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2025 saw record number of people gaining Finnish citizenship

Wednesday's papers: Tax breaks for data centres, Italian restaurateur's bureaucratic frustration and a cat's €9,000 in damage

Finland's citizenship test will be multiple-choice, true-or-false

Finnish citizenship pathway 5 years for most, despite law change

Finnish interior minister promises tighter citizenship laws

Migri: Fewer residence, asylum applications due to corona

Asylum Application

Record number of UK nationals granted Finnish citizenship since Brexit

Iraqis become largest group seeking Finnish citizenship

Application For Citizenship

Dual citizen denied place at police college over Russian ties

"I didn't know I was a dual citizen": Adoptive families in Finland stumped by citizenship letters

States, Nations and Countries

Decline in foreign citizens receiving Finnish nationality

Statistics Finland

Latest: Porvoo shooting suspects are Swedish nationals

Suspected Person

Iraq claims it deported Finnish children with family ties to Isis

Court frees recruiter accused of discriminating against Russian-Finnish dual citizen

National defence

Faster asylum process, civics test, proof of study or work: Govt’s plans to combat immigrant crime

Human migration

Finland won’t strip citizenship from ISIS fighters, minister says

No-deal Brexit may cost Brit in Finland a job at EU chemicals agency

Monday’s papers: Claims on Finnishness, citizenship obstacles and 'Buy Finland'

Nordic countries

Interior Minister, Blue Reform repeat call to strip citizenship from dual citizen sex criminals

Finnish Political Parties

Wednesday's papers: Stricter citizenship requirements, dead lion and car prices

Media reports: Four Finns dead in Zimbabwe plane crash

Aviation accident

Interior Minister dismisses Border Guard's dual citizenship ban proposal

Government Ministers & Departments

Recruiter charged with discrimination against Finnish-Russian dual citizen

The Finnish Broadcasting Company

Four face charges over alleged discrimination against Finnish-Russian dual citizen

The Finnish Broadcasting Company

Officers' Union: Dual Finnish-Russian citizens not suitable for certain military positions

Activities of Trade Unions, Labour Unions and Trade Associations

Data show women, certain nationalities more likely to be granted Finnish residence permits

Residence permit

Brits seek Finnish citizenship at unprecedented rate as Brexit looms

All Points North Podcast: Esports, Sámi Day, deportations, dual citizenship and the Winter Olympics

All Points North

Foreign visitor numbers up in Finland, average hotel room costs 100 euros

Charges dropped in military Finnish-Russian dual citizenship discrimination case

Dual Citizenship

Thursday's papers: Sleeper agent as president, space rock, Finnair's share price jump and vanishing farms

Parliament stabbing duo released from hospital

Defence Forces employee faces charges over Finnish-Russian conscript discrimination

National defence

After Turku attack, Finnish cabinet aims to rewrite citizenship and aliens laws

Police probe suspected discrimination of dual nationals in Finnish Defence Force

Finnish Defence Forces

Record numbers receive Finnish citizenship in 2016

Statistics Finland

Dual Finnish-Russian citizen denied work at garrison kitchens

The Finnish Broadcasting Company

Source: Defense Forces' intelligence dept behind discriminatory dual citizenship guideline

The Finnish Broadcasting Company

Survey: Half of Finns see Finnish-Russian dual citizens in the Defence Force as a serious threat

Finnish Defence Forces

President Niinistö urges re-evaluation of dual citizenship laws

Dual Citizenship

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