Government-owned Finnish railway company VR Group is set to begin cooperation negotiations (commonly known as yt-neuvottelut in Finnish) next week. The negotiations will determine the extent to which VR will cut back on its workforce next year. 

THE STATE-OWNED RAIL COMPANY, VR,has doubled the length of their popular Allegro train which runs between St Petersburg and Helsinki, as thousands of tourists travel to the Finnish capital this week for New Year’s celebrations.

The period after Christmas up to the middle of January is the most popular time of year for Russian tourists to visit Helsinki, with the Helsingin Sanomat reporting that an estimated 10,000 such visitors are estimated to arrive over the next few days.