A legislative amendment and a tariff agreement ensure that the natural gas market of Finland, Estonia and Latvia will open to competition at the beginning of 2020

The interconnected natural gas markets of Finland, Estonia and Latvia will open to competition in the beginning of 2020 once the Balticconnector pipeline is up and running. The amendments to the Natural Gas Market Act enabling such a reform will enter into force in a few weeks’ time.
Director General Huttunen: Nuclear power has a long-lasting role as climate-friendly baseload power substituting fossil fuels
– Nuclear power has a long-lasting role as climate-friendly baseload power as fossil fuels need to be replaced quickly in emission-free ways to generate energy. This role will be emphasized in the coming years and decades, when global greenhouse gas emissions will have to be dramatically reduced in order to halt climate change, says Riku Huttunen, Director General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, in his opening speech at the Nordic Nuclear Forum conference to be held for the first time in Helsinki on 5 February 2019.
Decrease in unemployed jobseekers in December

A total of 256,500 unemployed jobseekers were registered at the Employment and Economic Development Offices at the end of December. This was 39,000 fewer than a year earlier. The number of unemployed jobseekers increased by 27,100 from the previous month. These figures are from the Employment Bulletin of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.