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Back to homepageFinland: Healthcare and social welfare workers first in line to get authorised COVID-19 vaccines on voluntary basis
NordenBladet — On 22 December, the Finnish Government issued a decree on vaccinations, which is needed to deploy the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Finland. The programme will use vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 that have been granted marketing authorisation in the European
Read MoreFinland: Prime Minister’s Christmas greeting: “The smaller you are, the bigger Christmas is.”
NordenBladet — “The smaller you are, the bigger Christmas is.” This quote from Tove Jansson inevitably comes to mind this year as we near Christmas. At times during the past year, many of us have felt very small. We have
Read MoreFinland: Fees charged by the Finnish Immigration Service to change in 2021
NordenBladet — The Ministry of the Interior has issued its annual decree on fees charged by the Finnish Immigration Service. The decree will enter into force on 1 January 2021. Some of the prices will be increased to better reflect
Read MoreFinland: Q&A about customer service at the Finnish embassies
NordenBladet — Finland’s missions have operated throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Restrictions by local authorities and the disease situation in each country have placed restrictions on operations and customer service and have required significant additional measures to ensure the health security
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Finland: 314,500 unemployed jobseekers in November
NordenBladet — A total of 314,500 unemployed jobseekers were registered at Employment and Economic Development Offices at the end of November. This was 86,000 more than a year earlier. The number of unemployed jobseekers increased by 1,800 from the previous
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Finland: Common principles for event industry to organising events during COVID-19
NordenBladet — A working group appointed by the Ministry of Education and Culture has drawn up principles for the safe organisation of events even during the COVID-19 pandemic. The principles are geared towards the future, a situation in which the
Read MoreFinland: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health welcomes contribution to preparation of the Government Report on Equality
NordenBladet — The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health encourages civil society to participate in the preparation of the equality policy report by expressing views on what an equal Finland would look like. The Government submitted the first ever report
Read MoreFinland strengthens economy of wellbeing approach by joining Wellbeing Economy Governments network
NordenBladet — Finland will join the global Wellbeing Economy Governments (WEGo) network. The informal network currently comprises Scotland, Wales, Iceland and New Zealand. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has also participated in the operation of the WEGo
Read MoreFinland and Germany repatriated their citizens from north-east Syria
NordenBladet — Today, on Sunday 20 December 2020, Finland repatriated six Finnish children and two adult mothers from north-east Syria. The persons are now in the care of competent Finnish authorities. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs organised the repatriation in
Read MoreFinland: Ministry of the Interior appointed a working group to harmonise instructions on use of unmanned aircraft by authorities
NordenBladet — The Ministry of the Interior has appointed a working group to prepare cooperation between rescue services, the police and the Border Guard in the use of unmanned aircraft. The objective of the working group is to harmonise sector-specific
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