia Shevchenko is one of them. He arrived in Helsinki with his five-year-old son a month ago, while his ex-wife, mother-in-law and grandfather remained in their home country of Kiev to help […]
The Minister postpones the municipal strike in the Helsinki region
The Minister of Labor has postponed the service, school and kindergarten strike in the municipalities of the Helsinki metropolitan area for two weeks. Tuula Haatainen (SDP). The strike was scheduled to begin on April 19, but the Finnish national labor mediator asked Haatainen to postpone it. As a result, the one-week strike is now scheduled […]
Finland’s first science satellite, Foresail-1, is ready for space: Aalto University
The satellite’s journey from Otaniemi, Espoo, will begin in a few days. The first stop is Berlin, Germany, where the satellite will be integrated into the launch adapter. German launch service provider EXOLaunch will supply Foresail-1 for its designated rocket. In the summer, the satellite will be launched with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from […]
The two-day strike by local residents will stop in Tampere and Kuopio
The two-day strikes in Kuopio and Tampere, called by Juko’s negotiating unit representing municipal employees, began at midnight on Tuesday and are due to end on Thursday. Schools and libraries closed, other services with limited capacity In Tampere and Kuopio, libraries and schools from primary to professional level are closed. In addition, doctor’s appointments at […]
School closures are expected as municipal strikes spread to several Finnish cities
Public sector employees are organizing a series of strikes to put pressure on employer groups to accept pay rise demands. The unions currently involved in the industrial action represent, among others, nurses, teachers, doctors and staff from schools and early childhood education and other municipal services. Minister of Labor Tuula Haatainen (SDP) has taken a […]
A strike by the municipal sector struck four cities
Thousands of municipal workers, including teachers, early childhood educators, psychologists and social workers, went on strike in four Finnish cities on Wednesday as the largest industrial action in the municipal sector for decades. The measure, called by the Public Sector Professional Consultative Organization (Juko), aims to put pressure on employers to resolve contractual disputes that […]
The municipal strike closes schools in four cities
The cities of Rovaniemi and Oulu, among others, have announced a possible strike by municipal employees, which would affect the opening hours of schools and kindergartens on Wednesday and Thursday. Collective bargaining between employers ‘representatives and municipal workers’ unions has stalled, and unions are now calling for a strike that threatens to shut down schools […]
Police indicted for attempted murder against rapper, separate trial begins with planned retaliation
The District Court of Eastern Uusimaa has been imprisoned as a rapper and suspected gang leader Milan Jaff charged with attempted murder. The indictment is related to a preliminary investigation by the Central Criminal Police with the police departments of Eastern Uusimaa and Helsinki into a violent clash between two street gangs in Vantaa last […]
The biggest jump in foreign language speakers in Finland
The number of speakers of foreign languages ​​increased by more than 25,000 last year, which is the largest number since Finland’s independence. The number of native speakers of the three official languages ​​- Finnish, Swedish and Sámi – decreased by almost 11,000. At the same time, the total population grew by more than 14,000 people, […]
Friday’s newspapers: International workers ‘struggles, tire price hike and ban on overtime by nurses’ unions
The integration of foreigners into the Finnish workforce has been an embarrassing problem for years. Unnecessary language requirements are often a problem, and some job seekers say they have been discriminated against. On Friday Helsingin Sanomat tells about this On the efforts of the municipality of Espoo to map and process the access of people […]
Espoo rents the Oittaa camping area to develop into a high-quality, sustainable destination
Espoo’s goal is to remain the most responsible city in Europe, which is why it invests in low-carbon forms of travel. Jotuca’s goal is to make Oitta a significant glamping place and an attractive destination for sustainable tourism, which also attracts visitors from outside Finland. “Glamping” means tents with all the modern commodities erected in […]
Most of Finland’s highly educated people abroad have experienced discrimination in their job search and work
says Mika Sallinen, Country Director of Universum Finland, an organization focusing on employer image research and development. A joint study by Universum and the City of Espoo also revealed that the biggest challenges in job search are related to employers’ requirements for proficiency in the mother tongue of Finnish. “The survey was answered by almost […]
The teachers’ strike may close the capital’s schools in April
Trade unions representing school staff, including teachers, have issued a strike warning covering some 31,000 workers in the metropolitan area. The unions JUKO and JAU have sent a strike warning to the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen. Negotiations between trade unions and municipal and county employers (KT) broke down on 28 February. If […]
Nokia, VTT Finland’s leading patent application list
Last year, the online company Nokia filed by far the largest number of patent applications in Finland, the National Board of Patents and Registration said on Sunday. Nokia Technologies filed 223 applications and Nokia Solutions and Networks 58. Together, they applied for 281 patents, compared to 259 the previous year. Previously, Nokia, the world’s largest […]
Microsoft is building an energy-efficient, heat-generating data center in Finland
The US software company Microsoft has announced plans to build a new zero-emission data center area in southern Finland, which will also be able to supply district heating to the municipalities of Espoo, Kauniainen and Kirkkonummi. The company said in a statement released on Thursday "unique collaboration" Finland’s largest energy company – with the state-owned […]
Sanctions will bring Helsinki’s largest arena to the center of controversy, and events could move to Tampere and Turku
The future of Helsinki Hall, the largest concert venue in the Helsinki metropolitan area and a major sports field, is in the dark as the Russian shareholders of the company that owns the arena rose to the Western sanctions list. As a result, the Finnish event organizers have suspended cooperation with the arena operator. During […]
Helsinki police report "unprecedented" passions
