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'Employment chances increase significantly when immigrants receive tailored support, especially through combined integration programmes that offer language training, cultural orientation, and employment services.'

www.helsinkitimes.fi/176-informat...
Integration policies improve immigrant job prospects, says Labore review
New review from Labore highlights how targeted labour policies, including language training and job subsidies, improve employment outcomes for immigrants across Europe. The study, based on 63 research...
www.helsinkitimes.fi
September 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Security challenges bring #Finland, #Poland, #Estonia, #Lithuania and #Latvia together for joint steps.
www.dailyfinland.fi/national/449...
Finland, 4 countries for developing drone for border control
Finland, together with Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia sent a letter to the European Commission stressing the need to develop
www.dailyfinland.fi
September 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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The law makes it mandatory for hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, universities and other educational institutions to provide information about foreigners to enable tracking of those who overstay their visas.
www.indiatoday.in/india/story/...
India gets strict foreigners rules, Immigration Bureau to deport illegal aliens
India has enacted the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, which aims to tighten passport and visa rules. The new law has also armed the Bureau of Immigration with enhanced powers to track, detain an...
www.indiatoday.in
September 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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The couple possibly thought their tickets include a space for sex in addition to regular seats for them.
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Couple Engage In Sexual Activity On Flight, Crew Under Probe For Video Leak
A video of a couple engaging in sexual activity onboard a commercial flight has sparked massive outrage over social media leading to an internal investigation by the airline.
www.ndtv.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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Microplastics in all 62 of the placenta samples tested, with concentrations ranging from 6.5 to 790 micrograms per gram of tissue.
www.tiredearth.com/news/micropl...
February 26, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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“Modi’s use of social media will be the playbook for politicians in various parts of the world — he is the apex predator of the social media food chain,” Joyojeet Pal, who studies the role of technology in democracy and labor at the University of Michigan.
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February 14, 2024 at 7:56 AM
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Finnair passengers will be asked to step onto the scales at the departure gate as part of a data-collecting initiative.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
February 11, 2024 at 11:54 AM
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Not everyone with eating disorders is young, thin, white or a woman.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
February 6, 2024 at 7:37 AM
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Spyware Everywhere!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
February 6, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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"Various studies by environmental organisations, comparing the carbon footprint of a week-long holiday on a European cruise with taking a flight and staying in a hotel, concluded that such cruises were up eight times as carbon intensive."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
January 28, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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Is it important to mention the length of the marriage?
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January 19, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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Beyond generative AI tools, AI-enabled technologies could also be leveraged by nonstate armed actors to predict the movements of law enforcement and military personnel and broadly improve the efficiency of operations, among other possibilities.
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
January 19, 2024 at 11:14 AM
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'Emergency' authorisation to use a highly damaging neonicotinoid has today been approved by UK Government
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/authori...
January 19, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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Fashion’s oversupply problem is an environmental disaster.
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2024...
January 19, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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About 2000 to 3000 asylum seekers were awaiting at the Russian side to arrive Finland, although Finnish Border Guard said that the number is not authentic.
www.dailyfinland.fi/national/359...
January 17, 2024 at 8:13 AM
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Money is no obstacle for some romantic holidaymakers in Finnish Lapland.
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January 17, 2024 at 7:52 AM
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Indeed science is more than the sum of research. Human face of science is important.
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January 15, 2024 at 7:01 AM
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Indian Supreme Court goes against a government proposal for tiger safari, which would involve keeping animals in cages within a national park.
Appreciation.
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/c...
January 15, 2024 at 7:00 AM
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Children have rights too.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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They were travelling in a group and all of them sought asylum in Finland following their arrest.

www.dailyfinland.fi/national/358...
January 14, 2024 at 11:57 AM
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The court ordered #Friends of the Earth Norway and #Nature and Youth, the two environmental organisations who brought the case, to pay legal costs of about £110,000.

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
January 13, 2024 at 8:42 AM
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Finnish rapper #Jesse Markin, one of the seven singers vying to represent Finland in the #Eurovision Song Contest on Thursday announced to boycott the contest, if #Israel is allowed to participate.
www.dailyfinland.fi/culture/3585...
January 12, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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“Women have a 45% greater likelihood of being fired than men, regardless of the firms’ overall performance.”

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January 12, 2024 at 11:19 AM
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Finland and Sweden share the third position with France, Japan, Austria, Luxembourg and South Korea with visa-free access to 189 destinations, according to the Henley Passport Index on Jan 10.
www.straitstimes.com/singapore/s-...
January 11, 2024 at 9:14 AM
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More and more women under the age of 35 are childless as 73 per cent of women aged 20–34 have not given birth, according to a study conducted by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
www.dailyfinland.fi/health/35840...
January 11, 2024 at 8:48 AM