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4 <title type="text">News from Finland "Helsinki Times"</title>
5 <subtitle type="text">Helsinki Times is an independent online newspaper covering news and events in Finland. Helsinki Times is the first ever English language news site in Finland established in 2007. The site is updated several times every day.</subtitle>
6 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi"/>
7 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/</id>
8 <updated>2020-10-21T02:08:43+03:00</updated>
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11 <entry>
12 <title>What is sustainable migration?</title>
13 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/18193-what-is-sustainable-migration.html"/>
14 <published>2020-10-20T18:00:38+03:00</published>
15 <updated>2020-10-20T18:00:38+03:00</updated>
16 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/18193-what-is-sustainable-migration.html</id>
17 <author>
18 <name>Alexis</name>
19 </author>
20 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/Veikko_Vallin_.jpg" /></p><p>MIGRATION IS UNDENIABLY the most crucial issue in Europe. Recently, the political focus has been on the battle against COVID-19, but the long term challenge remains the same: migration in the 21<sup>st</sup> century. </p>
21 <p>Problems used to be pejoratively dismissed as prejudices, but are now discussed openly in the streets, parliaments and academia.</p>
22 </div></summary>
23 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/Veikko_Vallin_.jpg" /></p><p>MIGRATION IS UNDENIABLY the most crucial issue in Europe. Recently, the political focus has been on the battle against COVID-19, but the long term challenge remains the same: migration in the 21<sup>st</sup> century. </p>
24 <p>Problems used to be pejoratively dismissed as prejudices, but are now discussed openly in the streets, parliaments and academia.</p>
25 </div></content>
26 <category term="Featured" />
27 <category term="MP talk" />
28 <category term="Columns" />
29 </entry>
30 <entry>
31 <title>Finland’s ranks of unemployed have grown notably from previous year</title>
32 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18191-finland-s-ranks-of-unemployed-have-grown-notably-from-previous-year.html"/>
33 <published>2020-10-20T12:07:46+03:00</published>
34 <updated>2020-10-20T12:07:46+03:00</updated>
35 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18191-finland-s-ranks-of-unemployed-have-grown-notably-from-previous-year.html</id>
36 <author>
37 <name>Aleksi Teivainen</name>
38 </author>
39 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/stat_fi-unemployment.png" /></p><p><strong>UNEMPLOYMENT</strong> in Finland increased substantially between September 2019 and September 2020, indicates <a href="http://stat.fi/til/tyti/2020/09/tyti_2020_09_2020-10-20_tie_001_fi.html">data released on Tuesday by Statistics Finland</a>.</p>
40 <p>The ranks of the employed grew by 47,000 from the previous year to 208,000, pushing the trend of the unemployment rate from 6.7 to 8.4 per cent. The ranks of the employed, meanwhile, decreased by 35,000 dragging the trend of the employment rate from 72.6 to 71.4 per cent.</p>
41 </div></summary>
42 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/stat_fi-unemployment.png" /></p><p><strong>UNEMPLOYMENT</strong> in Finland increased substantially between September 2019 and September 2020, indicates <a href="http://stat.fi/til/tyti/2020/09/tyti_2020_09_2020-10-20_tie_001_fi.html">data released on Tuesday by Statistics Finland</a>.</p>
43 <p>The ranks of the employed grew by 47,000 from the previous year to 208,000, pushing the trend of the unemployment rate from 6.7 to 8.4 per cent. The ranks of the employed, meanwhile, decreased by 35,000 dragging the trend of the employment rate from 72.6 to 71.4 per cent.</p>
44 </div></content>
45 <category term="Featured" />
46 <category term="Domestic" />
47 <category term="Finland" />
48 </entry>
49 <entry>
50 <title>Tampere shows green light for westward extension of light-rail system</title>
51 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18190-tampere-shows-green-light-for-westward-extension-of-light-rail-system.html"/>
52 <published>2020-10-20T08:47:46+03:00</published>
53 <updated>2020-10-20T08:47:46+03:00</updated>
54 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18190-tampere-shows-green-light-for-westward-extension-of-light-rail-system.html</id>
55 <author>
56 <name>Aleksi Teivainen</name>
57 </author>
58 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/tampere-tramway_extension.jpg" /></p><p><strong>THE CITY COUNCIL</strong> of Tampere on Monday <a href="https://www.tampere.fi/tampereen-kaupunki/ajankohtaista/tiedotteet/2020/10/19102020_5.html">voted 56 for and 11 against</a> a proposal for building a western extension to the tramway system that is scheduled to commence operations in the almost 240,000-resident city situated about 160 kilometres north of Helsinki in August 2021.</p>
