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5 <title>News from Finland "Helsinki Times"</title>
6 <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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13 <title>What is sustainable migration?</title>
14 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/18193-what-is-sustainable-migration.html</link>
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16 <description><![CDATA[<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>
17 <p>Problems used to be pejoratively dismissed as prejudices, but are now discussed openly in the streets, parliaments and academia.</p>
18 </div>]]></description>
19 <category>Featured</category>
20 <category>MP talk</category>
21 <category>Columns</category>
22 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:00:38 +0300</pubDate>
23 </item>
24 <item>
25 <title>Finland’s ranks of unemployed have grown notably from previous year</title>
26 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18191-finland-s-ranks-of-unemployed-have-grown-notably-from-previous-year.html</link>
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28 <description><![CDATA[<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>
29 <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>
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31 <category>Featured</category>
32 <category>Domestic</category>
33 <category>Finland</category>
34 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:07:46 +0300</pubDate>
35 </item>
36 <item>
37 <title>Tampere shows green light for westward extension of light-rail system</title>
38 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18190-tampere-shows-green-light-for-westward-extension-of-light-rail-system.html</link>
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40 <description><![CDATA[<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>
41 <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>
42 </div>]]></description>
43 <category>Featured</category>
44 <category>Domestic</category>
45 <category>Finland</category>
46 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 08:47:46 +0300</pubDate>
47 </item>
48 <item>
49 <title>Finland suspends extraditions to Hong Kong, prompting response from Beijing</title>
50 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18189-finland-suspends-extraditions-to-hong-kong-prompting-response-from-beijing.html</link>
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52 <description><![CDATA[<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>
53 <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>
54 </div>]]></description>
55 <category>Featured</category>
56 <category>Domestic</category>
57 <category>Finland</category>
58 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 06:21:45 +0300</pubDate>
59 </item>
60 <item>
61 <title>Hunter shoots cross-country cyclist in national park in Northern Finland</title>
62 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18188-hunter-shoots-cross-country-cyclist-in-national-park-in-northern-finland.html</link>
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64 <description><![CDATA[<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>
65 <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>
66 </div>]]></description>
67 <category>Featured</category>
68 <category>Domestic</category>
69 <category>Finland</category>
70 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:54:20 +0300</pubDate>
71 </item>
72 <item>
73 <title>THE "PRIME MINISTER" SPEAKS OUT!</title>
74 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/331-david-kirp/18185-the-prime-minister-speaks-out.html</link>
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76 <description><![CDATA[<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/images/2020/Oct/David_Kirp.jpg" /></p><p> </p>
77 <p><i>Imagine the popular reaction if <strong>Sanaa Marin</strong> delivered this speech.</i></p>
78 <p> </p>
79 <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>
80 <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>
81 </div>]]></description>
82 <category>Featured</category>
83 <category>David Kirp</category>
84 <category>Columns</category>
85 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:30:43 +0300</pubDate>
86 </item>
87 <item>
88 <title>HS: Helsinki Region Transport to re-consider fare hikes to solve financial woes</title>
89 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18187-hs-helsinki-region-transport-to-re-consider-fare-hikes-to-solve-financial-woes.html</link>
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91 <description><![CDATA[<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>
92 <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>
93 </div>]]></description>
94 <category>Featured</category>
95 <category>Domestic</category>
96 <category>Finland</category>
97 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:00:59 +0300</pubDate>
98 </item>
99 <item>
100 <title>Committee: Finland’s restrictions should account for differences between restaurants</title>
101 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18186-committee-finland-s-restrictions-should-account-for-differences-between-restaurants.html</link>
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103 <description><![CDATA[<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>
104 <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>
105 </div>]]></description>
106 <category>Featured</category>
107 <category>Domestic</category>
108 <category>Finland</category>
109 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 05:54:53 +0300</pubDate>
110 </item>
111 <item>
112 <title>Finnish man ordered by court to pay alimony for a child resulting from his wife cheating with another man </title>
113 <link>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</link>
114 <guid isPermaLink="true">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</guid>
115 <description><![CDATA[<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>
116 </div>]]></description>
117 <category>Featured</category>
118 <category>News in brief</category>
119 <category>Finland</category>
120 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:19:36 +0300</pubDate>
121 </item>
122 <item>
123 <title>Is nationalism a force for good or bad?</title>
124 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/18179-is-nationalism-a-force-for-good-or-bad.html</link>
125 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/18179-is-nationalism-a-force-for-good-or-bad.html</guid>
126 <description><![CDATA[<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>
127 <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>
128 </div>]]></description>
129 <category>Featured</category>
130 <category>MP talk</category>
131 <category>Columns</category>
132 <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2020 08:47:45 +0300</pubDate>
133 </item>
134 <item>
135 <title>A Reminder from the past</title>
136 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/culture/18183-a-reminder-from-the-past.html</link>
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138 <description><![CDATA[<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>
139 </div>]]></description>
140 <category>Featured</category>
141 <category>Culture</category>
142 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:58:22 +0300</pubDate>
143 </item>
144 <item>
145 <title>UPM to terminate almost 450 jobs in shut-down of mill in Central Finland</title>
146 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/business/18182-upm-to-terminate-almost-450-jobs-in-shut-down-of-mill-in-central-finland.html</link>
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148 <description><![CDATA[<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>
149 <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>
150 </div>]]></description>
151 <category>Featured</category>
152 <category>Business</category>
153 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 08:55:40 +0300</pubDate>
154 </item>
155 <item>
156 <title>Finnish government calls for restraint on events, recommends teleworking</title>
157 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18181-finnish-government-calls-for-restraint-on-events-recommends-teleworking.html</link>
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159 <description><![CDATA[<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>
160 <p>The recommendations differ based on whether the region is in the acceleration or spreading phase of the epidemic.</p>
161 </div>]]></description>
162 <category>Featured</category>
163 <category>Domestic</category>
164 <category>Finland</category>
165 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 06:11:06 +0300</pubDate>
166 </item>
167 <item>
168 <title>Bullying intervention should focus on prevention</title>
169 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/18180-bullying-intervention-should-focus-on-prevention.html</link>
170 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/18180-bullying-intervention-should-focus-on-prevention.html</guid>
171 <description><![CDATA[<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>
172 <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>
173 </div>]]></description>
174 <category>Featured</category>
175 <category>MP talk</category>
176 <category>Columns</category>
177 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:52:45 +0300</pubDate>
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180 <title>THL: Number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals has doubled in fortnight in Finland</title>
181 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18178-thl-number-of-covid-19-patients-in-hospitals-has-doubled-in-fortnight-in-finland.html</link>
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183 <description><![CDATA[<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>
184 <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>
185 </div>]]></description>
186 <category>Featured</category>
187 <category>Domestic</category>
188 <category>Finland</category>
189 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:56:26 +0300</pubDate>
190 </item>
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192 <title>Government mulling ways to make regions step up measures against coronavirus</title>
193 <link>https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/18177-government-mulling-ways-to-make-regions-step-up-measures-against-coronavirus.html</link>
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195 <description><![CDATA[<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>
196 <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>
197 </div>]]></description>
198 <category>Featured</category>
199 <category>Domestic</category>
200 <category>Finland</category>
201 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:01:31 +0300</pubDate>
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