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Back to homepageFinland: Local government pilots on employment combine state and municipal resources to boost employment – Pilots to start in March 2021
NordenBladet — The local government pilots on employment will begin on 1 March 2021. During the pilots, certain tasks of TE Offices will be transferred to local governments. The pilots aim to increase the effectiveness of employment services by integrating
Read MoreFinland: Act on Broadband Construction Aid enters into force
NordenBladet — The President of the Republic has approved the Act on Broadband Construction Aid on Wednesday 30 December 2020. The Act will enter into force on 1 January 2021. In the 2021 Budget, five million euros have been earmarked
Read MoreFinland: Defence Forces to procure life cycle support services for systems
NordenBladet — Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has authorised the Defence Forces to procure life cycle support services for military aviation, naval defence, and intelligence, surveillance, and command and control systems from Combitech, Patria Aviation Oy and Insta Group Oy.
Read MoreFinland applies for EU aid to help re-employment of workers made redundant by Finnair
NordenBladet — Finland will apply for support from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) due to the redundancies announced by Finnair in October. Finland submitted an application to the European Commission on 30 December 2020. The application concerns a total
Read MoreFinland: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health sent a circular of hybrid strategy to manage the COVID-19 crisis
NordenBladet — Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has updated its action plan implementing the hybrid strategy to manage the COVID-19 crisis in accordance with the Government Resolution adopted on 22 December 2020. The Ministry sent a circular to the
Read MoreFinland: Ministerial Committee on EU Affairs: EU–UK agreements must be signed this year
NordenBladet — The Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs is of the view that the Council must still make a decision on the signing and provisional application of the agreements on the future EU–UK relationship before the end of 2020.
Read MoreFinland: Growth rate of new COVID-19 cases has slowed down, but the situation remains serious
NordenBladet — The increase in the number of new coronavirus infections has slowed down in Finland, but new cases are still found widely across the country. Many regions have intensified their preventive measures over the past few weeks. While restrictions
Read MoreFinland: Ministries review nationwide recommendation to work remotely – grounds for keeping recommendation in force still strong
NordenBladet — On 23 October 2020, the Government issued a national recommendation for employees to work remotely until further notice. The ministries had to assess the grounds for keeping the recommendation in force by the end of the year. The
Read MoreFinland: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health updates the action plan to manage COVID-19
NordenBladet — The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has updated the action plan that guides social welfare and healthcare actors in their work to curb the COVID-19 epidemic. To effectively prevent the virus from spreading, the measures must be
Read MoreFinland: Rapporteur seeks ways to restart aviation sector after coronavirus pandemic
NordenBladet — Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen and Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä have appointed a rapporteur to assess what measures will be needed for the aviation sector to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The aim is to ensure
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