This year, the Finnish Immigration Service has seen a clear increase in the number of residence permit applications submitted by specialists. In January–July, international specialists submitted 1,627 first residence permit applications, which amounts to approximately a thousand applications more than in the corresponding period last year (January–July 2021: 621).
Specialists, in this context, include, among others, IT experts and employees with an academic degree, whose work in Finland requires special expertise.
Finland will close a stretch of one of its major highways so that its air force can practice takeoffs and landings on a road that serves as a reserve runway during wartime