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After a long slump, Finland's retail sales are finally showing signs of recovery.

But there's a catch.

Despite stronger sales, the retail sector lost around 8,000 jobs last year, according to the Finnish Commerce Federation.

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Platform-based delivery firm Wolt said it received around 27,000 applications from people across Finland seeking courier positions this summer.

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Expecting a tax refund in August?

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Finland employment falls in June Finland's labour market weakened in June as employment declined from a year earlier and unemployment continued to rise, according to new figures from Statistics Finland. The Labour Force Survey showed 2.658 million people aged 15 to 74 were employed in June, down by 15,000 from the same month in 202...

Finland's spell of warm summer weather is expected to end this weekend as a low-pressure system moves in from the southwest, bringing widespread rain, stronger winds and lower temperatures across much of the country.

Friday is forecast to remain mostly dry, with sunshine in many areas and temperatures reaching 25°C or higher in parts of central and western Finland. Isolated showers are possible in northern regions.

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Finland has turned down the vast majority of seasonal work visa applications submitted by foreign workers seeking employment in the country's wild-berry harvesting industry, citing concerns over potential labour exploitation and employers' ability to meet legal obligations.

According to the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, around 2,200 applications for seasonal work visas have been received for the 2026 berry-picking season. Authorities have processed roughly 1,600 applications so far, rejecting approximately 1,400 of them.

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Finnish police are appealing for information about an 18-year-old Indian engineering student who disappeared after travelling from Lahti to Helsinki more than two months ago.

The student boarded a Z train from Lahti to Helsinki at around 5pm on 5 May. His last confirmed sighting was at a K-Market in Helsinki's Kruunuvuorenranta district later that evening. He has not been seen since.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the National Bureau of Investigation. A photograph of the missing student is available on the Finnish police website.

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An agreement has been reached between the wellbeing services county of North Savo and 10 out of a group of 12 foreign healthcare workers who were dismissed last year during their probationary periods.

The county made the decision to dismiss the workers because, in the view of the welfare authority, their professional and language skills were not up to the expected standard. All 12 workers had been recruited from abroad.

Some of the workers however later told Yle in an interview that they were fired because of discrimination, and not because of a lack of professional or language skills. They subsequently decided to take the North Savo healthcare authority to court.

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