Finland
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| Capital | Helsinki |
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| Currency | Euro |
| Population | 5. 503 million (2017) |
| Official_languages | Finnish |
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| Saami | |
| Inari | |
| Points of interest | Suomenlinna |
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| ID | 568779 |
About Finland
Finland is a Northern European nation bordering Sweden, Norway and Russia. Its capital, Helsinki, occupies a peninsula and surrounding islands in the Baltic Sea. Helsinki is home to the 18th-century sea fortress Suomenlinna, the fashionable Design District and diverse museums. The Northern Lights can be seen from the country's Arctic Lapland province, a vast wilderness with national parks and ski resorts.
Finland closes four crossing points on Russia border
...Finland has closed four of its border crossings with Russia to try to halt a surge in asylum seekers it says was instigated by Moscow...
G7 to announce long-term Ukraine security package at Nato summit
... The country will now become the alliance s 32nd member after Finland - which borders Russia, joined in April...
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... Mr Biden s overseas diplomatic trip - in which he will also travel to Lithuania and Finland - will take place from 9 to 13 July...
Eurovision 2023: Austria to open Liverpool's song contest with UK closing
... Do the favourites have a good placing? The two big favourites - Sweden and Finland - drew a place in first half when they qualified for Saturday s final...
Eurovision 2023: Royal themes and unicorns in first semi-final
... What to look out for Two of the favourites to win the whole contest perform tonight - Finland and Sweden...
Ukraine war: 'Frank' talks as Ukraine pushes Germany for tanks
... Under German export laws, other countries who want to supply Leopards - like Poland and Finland - are unable to do so until Berlin gives the all-clear...
Ukraine war: Germany yet to make decision on sending tanks
... However, under German export laws, other countries who want to supply Leopard 2s - like Poland and Finland - Earlier this week Germany was reported to have made a decision on providing the tanks - which would be done on the condition the US agreed to send its advanced M1 Abrams main battle tank...
Cost of Living: How you're delaying switching on the heating
... Charles Dean in East London has been knitted woolly socks to keep him warm by a friend in Finland - where October temperatures average five degrees Celsius...
The gender gap is on course to close. in 99 years
The Gap between men and women, measured in terms of political influence, economic gain and health and education, has narrowed over The Last year, but will take another century to disappear, The World Economic Forum (WEF) said.
In the WEF's latest report the UK has slipped from 15th to 21st place.
The Swiss-based organisation tracks global progress in gender equality.
It said that while more women were entering government in many places, the economic gap has widened.
The WEF predicted it would take 99. 5 years for women to be on an equal footing with men, despite women taking high-profile leadership roles at the European Central Bank and the World Bank , and at The Head of several countries including Finland , Germany and New Zealand .
Progress in the political sphere remained slow, the WEF said, with women still holding only 21% of ministerial positions worldwide. But it hoped the "role model effect" would encourage faster change.
The organisation said the economic gender gap had grown compared to last year, partly because women are under-represented in almost all of the fastest-growing job sectors, such as Cloud Computing and AI. Women are more likely to be displaced by automation, it added.
UK slipsBritain's new ranking leaves it behind a few developing countries and most rich ones, although it is ahead of the United States .
The WEF said The Fall in 2019 in the UK's position partly reflected a decline in The Number of women in ministerial positions.
But the UK also has a persistent economic gender gap, putting the country at 58th in the rankings, due to big differences between men and women's earned income. In the UK men dominate sectors such as AI, engineering and computing and many more women than men work part-time.
There are several specific areas where Britain is in joint First Place , including literacy, enrolment in tertiary education and the proportion of professional and technical workers who are women, WEF Found .
Finland 's new government, led by Prime Minister Sanna Marin (centre), could provide Role ModelsIceland came in top place in The World ranking in 2019 as it did last year. Bottom of The List were Pakistan, Iraq and Yemen.
Top Ten countries for gender equality Iceland Norway Finland Sweden Nicaragua New Zealand Ireland Spain Rwanda GermanyLast year the WEF's report suggested it would take 108 years to close the inequality gap.
Klaus Schwab , founder of WEF, said The Report highlighted the growing urgency for action.
"At The Present rate of change, it will take nearly a century to achieve parity, a timeline we simply cannot accept in today's globalised world, especially among younger generations who hold increasingly progressive views of gender equality," he said.
gender pay gap, economics, economic inequality, women
Source of news: bbc.com
