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Every other apartment in Helsinki is inhabited by a single tenant. In the future the number of people living alone in Finland is expected to continue climbing. This changes a lot of things in the societies built around the nuclear family.
The Nanny State Index lists the worst places in the European Union to eat, drink, smoke and vape through taxation. Finland tops the charts, easily outpacing Sweden and UK...
The green party of Finland is going to present taking into use a basic income model. This would remove minimum social benefits and replace them with a tax free payment of 560 Euro (approx. 630 USD) each month to every Finnish Citizen. The basic income is going to be tested in the year 2017.
A finnish man took a guitar from the library in Helsinki. An hour later the police received a report from some 50 kilometers away in Nurmijärvi. The man was bashing a store window and a car with the guitar.
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Volutary training for military reserves and other defence training has received external funding for expanding the cyber security skills of Finnish citizens.
Four out of five people traveling from Finland to Estonia return with alcoholic beverages. However the purchases of large quantities at a single trip has declined in 2015.
The emergency services got a notice from restaurant about two people causing havoc at a restaurant in downtown Jyväskylä.