59 <p>The councillors also voted in favour of beginning the construction according to original plan, later this year, rather than postponing it, as proposed by members of the Finns Party and National Coalition.</p>
60 </div></summary>
61 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/tampere-tramway_extension.jpg" /></p><p><strong>THE CITY COUNCIL</strong> of Tampere on Monday <a href="https://www.tampere.fi/tampereen-kaupunki/ajankohtaista/tiedotteet/2020/10/19102020_5.html">voted 56 for and 11 against</a> a proposal for building a western extension to the tramway system that is scheduled to commence operations in the almost 240,000-resident city situated about 160 kilometres north of Helsinki in August 2021.</p>
62 <p>The councillors also voted in favour of beginning the construction according to original plan, later this year, rather than postponing it, as proposed by members of the Finns Party and National Coalition.</p>
63 </div></content>
64 <category term="Featured" />
65 <category term="Domestic" />
66 <category term="Finland" />
67 </entry>
68 <entry>
69 <title>Finland suspends extraditions to Hong Kong, prompting response from Beijing</title>
70 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18189-finland-suspends-extraditions-to-hong-kong-prompting-response-from-beijing.html"/>
71 <published>2020-10-20T06:21:45+03:00</published>
72 <updated>2020-10-20T06:21:45+03:00</updated>
73 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18189-finland-suspends-extraditions-to-hong-kong-prompting-response-from-beijing.html</id>
74 <author>
75 <name>Aleksi Teivainen</name>
76 </author>
77 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/finland-hong_kong_extraditions.jpg" /></p><p><strong>FINLAND</strong> has suspended the extradition of suspected criminals to Hong Kong, <a href="https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000006672513.html">reports</a> Helsingin Sanomat.</p>
78 <p>President Sauli Niinistö on Friday <a href="https://vnk.fi/-/tasavallan-presidentin-esittelyn-16.10.2020-paatosaineisto">approved</a> Minister of Justice Anna-Maja Henriksson’s (SFP) proposal to suspend the application of the extradition treaty between Finland and Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China.</p>
79 </div></summary>
80 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/finland-hong_kong_extraditions.jpg" /></p><p><strong>FINLAND</strong> has suspended the extradition of suspected criminals to Hong Kong, <a href="https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000006672513.html">reports</a> Helsingin Sanomat.</p>
81 <p>President Sauli Niinistö on Friday <a href="https://vnk.fi/-/tasavallan-presidentin-esittelyn-16.10.2020-paatosaineisto">approved</a> Minister of Justice Anna-Maja Henriksson’s (SFP) proposal to suspend the application of the extradition treaty between Finland and Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China.</p>
82 </div></content>
83 <category term="Featured" />
84 <category term="Domestic" />
85 <category term="Finland" />
86 </entry>
87 <entry>
88 <title>Hunter shoots cross-country cyclist in national park in Northern Finland</title>
89 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18188-hunter-shoots-cross-country-cyclist-in-national-park-in-northern-finland.html"/>
90 <published>2020-10-19T12:54:20+03:00</published>
91 <updated>2020-10-19T12:54:20+03:00</updated>
92 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18188-hunter-shoots-cross-country-cyclist-in-national-park-in-northern-finland.html</id>
93 <author>
94 <name>Aleksi Teivainen</name>
95 </author>
96 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/nuuksio_national_park.jpg" /></p><p><strong>A HUNTER</strong> is tentatively suspected of grossly negligent homicide for accidentally shooting a cross-country cyclist in Urho Kekkonen National Park in Finnish Lapland on Saturday, report <a href="https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11600909">YLE</a> and <a href="https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000006673641.html">Helsingin Sanomat</a>.</p>
97 <p>Lapland Police Department on Sunday said it was notified that a bullet fired by a hunter had hit a cyclist in the national park at around 11am on Saturday.</p>
98 </div></summary>
99 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/nuuksio_national_park.jpg" /></p><p><strong>A HUNTER</strong> is tentatively suspected of grossly negligent homicide for accidentally shooting a cross-country cyclist in Urho Kekkonen National Park in Finnish Lapland on Saturday, report <a href="https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11600909">YLE</a> and <a href="https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000006673641.html">Helsingin Sanomat</a>.</p>
100 <p>Lapland Police Department on Sunday said it was notified that a bullet fired by a hunter had hit a cyclist in the national park at around 11am on Saturday.</p>
101 </div></content>
102 <category term="Featured" />
103 <category term="Domestic" />
