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259,000 unemployed jobseekers in October

Press release 23.11.2021 8.09

New service offers young people and immigrants information on working life

News item 22.11.2021 16.05

Nordic labour ministers and ILO head to discuss platform economy and wellbeing at work in Helsinki

Press release 22.11.2021 13.00

Commission extends the scope and term of more flexible state aid rules

Press release 18.11.2021 16.13

Conference on 9 December to highlight Nordic experiences on social economy, social enterprises, intermediate labour market and employment of people with impaired capacity to work

News item 18.11.2021 12.00

Legislative amendment makes it easier to determine tax liability of foreign companies

News item 18.11.2021 13.50

Employers to compensate employees for all non-competition agreements – legal amendments to take effect in January 2022

Press release 18.11.2021 13.48

Joensuu’s Draft Program receives a special mention in promoting European entrepreneurship

News item 17.11.2021 8.30

Minister of Economic Affairs Lintilä to visit the United States to discuss energy and bioeconomy 

Press release 15.11.2021 9.08

Finland continues to rank high in EU digital comparison

Press release 12.11.2021 16.00

Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme promotes wellbeing in the Baltic Sea region

Press release 11.11.2021 13.42

Evaluation: Finland’s guarantee scheme improved SMEs’ access to funding  

Press release 11.11.2021 9.10

Ministers Lintilä and Saarikko to discuss EU taxonomy for sustainable finance with Commissioner McGuinness

Press release 10.11.2021 14.38

Labour market forecast: Employment to exceed pre-coronavirus level this year but unemployment to fall below that level only in 2023

Press release 9.11.2021 11.01

MEAE launches preparation of sectoral roadmaps to ensure the availability of labour across Finland 

Press release 8.11.2021 9.16

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment funds E2 research project on how to attract international experts to Finland

News item 3.11.2021 13.14

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment launches preparations for a report on security of supply

Press release 2.11.2021 10.16

Minister of Economic Affairs to promote marine industry exports in the Netherlands and to discuss industrial policy in Denmark 

Press release 2.11.2021 10.36

Finland joins Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use

Press release 2.11.2021 9.30

New working group to prepare a reform of services for unaccompanied minors who have received a residence permit

Press release 2.11.2021 10.49

Ministers Haatainen and Lintilä to discuss EU competitiveness with the Commission’s Executive Vice-President Vestager

Press release 29.10.2021 9.29

New round of business cost support for companies in tourism, restaurant and event sectors

Press release 28.10.2021 13.21

Government proposes a new law on clothing and shoe labelling to satisfy EU rules

News item 28.10.2021 13.27

New members appointed to Finland’s delegation of the Committee of the Regions

News item 28.10.2021 13.25

Ministerial working group’s decision on Finland’s digital compass aims to make Finland a leader among EU countries

Press release 27.10.2021 17.16