SixDegrees magazine

The new Finnish Immigration Service has taken the reign from the Directorate of Immigration. The aim is to improve customer services, and one way of doing this will be the upcoming web-based feedback channels. That will not, however, automatically improve the attitudes in the customer service, something that has also triggered complaints.

Johanna Suurpää recently became Finland’s new Ombudsman for Minorities. The Ombudsman for Minorities is an independent authority established for the advancement of the status and legal protection of ethnic minorities and foreigners as well as to promote equality and good ethnic relations.

Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen has demanded changes to the Finnish gun ownership law as a result of the events in Jokela. But how effective are gun laws in preventing death and injury, really?

As the number of residence permit applications keeps on rising, Finnish society needs to ask itself many fundamental questions. One of the biggest is whether society is ready to become "responsible, caring and rewarding", in line with the official immigration policy programme.

How to start small talking when coming into the room full of potential business partners, and what sort of wine to choose when having sushi for dinner? These are the kind of questions cultural training aims to answer. And the kind of questions one can make big money with.