104 <category term="Finland" />
105 </entry>
106 <entry>
107 <title>THE "PRIME MINISTER" SPEAKS OUT!</title>
108 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/331-david-kirp/18185-the-prime-minister-speaks-out.html"/>
109 <published>2020-10-19T09:30:43+03:00</published>
110 <updated>2020-10-19T09:30:43+03:00</updated>
111 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/331-david-kirp/18185-the-prime-minister-speaks-out.html</id>
112 <author>
113 <name>Alexis</name>
114 </author>
115 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/David_Kirp.jpg" /></p><p> </p>
116 <p><i>Imagine the popular reaction if <strong>Sanaa Marin</strong> delivered this speech.</i></p>
117 <p> </p>
118 <p>What is the current situation regarding coronavirus? What does the future look like?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And what is the government’s strategy?</p>
119 <p>You deserve clear answers to these questions. And you deserve to understand why the recent spread of COVID demands that we take action.</p>
120 </div></summary>
121 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/David_Kirp.jpg" /></p><p> </p>
122 <p><i>Imagine the popular reaction if <strong>Sanaa Marin</strong> delivered this speech.</i></p>
123 <p> </p>
124 <p>What is the current situation regarding coronavirus? What does the future look like?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And what is the government’s strategy?</p>
125 <p>You deserve clear answers to these questions. And you deserve to understand why the recent spread of COVID demands that we take action.</p>
126 </div></content>
127 <category term="Featured" />
128 <category term="David Kirp" />
129 <category term="Columns" />
130 </entry>
131 <entry>
132 <title>HS: Helsinki Region Transport to re-consider fare hikes to solve financial woes</title>
133 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18187-hs-helsinki-region-transport-to-re-consider-fare-hikes-to-solve-financial-woes.html"/>
134 <published>2020-10-19T09:00:59+03:00</published>
135 <updated>2020-10-19T09:00:59+03:00</updated>
136 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18187-hs-helsinki-region-transport-to-re-consider-fare-hikes-to-solve-financial-woes.html</id>
137 <author>
138 <name>Aleksi Teivainen</name>
139 </author>
140 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/hs-hsl_fare_hikes.jpg" /></p><p><strong>HELSINKI REGION TRANSPORT</strong> (HSL) is weighing up a variety of measures to tackle the financial difficulties brought about by the coronavirus epidemic, <a href="https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000006670649.html">writes</a> Helsingin Sanomat.</p>
141 <p>Information obtained by the newspaper indicates that the board of directors of the joint municipal authority will be presented a proposal for modest fare increases at its meeting at the end of October. The increases, it revealed, would be no more than two to three euros for a 30-day season ticket.</p>
142 </div></summary>
143 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/hs-hsl_fare_hikes.jpg" /></p><p><strong>HELSINKI REGION TRANSPORT</strong> (HSL) is weighing up a variety of measures to tackle the financial difficulties brought about by the coronavirus epidemic, <a href="https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000006670649.html">writes</a> Helsingin Sanomat.</p>
144 <p>Information obtained by the newspaper indicates that the board of directors of the joint municipal authority will be presented a proposal for modest fare increases at its meeting at the end of October. The increases, it revealed, would be no more than two to three euros for a 30-day season ticket.</p>
145 </div></content>
146 <category term="Featured" />
147 <category term="Domestic" />
148 <category term="Finland" />
149 </entry>
150 <entry>
151 <title>Committee: Finland’s restrictions should account for differences between restaurants</title>
152 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18186-committee-finland-s-restrictions-should-account-for-differences-between-restaurants.html"/>
153 <published>2020-10-19T05:54:53+03:00</published>
154 <updated>2020-10-19T05:54:53+03:00</updated>
155 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18186-committee-finland-s-restrictions-should-account-for-differences-between-restaurants.html</id>
156 <author>
157 <name>Aleksi Teivainen</name>
158 </author>
159 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/committee-restaurant_restrictions.jpg" /></p><p><strong>THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW</strong> Committee of the Parliament has announced it will not approve the plan to uphold the current restrictions on the operations of restaurants in Finland beyond October.</p>
160 <p>The committee ruled last week that the government cannot adopt a decree that restricts the freedom to conduct business in the way it has proposed, viewing that the present restrictions on the opening and serving hours of restaurants are already problematic.</p>
