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May

• The commercial forests of Metsähallitus safeguard the diversity of forest nature - 17.05.2013
• Working group: Transportation must reduce its dependence on oil - 16.05.2013
• Fact and advertising need to be kept apart in teaching at school - 10.05.2013
• Researchers call for improvements in physical working conditions - 08.05.2013
• Changes to postage prices on June - 03.05.2013

April

• Alg@line monitoring by merchant vessels produces water observations in the Baltic - 30.04.2013
• Prices of dwellings in housing companies rose slightly in March - 30.04.2013
• New €5 banknote to be issued - 26.04.2013
• Afghani nationals from insecure regions now granted stronger protection - 24.04.2013
• Finnish Customs closely monitors the use of foreign-registered vehicles - 22.04.2013
• New steering rail cars to be tested - 18.04.2013
• Finland's greenhouse gas emissions declined in 2011 - 16.04.2013
• Electronic prescription is in extensive use in public healthcare and pharmacies - 10.04.2013
• Improvements to the interactive Karjalan kartat map site - 05.04.2013
• Food control of Finnish food companies is harmonised - 04.04.2013

March

• Legislative proposals deal with receiptless trade and undeclared salaries - 28.03.2013
• Margins on smaller loans have widened the most - 26.03.2013
• Finland has fewest terminations of pregnancy in Nordic region - 22.03.2013
• Employment rate of highly educated people is high - 21.03.2013
• Amended Debt Collection Act improves consumer's position - 19.03.2013
• Poste Restante services will be standardized - 15.03.2013
• Cutting down asylum application queues with Lean philosophy - 14.03.2013
• Barn and organic egg production growing - 12.03.2013
• Telecoms operators gain right to disclose deceased person's digital estate to heirs - 07.03.2013
• Free WiFi access available at 20 Finnish airports - 05.03.2013

February

• Annual rare diseases day reaches out across borders - 28.02.2013
• A few dozen citizens' initiatives already launched - 28.02.2013
• Annual growth of housing loans slowed down - 25.02.2013
• Multisite musculoskeletal pain predicts long sickness absences - 22.02.2013
• Suomi.fi´s service topic pages are now updated - 21.02.2013
• In the Gulf of Finland good oxygen situation - 20.02.2013
• Working lives and retirement of Finns prolonged - 15.02.2013
• Fewer open job vacancies in the last quarter than one year earlier - 14.02.2013
• Waiting period of about five months for asylum interviews - 12.02.2013
• Over half of drug treatment clients use multiple substances - 08.02.2013
• The Media Skills Week: Young people's media culture as centre of attention - 05.02.2013

January

• Alcohol-related harm at a high level - 31.01.2013
• Taxation of pensioners fairly light - 30.01.2013
• Versatile diet keeps intake of heavy metals under control - 25.01.2013
• Finlands network of airports examined and assessed - 23.01.2013
• Towards better recovery of waste resources - 22.01.2013
• Computational methods reveal how hospital-acquired bacteria spread - 18.01.2013
• Wages and salaries sum grew by about three per cent year-on-year in September to November - 15.01.2013
• Yet another record year in the processing of Finnish visas - 11.01.2013
• Paternity leave extended - 08.01.2013
• The year 2012 was exceptionally rainy in places - 04.01.2013

December

• There is cause to be critical when reading marketing claims - 31.12.2012
• Citizenship application for a child can now be made online - 28.12.2012
• Renewed website gives information about earnings-related pension - 21.12.2012
• Finland's preliminary population figure 5,425,056 at the end of November - 20.12.2012
• Suomi.fis tips for Christmas - 19.12.2012
• Sending of the 2013 tax cards has begun - 19.12.2012
• Increasingly effective medicines in self-medication - 17.12.2012
• Municipal mergers occurring on January 1st 2013 - 14.12.2012
• Most websites offering online services non-compliant with consumer protection provisions - 14.12.2012
• Migrants' quality of life generally good, but multisectoral support needed - 12.12.2012
• Base rate 0,75 per cent - 11.12.2012
• Suomi.fi’s State and Municipalities section updated - 07.12.2012
• Improvements in the e-services section of the Suomi.fi portal - 05.12.2012
• A mild November ended in a blizzard - 04.12.2012

November

• Finland's population includes almost five per cent of people with foreign origin - 30.11.2012
• Online service for citizens' initiatives is opened on 1 December - 30.11.2012
• Three Finns of four intend to send traditional Christmas cards - 27.11.2012
• Government proposal on a bank tax - 23.11.2012
• Written agreements would prevent many renovation disputes - 21.11.2012
• Kela invites clients to join in 75th anniversary celebrations - 16.11.2012
• Workplaces pleased with retirement age of 63 - 15.11.2012
• New content on agriculture in Suomi.fi - 13.11.2012
• All Suomi.fi´s service topic texts are now updated - 09.11.2012
• Teen smoking and alcohol use has declined, use of other substances on the rise - 09.11.2012
• Two-thirds of Finns are online shoppers - 07.11.2012
• Availability of cash is part of a well-functioning financial system - 02.11.2012

