Data centres to create thousands of jobs
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Data centres can create thousands of new jobs in Finland in the years to come.
Oxford Research estimates in a report published on Monday that investments in data centres can create up to 50,000 full-time equivalents in Finland over the next ten years. An average of 5,000 people could therefore find themselves building or working at a data centre every year.
Discount retailers swim against the tide
Tokmanni Espoontori will not open its doors for another half an hour, but a few dozen people have already lined up for the re-opening of the discount shop.
Pensioners Sinikka Taponen and Jouko Pöyliö joined the line well ahead of time: they are after a gift bucket and have carefully studied the re-opening campaign flyer delivered to their home a few days earlier. “Shampoo is cheap, 2.5 euros for a big bottle. That's a 36 per cent reduction,” Taponen points out.
Major ecstasy ring busted in Helsinki
The Helsinki Police Department has busted a major ecstasy ring in Helsinki.
The ring is believed to have smuggled ecstasy pills from the Netherlands to Finland for distribution in Helsinki and elsewhere in the country. An estimated 50 people are suspected of involvement in the illegal activities, reveals Heikki Miettinen, the officer in charge of the investigation.
Online surveillance is needed to guarantee the safety of Finns, intelligence chief says
Should the communications of Finnish Internet users be filtered through a massive sieve to detect terrorist and foreign military intelligence activities?
There are two opposing views on the issue.
Companies lament hurdles to hiring foreigners
Kitchen assistants, office workers and warehouse workers.
These are examples of occupational groups whose members may be denied entry to the country if authorities in Uusimaa determine that there is already a sufficient number of unemployed job-seekers in the sector in question.
SDP boasts the largest campaign budget
The Social Democratic Party will head into April's parliamentary elections with by far the largest campaign budget, of 1.5 million euros, which represents an increase of 100,00 euros from the previous parliamentary elections.
The campaign budget is large because the Social Democrats hit the campaign trail already in August, party secretary Reijo Paananen explains.
Immigration accounts for 76% of population growth in Finland
Immigration is an increasingly important driver of population growth in Finland.
Last year, immigration accounted for 76 per cent of the population growth as the number of births decreased for the fourth consecutive year, by 1,060 year-on-year to 57,080, according to Statistics Finland.
PTT foresees nationwide drop in house prices
House prices will this year decline by 0.7 per cent nationwide and by 0.5 per cent in Helsinki, forecasts Pellervo Economic Research Institute (PTT).
Ari Pauna, the chief executive at the Mortgage Society of Finland (Hypo), estimated in Monday's edition of Helsingin Sanomat that nationwide the prices of old dwellings may drop by as much as one per cent.
Rinne trusts and hopes that Greece will live up to its commitment
Antti Rinne (SDP), the Minister of Finance, has estimated that Sunday's election results in Greece will have no dramatic consequences for the exposure of Finland. The winner of the general elections, Syriza, has expressed its opposition to EU-imposed austerity and its willingness to re-negotiate the terms of the emergency loans granted to Greece.
Finland is one of Greece's creditors.
Many are reluctant to pay for online services
A survey by Helsingin Sanomat has found that 39 per cent of Finns are unwilling to cough up for online services, such as on-demand music streaming, digital news or cloud storage services.
The survey was carried out by TNS Gallup in early December.
Finns' conception of world poverty is gloomier than reality
A survey commissioned by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reveals the Finns' conception of world poverty is much gloomier than reality.
Nearly eight out of ten Finns (76 per cent) believe that poverty has increased in the world since the year 1990. The survey was carried out by the research company Taloustutkimus.
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