161 </div></summary>
162 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/committee-restaurant_restrictions.jpg" /></p><p><strong>THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW</strong> Committee of the Parliament has announced it will not approve the plan to uphold the current restrictions on the operations of restaurants in Finland beyond October.</p>
163 <p>The committee ruled last week that the government cannot adopt a decree that restricts the freedom to conduct business in the way it has proposed, viewing that the present restrictions on the opening and serving hours of restaurants are already problematic.</p>
164 </div></content>
165 <category term="Featured" />
166 <category term="Domestic" />
167 <category term="Finland" />
168 </entry>
169 <entry>
170 <title>Finnish man ordered by court to pay alimony for a child resulting from his wife cheating with another man </title>
171 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/18184-finnish-man-ordered-by-court-to-pay-alimony-for-a-child-resulting-from-has-wife-cheating-with-another-man.html"/>
172 <published>2020-10-19T00:19:36+03:00</published>
173 <updated>2020-10-19T00:19:36+03:00</updated>
174 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/18184-finnish-man-ordered-by-court-to-pay-alimony-for-a-child-resulting-from-has-wife-cheating-with-another-man.html</id>
175 <author>
176 <name>Alexis</name>
177 </author>
178 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/ISS_4266_07004.jpg" /></p><p>THE HELSINKI COURT OF APPEAL has upheld the verdict given by the district court that a man has to pay alimony for a child which is not biologically his, and was the result of his wife cheating on him with another man. </p>
179 </div></summary>
180 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/ISS_4266_07004.jpg" /></p><p>THE HELSINKI COURT OF APPEAL has upheld the verdict given by the district court that a man has to pay alimony for a child which is not biologically his, and was the result of his wife cheating on him with another man. </p>
181 </div></content>
182 <category term="Featured" />
183 <category term="News in brief" />
184 <category term="Finland" />
185 </entry>
186 <entry>
187 <title>Is nationalism a force for good or bad?</title>
188 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/18179-is-nationalism-a-force-for-good-or-bad.html"/>
189 <published>2020-10-17T08:47:45+03:00</published>
190 <updated>2020-10-17T08:47:45+03:00</updated>
191 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/18179-is-nationalism-a-force-for-good-or-bad.html</id>
192 <author>
193 <name>Alexis</name>
194 </author>
195 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/ekikuva1810.jpg" /></p><p>Nationalism is a relatively young ideology dating from the 18th century. Before its rise states were not defined primarily by nations but by their sovereign rulers following the principles established in the Treaty of Westphalen in 1648. </p>
196 <p>States in the Westphalian system were mostly multinational, multiethnic, multilingual and multireligious entities. Nationalities were often divided into subjects of many different rulers, as were Germans and Italians.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
197 </div></summary>
198 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/ekikuva1810.jpg" /></p><p>Nationalism is a relatively young ideology dating from the 18th century. Before its rise states were not defined primarily by nations but by their sovereign rulers following the principles established in the Treaty of Westphalen in 1648. </p>
199 <p>States in the Westphalian system were mostly multinational, multiethnic, multilingual and multireligious entities. Nationalities were often divided into subjects of many different rulers, as were Germans and Italians.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
200 </div></content>
201 <category term="Featured" />
202 <category term="MP talk" />
203 <category term="Columns" />
204 </entry>
205 <entry>
206 <title>A Reminder from the past</title>
207 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/culture/18183-a-reminder-from-the-past.html"/>
208 <published>2020-10-16T11:58:22+03:00</published>
209 <updated>2020-10-16T11:58:22+03:00</updated>
210 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/culture/18183-a-reminder-from-the-past.html</id>
211 <author>
212 <name>Alexis</name>
213 </author>
214 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/African_elephant.jpg" /></p><p>African Elephants drove the Norse out of Greenland! Yes, that’s how tangled the interplay of transcontinental socioeconomic dynamics and sensitive environments can be. The intriguing historical puzzle of Norse disappearance from Greenland had eluded resolution, until late when an interdisciplinary approach seems to have done the trick - elucidated the disastrous effects of human indiscretion and imprudence. <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379119305736">The new explanation </a>holds lessons for us that are quite pertinent contemporarily.</p>
