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Good News From Finland
Finnfacts is a Finnish media organisation. It promotes Finnish know-how by organizing international media visits and publishing the Good News from Finland news site. Finnfacts is part of Business Finland. Finnfacts’ activities are financed by the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK and the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (TEM, fi, työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö, ) is one of the ministries of the Finnish Government. The ministry implements industry, labor, and local development policies. There are two ministerial p .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Finnfacts Trade associations based in Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The Helsinki urban area, city's urban area has a population of , making it by far the List of urban areas in Finland by population, most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research; while Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region, located to the north from Helsinki, is the second largest urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has History of Helsinki, close historical ties with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen (and surrounding commuter towns, including the eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederation Of Finnish Industries
The Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK, fi, Elinkeinoelämän Keskusliitto, sv, Finlands Näringsliv) is the largest employers' association in Finland. It was formed at the beginning of 2005 when the two employers' associations ''Palvelutyönantajat'' (Employers of the Service Sector) and ''Teollisuuden ja Työnantajain Keskusliitto'' (Union of Industries and Employers) merged. EK's member companies collectively contribute over 70% of Finland's GDP, and over 95% of Finland's exports. It has considerable negotiating power, since Finland has universal validity of collective labour agreements, and often a national income policy agreement is reached. EK focuses its activity on the following goals: * A business environment which stimulates growth and success for companies * Securing the competitiveness of Finnish work * Ways to benefit from the opportunities offered by globalisation * Economic policies promoting competitiveness * Efficient member services The organisation consist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Employment And The Economy
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (TEM, fi, työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö, ) is one of the ministries of the Finnish Government. The ministry implements industry, labor, and local development policies. There are two ministerial portfolios located within the ministry: * Minister of Economic Affairs * Minister of Employment The ministry was formed in 2008 by merging the former Ministry of Labour (''työministeriö''), the former Ministry of Trade and Industry (''kauppa- ja teollisuusministeriö''), and parts of the Ministry of the Interior (''sisäministeriö'') related to local administration. The first minister was Mauri Pekkarinen. The combination was called ''superministeriö'' because it was so large and diverse. The intention of the merger was to make sure that labor policy and industrial policy, as well as others such as immigration policy and regional policy, are coordinated and don't go separate ways. The ministry manages 15 local employment and economy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
