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Finland’s Finance Ministry predicts sluggish recovery from pandemic

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 14:49
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State number crunchers forecast a six-percent slump this year – but Finland’s economy will slowly recover towards the end of

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Finland’s economic growth slowing down

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 13:25
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In a report published on Tuesday, OP Financial Group says Finland’s economy is continuing on a good track. The bank’s

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Employment rate drops in 2018 in Nunavut, east-Arctic Canada

CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 18, 2019 at 14:14
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Nunavut’s employment rate dropped from 55 per cent in 2017 to 54 per cent in 2018, according to Statistics Canada’s

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Finnish GDP growth slows, inflation and employment edge up

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 12:01
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The Finnish economy remained robust in the spring and early summer, but there was a hint of slowing in June

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Finland takes thousands off streets by giving homes to homeless

Yle News
Posted: Monday, June 18, 2018 at 11:55
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About ten years ago Finland decided that every person in the country deserves to have a home. Housing minister Jan

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Alaska shelter helps homeless promptly find work, home and stability

Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, June 4, 2018 at 14:34
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When Linda Baker moved from Minto to Fairbanks (central Alaska) a few months ago, she didn’t expect to end up

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Jobs on the upswing for Finns, but structural problems linger

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 14:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 14:35
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Finland’s unemployment rate declined slightly last month to 8.2 percent, compared to 8.3 percent in February, says Statistics Finland. The

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OECD: Basic income would increase poverty in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 16:19
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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has taken aim at Finland’s basic income experiment, saying that rather than helping

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An optimistic picture for Finland’s economy in 2018

Yle News
Posted: Monday, January 22, 2018 at 11:58
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The financial group OP predicts that employment, consumption and consumer confidence will grow this year before growth slows again in

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
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Alaska can expect even more job losses in 2017 than last year

Annie Zak, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, January 6, 2017 at 14:14 — Last Updated: Friday, January 6, 2017 at 15:00
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After worse-than-anticipated job losses in 2016, Alaska is now expecting even more in the year ahead. Alaska is forecast to lose

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A construction site in Finland. The number of building companies seeking bankruptcies remains high, though it has declined by nearly 20% since last year. (iStock)
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Finland trims economic growth forecast

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 15:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 15:40
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Finland’s Finance Ministry says Finnish public finances will remain in deficit until the end of the decade, even if government

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Mining major LKAB might be part of a future deal on the Kaunisvaara mine in northern Sweden. (Jonas Karlsbakk/Barents Observer)
Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden 

Bids given for Pajala mine in Arctic Sweden

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 20:34 — Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015 at 21:50
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There are bidders for the Pajala mine in northern Sweden, the project sales manager says. The Kaunisvaara mine in Pajala, Swedish

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