215 </div></summary>
216 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/African_elephant.jpg" /></p><p>African Elephants drove the Norse out of Greenland! Yes, that’s how tangled the interplay of transcontinental socioeconomic dynamics and sensitive environments can be. The intriguing historical puzzle of Norse disappearance from Greenland had eluded resolution, until late when an interdisciplinary approach seems to have done the trick - elucidated the disastrous effects of human indiscretion and imprudence. <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379119305736">The new explanation </a>holds lessons for us that are quite pertinent contemporarily.</p>
217 </div></content>
218 <category term="Featured" />
219 <category term="Culture" />
220 </entry>
221 <entry>
222 <title>UPM to terminate almost 450 jobs in shut-down of mill in Central Finland</title>
223 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/business/18182-upm-to-terminate-almost-450-jobs-in-shut-down-of-mill-in-central-finland.html"/>
224 <published>2020-10-16T08:55:40+03:00</published>
225 <updated>2020-10-16T08:55:40+03:00</updated>
226 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/business/18182-upm-to-terminate-almost-450-jobs-in-shut-down-of-mill-in-central-finland.html</id>
227 <author>
228 <name>Aleksi Teivainen</name>
229 </author>
230 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/upm-kaipola_mill.jpg" /></p><p><strong>UPM</strong> has announced it will gradually wind down the operations of its paper mill and three paper machines in Jämsä, Centra Finland, by mid-December.</p>
231 <p>The Finnish forest industry company reported yesterday that it has wrapped up consultative negotiations with its staff and decided to terminate a total of 448 jobs at mill, 20 of which will be transferred to its label and packaging paper mill in Jämsänkoski.</p>
232 </div></summary>
233 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/upm-kaipola_mill.jpg" /></p><p><strong>UPM</strong> has announced it will gradually wind down the operations of its paper mill and three paper machines in Jämsä, Centra Finland, by mid-December.</p>
234 <p>The Finnish forest industry company reported yesterday that it has wrapped up consultative negotiations with its staff and decided to terminate a total of 448 jobs at mill, 20 of which will be transferred to its label and packaging paper mill in Jämsänkoski.</p>
235 </div></content>
236 <category term="Featured" />
237 <category term="Business" />
238 </entry>
239 <entry>
240 <title>Finnish government calls for restraint on events, recommends teleworking</title>
241 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18181-finnish-government-calls-for-restraint-on-events-recommends-teleworking.html"/>
242 <published>2020-10-16T06:11:06+03:00</published>
243 <updated>2020-10-16T06:11:06+03:00</updated>
244 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18181-finnish-government-calls-for-restraint-on-events-recommends-teleworking.html</id>
245 <author>
246 <name>Aleksi Teivainen</name>
247 </author>
248 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/saarikko_annika-regional_toolkit.jpg" /></p><p><strong>THE GOVERNMENT</strong> of Prime Minister <strong>Sanna Marin</strong> (SDP) on Thursday presented <a href="https://vnk.fi/-/hallitus-linjasi-valtakunnallisista-ja-alueellisista-suosituksista-koronaepidemian-leviamisen-estamiseksi">a toolkit of measures</a> it is encouraging regional authorities to utilise in an attempt to slow down the spread of the new coronavirus in Finland.</p>
249 <p>The recommendations differ based on whether the region is in the acceleration or spreading phase of the epidemic.</p>
250 </div></summary>
251 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/saarikko_annika-regional_toolkit.jpg" /></p><p><strong>THE GOVERNMENT</strong> of Prime Minister <strong>Sanna Marin</strong> (SDP) on Thursday presented <a href="https://vnk.fi/-/hallitus-linjasi-valtakunnallisista-ja-alueellisista-suosituksista-koronaepidemian-leviamisen-estamiseksi">a toolkit of measures</a> it is encouraging regional authorities to utilise in an attempt to slow down the spread of the new coronavirus in Finland.</p>
252 <p>The recommendations differ based on whether the region is in the acceleration or spreading phase of the epidemic.</p>
253 </div></content>
254 <category term="Featured" />
255 <category term="Domestic" />
256 <category term="Finland" />
257 </entry>
258 <entry>
259 <title>Bullying intervention should focus on prevention</title>
260 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/18180-bullying-intervention-should-focus-on-prevention.html"/>
261 <published>2020-10-15T15:52:45+03:00</published>
262 <updated>2020-10-15T15:52:45+03:00</updated>
263 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/18180-bullying-intervention-should-focus-on-prevention.html</id>
264 <author>
265 <name>Alexis</name>
266 </author>
