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Helsinki Shipyard gets €2b icebreaker order from Canadian govt
Canadian-owned Davie, which owns the Helsinki Shipyard, signed an agreement with the Canadian government to construct a heavy…
Long-term unemployed jobseekers on rise in Helsinki
The share of long-term unemployed among all unemployed persons in Helsinki is about 40%, and the share has remained higher than before…
Finland, US, Canada discuss icebreaker collaboration
Finland, United States and Canada reaffirmed their commitment to build best-in-class Arctic and Polar icebreakers. National…
Finns make more card payments in 2024 Q4
The customers of Finnish banks and payment institutions made a total of 616 million card payments in the October-December period of…
Mercedes-Benz agrees cost-cutting package with staff
German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz has agreed a comprehensive package of cost-cutting measures with employees, reported dpa.…
Finland launches Europe’s 1st 50-qubit quantum computer
Finland's leading research institute VTT and computer company IQM announced on Tuesday that they have developed and launched…
Finnish vehicle stock grows by 1.2% in 2024
The Finnish vehicle register contained 7,337,934 vehicles at the end of 2024 and 5,257,813 of the vehicles were in traffic use,…
Inflation hits 1.5% in Finland in February
In January, the year-on-year change in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) stood at 1.7 per cent. According to the…
Housing loan drawdowns rise in Jan but still below average
Drawdowns of housing loans in January exceeded the level of the same period in the two previous years, while remaining below the…
Volume of exports drops 3.5%, imports 2.8% in 2024
The total value of exports decreased by 5.4 per cent and the value of imports by 3.3 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year,…