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Finland's national carrier cuts 700 jobs as Covid-19 pummels global travel

Finnair, which is heavily focused on flights from Europe to Asia, said Tuesday that some 600 of the redundancies would be in Finland and another 100 outside the Nordic country

Finland deploys coronavirus-sniffing dogs at main airport on trial basis

Four dogs of different breeds trained by Finland's Smell Detection Association started working Wednesday at the Helsinki Airport as part of the government-financed trial

Finland is building its Nokia stake in response to US interest: Report

The state's equity-asset manager Solidium Oy recently crossed the 5% threshold in Nokia shares, and now has about 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) worth of stock

Cabinet approves pact between India, Finland for cooperation in geology

The MoU aims to provide a framework and a platform to promote and foster cooperation in the fields of geology, and mineral resources between for mutual economic, social and environmental benefit

Coronavirus outbreak: Nokia cancels AGM 2020, convenes a new meeting later

Nokia said it would convene the annual general meeting as soon as it is practical to do so and called for measures to allow fully virtual general meetings

Finland's Sanna Marin to be world's youngest-serving prime minister

Sanna Marin narrowly won Sunday's vote to replace outgoing leader Antti Rinne, who resigned on Tuesday after losing the confidence of the coalition partner

Sanna Marin to be PM of Finland, world's youngest head of govt at 34 years

Finland, like much of the West, has seen a rise in right-wing populists and the nationalist Finns Party did well in April election, though centrist and left-wing parties won most votes

Finland to reduce time for grant of work visas to under two weeks

The move was aimed at attracting more software professionals from countries like India, he said

Wipro, Finland varsity sign pact to develop 5G, 6G wireless technologies

The University of Oulu is an international science university, which focuses on innovation for the future, well-being, and knowledge through research and education.

Finland tops global happiness ranking as the most happy nation

Finland has witnessed modest but steady gains since 2014

Finland, world's happiest place, wants to hire the 30 best finance brains

The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority is well aware it can't compete on pay

Finland is world's happiest country, Burundi most discontent: UN report

The United States and and the United Kingdom were in 18th and 19th place respectively

Police in Finland shoot man after stabbing attack

The police have reinforced security at the airport and at train stations in Helsinki

Finland to pay unemployed basic income of $587 per month

The unemployment rate of Finland, a nation of 5.5 million, stood at 8.1% in Nov, 2016

Finland, home to Nokia and jobless engineers, struggles to fill tech jobs

The country's technology sector is looking for about 7,000 programmers