Tag: Finland

EU rules out fee for tech giants under digital markets act
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Finland to revoke non-EU students’ permits over social assistance

Finland is planning stricter immigration rules that could see the residence permits of non-European Union students cancelled if they receive basic social assistance from the state. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment opened a public consultation on the draft law on January 16. This proposes a system that would allow authorities to automatically monitor […]

Global efforts intensify to address submarine cable ruptures
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Finnish authorities probe baltic sea power cable outage

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced on Wednesday that a power cable connecting Finland and Estonia beneath the Baltic Sea has experienced an outage, prompting an investigation into the incident. In a statement on X, Prime Minister Orpo confirmed that power transmission through the Estlink-2 cable stopped on Wednesday and that authorities were investigating the […]