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Most places, which offer culture experiences, have had to close down for now due to the Corona outbreak. Luckily, many museums, orchestras and websites offer a lot of different culture online. See a list with culture tips from Finland and the Netherlands collected by the embassy staff members. Tips from Finland Concerts • Finnish Radio […]

For the third year in a row, Finland has been named the world’s happiest country. The annual United Nations World Happiness Report released its 2020 edition today, revealing that the Nordic country is number one once again. Since the first report in 2012, only four countries have claimed the top spot: Denmark in 2012, 2013

As all are aware the European situation is changing daily and sometimes by the hour, this makes life very difficult for all concerned especially our mutual customers. Finnair will do all we can to bring people home as borders within Europe close.      Finland has released its COVID-19 restrictions. The following will apply from 19MAR at

The reform of parental allowances has created a model for further preparation. The model guarantees the child a place at the centre of family benefits and promotes wellbeing and gender equality, says Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, Minister of Social Affairs and Health. Click here for a full article!

Financial Times has included 17 Finnish firms in its annual listing of Europe’s fastest-growing companies, with food delivery service Wolt ranked second. The FT 1000 lists the European companies that achieved the highest compound annual growth rate in revenue between 2015 and 2018. In order to make the list this year, companies needed a minimum growth

Espoo, Finland – Nokia’s Board of Directors has appointed Pekka Lundmark as President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia. Lundmark is expected to start in his new role on September 1, 2020. Lundmark is currently President and CEO of Fortum, a leading energy company based in Espoo, Finland, where he consistently delivered robust total shareholder

“Tourists from abroad chalked up more than seven million overnight stays in Finland in 2019. International overnight stays in Finland increased by 2.9 per cent year-on-year in 2019, netting a total of 483 million euros for accommodation establishments. This represents an eight-per cent uptick on the previous year’s figure. Europe remains Finland’s most important tourism

Finnair CEO Topi Manner announced (07-Feb-2020) 2019 “was a year of rapid growth” and the carrier has moved “to a new phase of sustainable, profitable growth covering the years 2020-2025”. Mr. Manner stated: “The year 2019 was characterised by an unstable operating environment due to slower economic growth in our main markets as well as

What are the similarities and differences comparing the Netherlands to Finland? “Both Finland and the Netherlands are all from European countries. However, Finland is about 8 times bigger than the Netherlands but with just 5.5 million people, whereas, the population of the Netherlands is approximately 17.1 million. The Netherlands is a very flat country with

“UPM takes the next transformative growth step and enters the biochemicals business by investing in a biorefinery at Leuna, Germany. The biorefinery will produce a range of 100% wood-based biochemicals which enable a switch from fossil raw materials to sustainable alternatives in various consumer-driven end-uses. The investment opens totally new markets for UPM with large