Police departments around the country said passport renewal has been brisk throughout the week. However, according to the Pasila permit unit in Helsinki, there were queues "unprecedented" on Friday. Every day in the Helsinki district, there are about 800 people in line, most of whom have come to apply for or renew a passport. Waiting […]
THL: Many Covid patients still need hospitalization, epidemic uncertain
According to the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), several Covid-19 patients are still treated in Finnish hospitals. Although infection rates have decreased, the number of patients has decreased only slightly. A total of 316 coronavirus patients were reported in the wards on Sunday, February 27, down from just seven a week earlier. However, […]
Pastor: Helsinki parishes are ready to receive up to 1,000 Ukrainian refugees
The city of Helsinki and the local church congregations are preparing for the expected arrival of Ukrainian refugees in Finland. According to the Lutheran pastor, the city’s parishes are already ready to receive emergency accommodation for up to 1,000 refugees Juha Rintamäki From Lauttasaari parish. "We can provide more accommodation if the situation worsens," he […]
Police: The most dangerous streets in Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Turku Finland
The streets of Helsinki, Jyväskylä and Turku were the most dangerous in the country last year, says the security index published by the police on Thursday. The police have used the index to monitor the security of Finnish cities for the past 10 years, including the number of crimes such as burglary, assault and drunk […]
Three died in a traffic accident in central Finland when a snowstorm covered Finland
Three people died and one was injured in an accident south of Jyväskylä on Tuesday when a snowstorm caused disruption in southern and central Finland. The collision between a truck and a car occurred shortly after 8 a.m. and caused extensive disruption to traffic in the area. Dangerous driving conditions were warned in Uusimaa and […]
Rising temperatures are flooding, damaging you
Warm temperatures, rain and melting snow together have wreaked havoc on several roads around the country, says Fintraffic’s Traffic Management Center. Antti-Jussi PalmroosOn Wednesday, the executive director of the traffic control center urged motorists to be especially careful to avoid holes in road surfaces now filled with water. "You are being repaired, but more and […]
60,000 tracks: Snowshoes create Finland’s largest snow drawing
Finland’s largest-ever snow drawing was created this weekend in Hattula, just over 100 kilometers north of Helsinki. The average diameter of the pattern is 220 meters. The centerpiece of the work is a starfish, around which other seafood is grouped. Janne Pyykköthe designer of the drawing said there are 60,000 individual snowshoe tracks in the […]
Thursday’s newspapers: The future of telework, Ă…land returns Covid tests, children in trucks
Earlier this week, it was reported that the Finnish government intends to end its national telework recommendation before March. Jyväskylän Central Finland It is reported in the morning papers that, according to a recent opinion poll, 55 per cent of Finns who worked remotely during the coronavirus pandemic would like to continue working remotely either […]
Wednesday’s papers: resignation of chairman of foreign affairs committee, restart of word F, energy price pressures
Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mika Niikko (Finns) have announced their resignation from the committee on Wednesday after criticism of a tweet he published on Tuesday suggesting that French President Emmanuel Macron or someone else publicly announce Ukraine’s non-accession to NATO. Niikko retreated quickly and explained that his tweet was "carelessly said" […]
Leads to the Our Roots show – a journey back in time
New genetic research is constantly being published, and our understanding of the past is becoming clearer. Thanks to the ancient DNA research of recent years, we know more about the migration of past people and even their appearance. Genomics proves that there is no biological basis to justify prejudices based on skin color or place […]
The consumption footprint of Helsinki residents is larger than in many others
However, residents of many other municipalities may not be able to make the same choices when it comes to food and exercise. Energy is Helsinki’s main culprit. The use of fossil fuels in the production of district heating increases the consumption footprint of residents by more than 3.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. Helsinki Energy […]
Erkan Ă–zgen’s Wonderland will start a series of three media arts at EMMA
Wonderland is a touching, wordless story about 13-year-old Muhammad and his family fleeing the Syrian city of KobanĂ® when attacked by Islamic State (ISIS) forces in 2014. In a short video, Muhammad, deaf and unable to speak, conveys a first-hand account of these traumatic events using only life sounds. Wonderland will be on display in […]
Record numbers will visit Finnish national parks in 2021
According to the Finnish Forest and Forestry Agency, the popularity of Finnish national parks – which enjoyed a peak year in 2020 – continued in 2021. According to the agency, more than four million visits were made to the national parks nationwide last year. This represents an increase of 2% compared to the number of […]
A record number of apartments were built in Espoo
The number of building permits issued for housing also remained high. Building permits were issued for 5,737 dwellings in 2021, compared to 6,434 in the previous year. The number of dwellings built exceeded Espoo’s annual housing production target of 3,300 dwellings. “Based on the housing started and the building permits issued, this trend seems to […]
Insulation regulations related to Covid-19 scrapped in parts of Finland
“The omicron variant causes a significant number of infections even before the onset of symptoms, and due to the delay in access to sample collection, most of the additional infections have already occurred after the test results have been reported to the infectious physicians,” reads. joint press release Published by the City of Helsinki. “In […]
HS: Nearly 50 municipalities were left unrepresented in county councils
The largest of the municipalities was the municipality of Akaa with more than 16,000 inhabitants in Pirkanmaa. A total of 25 municipal candidates competed for the position of Pirkanmaa Welfare Services Council. Voting turnout in Aka was only 44.2 per cent, which is 5.2 percentage points less than in Pirkanmaa and 3.3 percentage points lower […]
Several regions of Finland are ending official quarantine
The hospital districts of Pirkanmaa and Central Finland, as well as the City of Helsinki, have announced that they will abandon official quarantine for coronavirus-positive persons. The HUS areas where the new protocol will be introduced in stages are Espoo, Hyvinkää, Järvenpää, Kauniainen, Kerava, Mäntsälä, Nurmijärvi, Pornainen, Porvoo, Sipoo, Tuusula and Vantaa. The same practice […]
