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Unemployment rate rises to 10.2% in Q2 in Finland
The average number of unemployed persons in the second quarter of 2025 was 297,000, which was 27,000 more than in April to June 2024, according to Statistics Finland.…
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New car registration drops by 5% in Finland in H1
A total of 37,258 new passenger cars were registered in Finland in January-June period of 2025, which was 5 per cent fewer than one year earlier, according to Statistics…
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VW surges to 46% share of German electric car market
The Volkswagen (VW) Group held a 46% market share in the German electric car market in the first half of the year, putting it far ahead of competing firms, an analysis of…
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Enersense sells Pori shipyard to Canadian company Davie
Finnish company Enersense International on Tuesday signed an agreement to sell its subsidiary Enersense Offshore Oy, which constitutes the company’s Marine and…
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Trade balance posts €145m surplus in May
The trade balance was in surplus of EUR 145 million in May, according to the preliminary statistics of international trade in goods released by Finnish Customs on…
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More people in Finland file debt restructuring petitions in H1
A total of 2,724 debt restructuring petitions of private persons were filed with district courts from January to June in 2025, according to Statistics Finland. The…
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Fazer to invest €400m to build new chocolate factory in Lahti
Finnish food production company Fazer will invest about EUR 400 million in the construction of a new chocolate factory in Lahti, said the company in a press release on…
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Building costs rise slightly in June Y-on-Y
Building costs increased by 0.2 per cent in June 2025 compared to the previous year's corresponding period, according to Statistics Finland. Among materials, the…
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Number of bankruptcies in Finland rises in June
A total of 305 bankruptcy proceedings were instigated in June 2025, which is 53 more than in the corresponding period one year earlier, according to Statistics Finland.…
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House rents go up in Finland in Q2
Rents of non-subsidised dwellings fell by 0.3 per cent in Greater Helsinki and rose by 0.9 per cent in the rest of Finland in April to June 2025, according to Statistics…
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