267 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/Outi_2018_eduskunta-9.jpg" /></p><p>Setting a zero-tolerance policy on bullying in public speeches is not enough. Concrete action and sufficient resources are needed to prevent bullying.</p>
268 <p>In September, a pupil was subjected to brutal violence at the Kytöpuisto school in Vantaa. Helsingin Uutiset, in turn, wrote about a case where an eighth-grade boy was threatened with violence at recess and the incident was uploaded to social media. The cases are shocking and demonstrate a failure to guarantee school safety in practice.</p>
269 </div></summary>
270 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/Outi_2018_eduskunta-9.jpg" /></p><p>Setting a zero-tolerance policy on bullying in public speeches is not enough. Concrete action and sufficient resources are needed to prevent bullying.</p>
271 <p>In September, a pupil was subjected to brutal violence at the Kytöpuisto school in Vantaa. Helsingin Uutiset, in turn, wrote about a case where an eighth-grade boy was threatened with violence at recess and the incident was uploaded to social media. The cases are shocking and demonstrate a failure to guarantee school safety in practice.</p>
272 </div></content>
273 <category term="Featured" />
274 <category term="MP talk" />
275 <category term="Columns" />
276 </entry>
277 <entry>
278 <title>THL: Number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals has doubled in fortnight in Finland</title>
279 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18178-thl-number-of-covid-19-patients-in-hospitals-has-doubled-in-fortnight-in-finland.html"/>
280 <published>2020-10-15T11:56:26+03:00</published>
281 <updated>2020-10-15T11:56:26+03:00</updated>
282 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18178-thl-number-of-covid-19-patients-in-hospitals-has-doubled-in-fortnight-in-finland.html</id>
283 <author>
284 <name>Aleksi Teivainen</name>
285 </author>
286 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/vaasa_central_hospital.jpg" /></p><p><strong>THE FINNISH INSTITUTE</strong> for Health and Welfare (THL) on Thursday <a href="https://thl.fi/fi/-/koronavirustartuntojen-maara-on-kasvanut-merkittavasti?redirect=%2Ffi%2F">reported</a> that the number of patients in need of hospital care for symptoms caused by the new coronavirus has doubled since late September.</p>
287 <p>The number of new infections, similarly, has increased sharply over the past months, with the reproduction rate of the virus rising to an estimated 1.3–1.55.</p>
288 </div></summary>
289 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/vaasa_central_hospital.jpg" /></p><p><strong>THE FINNISH INSTITUTE</strong> for Health and Welfare (THL) on Thursday <a href="https://thl.fi/fi/-/koronavirustartuntojen-maara-on-kasvanut-merkittavasti?redirect=%2Ffi%2F">reported</a> that the number of patients in need of hospital care for symptoms caused by the new coronavirus has doubled since late September.</p>
290 <p>The number of new infections, similarly, has increased sharply over the past months, with the reproduction rate of the virus rising to an estimated 1.3–1.55.</p>
291 </div></content>
292 <category term="Featured" />
293 <category term="Domestic" />
294 <category term="Finland" />
295 </entry>
296 <entry>
297 <title>Government mulling ways to make regions step up measures against coronavirus</title>
298 <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18177-government-mulling-ways-to-make-regions-step-up-measures-against-coronavirus.html"/>
299 <published>2020-10-15T09:01:31+03:00</published>
300 <updated>2020-10-15T09:01:31+03:00</updated>
301 <id>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18177-government-mulling-ways-to-make-regions-step-up-measures-against-coronavirus.html</id>
302 <author>
303 <name>Aleksi Teivainen</name>
304 </author>
305 <summary type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/marin_sanna-evening_class.jpg" /></p><p><strong>THE GOVERNMENT</strong> of Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) is convening today to discuss means to encourage regions to adopt firmer measures to slow down the spread of the new coronavirus in Finland.</p>
306 <p>Marin on Wednesday revealed to reporters that the objective is to bring about “a correction of sorts” in regions struggling to contain the epidemic.</p>
307 </div></summary>
308 <content type="html"><div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/marin_sanna-evening_class.jpg" /></p><p><strong>THE GOVERNMENT</strong> of Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) is convening today to discuss means to encourage regions to adopt firmer measures to slow down the spread of the new coronavirus in Finland.</p>
309 <p>Marin on Wednesday revealed to reporters that the objective is to bring about “a correction of sorts” in regions struggling to contain the epidemic.</p>
310 </div></content>
311 <category term="Featured" />
312 <category term="Domestic" />
313 <category term="Finland" />
314 </entry>
315 </feed>