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4 days ago · A screen displaying flight information at Helsinki Airport on 13 December 2024. Finnair has warned passengers of possible cancellations, including ones that occur at short notice, as its pilots re-institute industrial actions after a holiday break in the labour dispute between the Finnish Airline Pilots’ Association (SLL) and Service Sector Employers (Palta).
Finns encourage to cut back on alcohol and red meat in new …
Dec 2, 2024 · THE FINNISH FOOD AUTHORITY unveiled its new national nutritional guidelines on Wednesday, 27 November.. The guidelines encourage a shift away from animal-based toward plant-based foods, with the recommended daily intake of vegetables raised from 500 to 500–800 grams and the weekly limit on the intake of beef, lamb and pork lowered from 500 to 350 grams.
Finnair cancels hundreds of flights due to looming pilot strike
Nov 25, 2024 · FINNAIR on Saturday communicated that it will cancel hundreds of flights due to two work stoppages organised by the Finnish Airline Pilots’ Association (SLL).. SLL announced earlier last week that its members will participate in a day-long strike on both 9 December and 13 December. Pilots have also decided to reject on-call assignments for an indefinite period starting on 5 December ...
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2 days ago · Finland experienced its coldest temperature of the winter early Wednesday morning, as the Tulppio weather station in eastern Lapland recorded a frigid -38.9°C. The reading, taken at 3:40am, marks the lowest temperature registered in the country so far this season. The Tulppio station previously held this winter's cold record of -38.2°C, recorded on 16 December.
Weather in Helsinki to turn from dreary gray to bright and wintery
Dec 30, 2024 · BRIGHT WINTERY weather is set to come back to Helsinki, reports Helsingin Sanomat.. Eveliina Tuovinen, an on-duty meteorologist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), stated to the daily newspaper yesterday evening that the weather will become brighter and colder after the subsiding of overnight showers. “After [the showers] the weather will start getting colder, and we’ll be ...
It’s insulting that lawmakers are questioning years of work by ...
Dec 5, 2024 · MAIJALIISA ERKKOLA, a professor of nutrition at the University of Helsinki, has expressed her disappointment with the statements made by some lawmakers about the national nutritional guidelines published in late November, reports YLE.. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah (CD), for example, has alleged that the guidelines are not founded on nutritional science.
HS: Finland has seized Russian assets over compensation linked to ...
Oct 30, 2024 · The National Enforcement Authority has seized Russian properties in Finland since Thursday, 24 October, making Finland the first country to carry out seizures in connection with compensation awarded by an international arbitration tribunal to Ukraine’s Naftogaz, according to Helsingin Sanomat.
YLE: Thousands of Finnish households have been urged to find …
Oct 11, 2024 · Blocks of flats in Martti, Turku, on 4 July 2024. The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) has urged tens of thousands of households that receive basic social assistance for housing costs to look for more affordable housing due to a legislative change that prevents it from exceeding the municipality-specific limits for the assistance.
Kela benefits for students to undergo major changes in 2025
Dec 18, 2024 · In 2025, a series of significant changes to Kela benefits will take effect, impacting various groups, including students, unemployed individuals, and pensioners. These changes, approved by the Finnish Parliament, are aimed at tightening eligibility criteria, adjusting benefit amounts, and streamlining social security processes. Starting 1 August 2025, students will be moved from the general ...
HS: Finland and Sweden to instruct citizens how to prepare for …
Oct 14, 2024 · CITIZENS of Finland and Sweden will be provided with updated instructions for how to prepare for war and other crises in November, according to Helsingin Sanomat.. In Finland, an extensive web service compiling previously scattered preparedness-related information will be launched on Suomi.fi on 18 November.