| Fewer Short-Term Jobs, More Permanent Positions The number of temporary work contracts is falling. According to the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, employers plan to continue reducing the number of temp workers and hire more employees on a permanent basis. On the other hand, part-time jobs are becoming more common in the country. yle.fi |
Tapparan päävalmentaja jätti tehtävänsä Jääkiekon SM-liigan Tapparan päävalmentaja Petri Mattila jättää tehtävänsä henkilökohtaisten syiden vuoksi. Tappara tiedotti verkkosivuillaan, että toistaiseksi päävalmentajan vastuuta kantaa Sami Hirvonen yhdessä muun valmennusjohdon kanssa. yle.fi |
Employees at TeliaSonera and Elisa Threaten Labour Action The Union of Salaried Employees (TU) issued a strike warning to teleoperators TeliaSonera and Elisa on Wednesday. Workers belonging to the union are to walk off the job on October 7 if a new contract is not drawn up by then. yle.fi |
Greens Willing to Swap Swedish for Russian in Eastern Schools The Green League party council on Sunday approved a policy position on regional exemptions from national language teaching programmes. The Greens are now taking the stand that, for example, schools in eastern parts of the country could replace mandatory studies in the second official language, Swedish, with Russian language lessons. yle.fi |
Turkish PM Bitter About EU Talks On a visit to Helsinki on Wednesday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the EU for delays in his country's EU membership negotiations. yle.fi |