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No New Gains For Centre Poll Finds
Finland News

The recent surge in voter support for the Centre Party has stalled. The National Coalition has stemmed the bleeding and re-established itself as the second largest party in Finland after being overtaken briefly by the Social Democratic Party.The recent up-tick in support for the Social Democrats, in turn, has slowed, while support for the Finns Party has stagnated.
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Companies Lament Hurdles To Hiring Foreigners
Finland News

Kitchen assistants, office workers and warehouse workers.These are examples of occupational groups whose members may be denied entry to the country if authorities in Uusimaa determine that there is already a sufficient number of unemployed job-seekers in the sector in question.
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Arguments For Cancelling Home Care Allowance And Day Care Reforms Are Groundless
Finland News

The chairpersons of the ruling parties announced on Sunday that the proposals to divide child home care allowances between both parents and to limit the right to day care services will not be presented to the Parliament for consideration.The proposals are part of the structural policy programme of the Government.
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Emergency Placement Was Considered Only Days Before 8-year-old Girls Death
Finland News

Social workers considered recommending that the eight-year-old girl who was killed by her father and stepmother in Helsinki in May 2012 be taken immediately into custody and that a criminal complaint be filed with the police only a few days before her death.A school counsellor had alarmed the officials by informing them that the girl was constantly late for school, that her textbooks had been torn and that she had bruising on her stomach.
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Large Companies Continue Shedding Jobs
Finland News

Jobs and results do not necessarily go hand in hand.This is how you could summarise the actions of one of the biggest employers in Helsinki, OP Financial Group. The provider of financial services is currently set to launch negotiations over a maximum of 380 job cuts, despite reporting earnings before tax of 1.1 billion euros last year.
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Talvivaara At Risk Of Drowning In Waste Water
Finland News

Spring snow melt represents a fateful point in time for the nickel mine of Talvivaara in Sotkamo.There is simply too much water at the mine: over nine million cubic metres, enough to fill 90 Parliament Houses. The water has already all but filled the auxiliary storage areas, and more is to come due to the abundance of packing snow in Sotkamo.
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