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The Design Museum celebrates its 150th anniversary with a program featuring today’s top names in design
Show Kusta Saksi: In the Borderlands contains a wide selection of his textile artworks made with the jacquard weaving technique between 2013 and 2023. Several large works commissioned for the exhibition are also on display. The borderland exhibition explores the moments between reality and illusion, which are the starting point for several of Saks’s works. […]
The Finnish government reached an agreement on the reimbursement of electricity costs
Households that pay more than 10 cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity receive compensation, and it is 50 percent of monthly electricity costs of more than 90 euros, and the monthly limit is 700 euros. The compensation is paid for the four months of November-February based on the expenses of November-December. According to Helsingin Sanomat, the […]
THL invites 10,000 people to be checked in a national health survey
The purpose of the inspections is to measure Finland’s physical and mental state of health.
Spotify announces plans to lay off 6% of workforce
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced Monday that the company plans to lay off about 6% of its workforce, or roughly 600 employees. The cuts are a result of financial challenges, according to Ek. The Swedish media streaming giant is one of the largest providers of its kind. Founded in 2006 by Ek and Martin Lorentzon, […]
Minnesota United signs Swedish D Mikael Marques
Minnesota United FC announced the signing of Swedish defender Mikael Marques on Monday. The 21-year-old comes from AFC Eskilstuna on a three-year contract with a club option until 2026. “Mikael is highly recommended. Several big teams in Sweden, Norway and Denmark became interested, but we got him through a good contact by us who felt […]
More and more Swedes receive military deployments
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — The number of Swedes with war deployments increased by 66,000 individuals to over 404,000 in the second half of 2022 and it is expected to increase further, Sweden’s Television (SVT) reported on Monday. According to the Swedish law, workplaces can order their employees to stay at work if the government […]
APN podcast: Is Finland losing the disinformation war?
This week’s program examines THL’s decision to leave Twitter, reflects on the hectic start of the 2023 parliamentary election campaign, and tells about life in Lapland during the long polar night.
The clocks will return on Sunday, October 30
Adjusting the clocks at the same time is important, for example, in international rail and air traffic. The clocks are always changed on the last Sunday of March and October. Early Sunday morning was chosen as the least inconvenience, because traffic is at its lowest then. Daylight saving time has been observed in Finland without […]
Finland will introduce free flu medicines for risk groups in November
According to the Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare (THL), the flu season has not yet started in Finland.
THL: Finland’s Covid cases rose to the peaks last seen in the spring
Finland is at the top of the omicron name change wave, says an expert.
An Icelandic victory at the Ironman competition in Barcelona
Last Sunday, the annual Ironman competition in Barcelona took place, which Sigurður Örn Ragnarsson from Breiðablik won in the general classification. It was the first time that the Icelandic participated in all of Ironman. To complete this demanding triathlon, you had to swim 3.8 kilometers in the sea near Calella, then cycle along the coast […]
Chang’an Athletic sign Moses Ogbu from Pohang Steelers
XI’AN, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — Moses Ogbu has joined China League One side Shaanxi Chang’an Athletic, the club revealed on Wednesday. The 31-year-old striker is a dual citizen of Sweden and Nigeria and is 1.85 meters tall. He began his senior career with IK Sirius in 2010 and scored 62 goals in 195 games for […]
THL monitoring: 3,400 additional caregivers are needed for round-the-clock elderly care by next spring
At the beginning of 2022, it rose to 0.6. According to THL’s data, 89 percent of the units had reached this level by May. In previous monitoring results, as of November 2021, 71 percent of units had achieved 0.6 nurses per client. “The increase in the number of nurses per client has been achieved by […]
THL’s recommendation encourages municipalities to increase vaccination rates
The number of fourth Covid vaccines given in Finland has increased in recent weeks, they say Hanna NohynekChief physician of the Institute of Health and Welfare (THL). In mid-July, THL published new guidelines recommending that municipalities offer the fourth injection to people aged 60 and over and to people aged 18 and over who are […]
Consumer prices in Finland rose faster than expected in July
“It was expected that the sharp drop in the price of gasoline would at least moderate July’s average inflation to some extent. That didn’t happen, because especially the rise in electricity and food prices tipped the scales in the other direction,” he analyzed. press release on Monday. “Broad-based upward price pressure has not disappeared, although […]
Finland is still waiting for the monkeypox vaccine
The monkeypox vaccine is still not available in Finland. Anniina VirkkuA medical expert from the Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) told Yle that the vaccines have not yet arrived. A few weeks ago, THL announced that the portions would arrive by the end of July. About 1,000 doses of the vaccine are expected to […]
Sarkkinen: Employers should be obliged to hire disabled people
In an interview with Helsingin sanomat newspaperMinister of Social Affairs and Health Hanna Sarkkinen (left) said that Finland should set a quota for employers to hire disabled workers. Sarkkinen argued that the quota would address the low employment rate of the disabled and partially disabled, which leads to economic problems, poverty and exclusion. "Only 15 […]
A record number of more than 35,000 have applied for temporary protection in Finland
All applicants and recipients of temporary protection are registered at the reception center, even if they live in a private apartment or an apartment provided by the municipality. Most of the applicants and recipients of temporary protection, about 65 percent, currently live outside the reception centers. Reception centers offer reception services, such as health and […]