October

• Social guarantee for young people takes effect from the start of 2013 - 31.10.2012
• Online clips attract net users in all age categories - 29.10.2012
• Organic pre-packaged food products must feature the Euro-leaf - 26.10.2012
• Working group: Social security for migrants to and from Finland must be clarified - 22.10.2012
• Finland did not get a seat on the UN Security Council - 19.10.2012
• Statistical information on municipal elections available online - 17.10.2012
• More and more foreigner's permit applications can be submitted online - 12.10.2012
• THL issues updated recommendations on seasonal influenza vaccinations - 11.10.2012
• Half of fixed broadband subscriptions had data rate of at least 10 Mbit/s - 09.10.2012
• A new structure and layout for Paikkatietoikkuna online service - 05.10.2012

September

• Easy availability of alcohol increases risky drinking among the working aged - 28.09.2012
• Government policy on the future of electronic media set out in a report - 27.09.2012
• Municipal election on 28 October 2012 - 25.09.2012
• Record number of new organic farms and enterprises - 24.09.2012
• Self-printed tax cards available in October - 21.09.2012
• Bill: Competition and Consumer Agency to open on 1 January 2013 - 19.09.2012
• Mothers' use of family leaves has become slightly more general - 14.09.2012
• Northern European Functional Airspace Block will shorten flight times - 13.09.2012
• Occupational diseases on the decline - 10.09.2012
• Itella Posti Oy's network of service points still meets the requirements of the Postal Act - 07.09.2012

August

• Population cholesterol levels on the rise after decades of decline - 31.08.2012
• Greece was the most popular country in summer charter flight traffic - 30.08.2012
• Endangered Saimaa ringed seals exceed 300 for the first time - 29.08.2012
• The European Commission to tighten vehicle inspections - 27.08.2012
• Artificial oxygenation may improve the status of coastal waters - 23.08.2012
• Employment in the field of culture has developed favourably over the 2000s - 21.08.2012
• Tradition meets design in the new maternity package - 17.08.2012
• Finnish Immigration Service extends its activities to Turku - 14.08.2012
• Social benefits accrue pension - 10.08.2012
• Approximately 2,400 residence applications based on family ties in a queue - 03.08.2012

July

• Fever new households' long-term savings agreements in the second quarter of the year - 31.07.2012
• Many national parks turn 30 this year - 30.07.2012
• Number of enterprise openings in strong decline - 26.07.2012
• Lapland’s Newest Visitor Centre opened - 19.07.2012
• Foreign nationals can be married at local register offices - 17.07.2012
• Nearly 3 500 applications for a student residence permit - 16.07.2012
• Approximately 1 270 student applications pending - 11.07.2012
• Consumer prices of telecoms services keep on falling - 06.07.2012
• The buyer has the right to know the origin of strawberries - 05.07.2012
• Providing a receipt would combat grey economy in the beauty care sector - 04.07.2012

June

• The average interest rate on the housing loan stock fell in the early part of the year - 29.06.2012
• Findicator goes mobile - 29.06.2012
• Fitch Ratings has affirmed AAA rating for Finland - 27.06.2012
• Malware flourished early in the year - 21.06.2012
• Fever asylum seekers means decrease in the number of places available at reception centres - 20.06.2012
• Road traffic claimed 292 lives in 2011 - 19.06.2012
• A fixed-term ban on telemarketing of mobile phone subscriptions - 15.06.2012
• An Agreement on Social Security between Finland and India - 12.06.2012
• Base rate is set to 1,5 per cent - 08.06.2012
• May was wetter and slightly warmer than average - 06.06.2012

May

• Finnish science fares well in international comparison - 31.05.2012
• Peak season for student applications has started - 30.05.2012
• Organic production growing and production control is effective - 29.05.2012
• Majority of comprehensive school pupils study English - 25.05.2012
• Considerable potential for decreasing greenhouse gas emissions - 24.05.2012
• Body texts of Suomi.fi´s service topics will be updated - 23.05.2012
• Tax Numbers in use in September - 22.05.2012
• Finland reports to the UN about women's rights - 15.05.2012
• Study: Long-term approach is needed in labour market reforms - 11.05.2012
• Government maintains a target broadband speed of one hundred megabits per second - 08.05.2012
• Euribor rates increasingly popular as reference rates for housing loans - 04.05.2012

April

• Aerial distribution of rabies vaccine baits started on south-eastern border - 30.04.2012
• European co-operation on behalf of clean lakes - 27.04.2012
• Finns are avid readers and library users - 26.04.2012
• Number of marriages contracted decreased - 23.04.2012
• Almost 400 million kilos wasted in the Finnish food production chain - 20.04.2012
• Domain name register open for public use - 19.04.2012
• Free school meals – a Finnish innovation - 13.04.2012
• Finnish Immigration Service develops asylum procedure - 10.04.2012
• The oxygen situation of the Gulf of Finland is good and phosphorus levels lower - 05.04.2012
• Eleven per cent of suspects of offences were foreign citizens in 2011 - 03.04.2012

March

• Record number of text messages at year-end - 30.03.2012
• Changing motor liability insurance to become easier - 29.03.2012
• HINKUmappi online service: A showcase for climate-friendly action - 28.03.2012