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New Board appointed for National Nuclear Waste Management Fund
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29.8.2024 16.18
Number of work-based and education-based residence permit applications has increased in 2024
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28.8.2024 8.02
Action plan to promote offshore wind power has been published
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20.8.2024 10.39
306,000 unemployed jobseekers in July
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20.8.2024 8.02
Kimitoön’s START for entrepreneurs project wins Finland’s national competition for the European Enterprise Promotion Awards
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7.8.2024 9.41
New call for proposals on solar PV projects opens under EU Renewable Energy Financing Mechanism
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6.8.2024 11.59
293,300 unemployed jobseekers in June
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23.7.2024 8.15
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) to discuss labour and skills shortages and promoting the employment of persons with disabilities
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15.7.2024 10.06
Icebreaker initiative means significant opportunities for Finnish industrial policy
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11.7.2024 17.30
Lassi Noponen appointed as Director General of Business Finland
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11.7.2024 13.24
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Budget proposal for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment’s administrative branch for 2025
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9.8.2024 11.05
Information on Talent Boost compiled on two web pages
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30.5.2024 13.17
Working group to draft action programme on employment for people in adverse labour market position
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23.4.2024 10.01
Työkanava Ltd to be dissolved
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17.4.2024 13.46
New obligations proposed for providers of private employment services in maritime sector
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7.3.2024 13.31
EU lawmakers agree: forced labour products no longer allowed on the EU market
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5.3.2024 10.40
EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence fails to receive a qualified majority of votes in Coreper
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28.2.2024 16.28
Ban on products made with forced labour in the EU market progressing
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26.1.2024 14.34
EU thresholds for public procurement to rise on 1 January 2024
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21.12.2023 11.55
Amendments to the Posted Workers Act
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14.12.2023 14.03
Column
Phasing out Russian gas will continue – EU prepares for the coming winter
7.6.2024 7.53
![Riku Huttunen in semi close-up pic](https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/12670292/Riku+Huttunen-1000.jpg/eb1a586c-8e8b-038a-e8b1-1be121ee2040?version=1.0&t=1695200133964)
The availability and price of natural gas (methane) have been at the heart of Europe's response to Russia's aggression in connection with the war in Ukraine. A massive military invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, but the energy war started already in summer 2021 as Russia manipulated gas trade to the European Union.