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Nongovernmental Association (NGO)

Finland performs poorly in financial transparency comparison, watchdog says

Personal Finance

Tobacco taxes set to rise, but what else will Finland's budget bring? Here's how the process unfolds

Finnish Foreign Aid & Development

Finnwatch human rights researcher acquitted of all charges by Thai court

Finnish Foreign Aid & Development

Finnwatch chides Outokumpu over Brazilian supplier

Cinnamon

Watchdog calls out Finnish firms for "unsustainable" cinnamon sourcing

Finnish Foreign Aid & Development

Domestic power firms avoided tens of millions in taxes, watchdog says

Finnish Foreign Aid & Development

Finnwatch: Some wealthy Finns cash in on investments tax-free

Finnish Foreign Aid & Development

Thai court dismisses defamation case against Finnwatch human rights researcher

Infant

Baby box for 2020 released

Pension Retirement Fund

Finnish pension funds linked to alcohol, weapons and tax havens

Finnish Foreign Aid & Development

Finnwatch: Tea sold in Finland picked by underpaid workers

Nongovernmental Association (NGO)

NGO: Many Finnish energy firms importing products from high-carbon-emission countries

Family

Smelly gauze removed from 2019 maternity kits

Finnish Foreign Aid & Development

Finnwatch: Are you sure you’re eating ethical ice cream?

Product Certification

Fairtrade coffee on the rise in Finland, watchdog reports

Finnish Foreign Aid & Development

Finnwatch: Minister Berner's company's Indian subcontractor tramples workers' rights

Bad Working Conditions

Finland unveils forest-themed 2019 baby box

Subcontracting Industry

Tuesday’s papers: Finnkino stops showing Finns Party ad, migrant labour rights and blue-collar jobs

Bad Working Conditions

Finnwatch: Majority of Finland’s baby box products made in sweatshop locations

Politics

Monday's papers: Watchdog funding dispute, opioid trend worry, and 'Giving Tuesday'

Financial and Other Company Services

Finnwatch slams banks' reluctant reporting

Caruna Oy

Finnwatch: Government failing to crack down on tax law loophole

Repatriation

Finnair says it trusts authorities on deportations, interior minister rejects suspension call

Nongovernmental Association (NGO)

For the good of Finnish firms or developing countries? Government’s commercia­li­sation of development aid

Nongovernmental Association (NGO)

NGO: Wärtsilä still falling short on wages, subcontractor oversight in India

Nongovernmental Association (NGO)

NGO: 20% of Finnish aid money spent on dubious investments

Nongovernmental Association (NGO)

Finnwatch rights investigator sentenced in Thailand

Trial (in court)

Tuesday's papers: Fewer military dropouts, Finnwatch trial in Thailand and preparations for municipal job losses

Mining

Lobby group: Mining tax would kill off entire sector

Industrials

Finnwatch: Thai medical glove factory conditions still lacking

Subcontracting Industry

Finnwatch: Marimekko, Iittala improved Thailand factory conditions

Activities of Trade Unions, Labour Unions and Trade Associations

Wärtsilä under fire over Indian operations

Nongovernmental Association (NGO)

NGO: Finnish publishers using sweatshop labour

Palm Oil As Biodiesel

Finnwatch flags workers’ rights violations on palm oil plantations

Pineapple

Finnwatch researcher goes on trial in Bangkok

Onemed Group

Finnwatch: Sweatshop conditions in Thai medical glove plant

Nongovernmental Association (NGO)

Grocery chains looking into report of inhumane conditions at Thai suppliers

Industrials

Tuesday’s papers: Unfair-trade fruit juice, slumping corporate taxes, crowded ferries and robot rockers

Offshore financial centre

Finnwatch: 100s of Finnish subsidiaries in tax havens

Enterohemorrhagic e. coli (EHEC)

Wednesday's papers: Sex offenders unwilling to take treatment, tax havens draw Finnish companies and a power glut in the making

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