Finland: Companies paying staff to work out
A number of Finnish employers have started paying their staff to exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle in the belief that looking after yourself w...
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Finnish man arrested after wrongly receiving lottery jackpot
A man in Finland is facing embezzlement charges after a jackpot prize of 15,000 euros was wrongly paid into his account. Police on Lieksa, North Karel...
Metal music plays an important role in Finland’s ‘brand’
In the last 15 years, Finland has not only produced a number of renowned metal bands, but these groups have played a major role in the global percepti...
Marijuana cultivation in Finland on the up
Cannabis cultivation across Finland is increasing, according to police in eastern Uusimaa, who recently raided a marijuana-growing site. Last week pol...
Finland’s Centre Party scraps beer restriction proposal
Finland’s opposition Centre Party has scrapped a controversial proposal that would have seen only the state-owned alcohol company Alko allowed to sell...
Finnish man tries to flog dead flying squirrel
A man in Finland has put a rare Siberian flying squirrel up for sale on a supermarket’s advertising board, although there is a slight problem – it is ...
Finland: Online scammers using insurance claims to get instant cash
Pocketing instant cash via small-scale insurance fraud is becoming more common in Finland, largely due to an increase in online claims services, accor...
Finland to scrap cursive handwriting from school programme
Finland is to remove cursive writing from its education programme and replace it with lessons in keyboard typing. The Nordic country’s education board...