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The Finnish Digital and Population Data Services Agency has implemented a new automated decision-making process for first name changes, significantly streamlining the procedure. As of December 14, 2023, this process is available for adults changing their first names to commonly used ones via the Name Change Service. This innovation marks the agencys second deployment of automated administrative decisions, following a similar approach for surname changes where individuals revert to their previous...

Minister of Digital Transformation Mark Boris Andrijanič paid a working visit to Finland on 4 and 5 May 2022. The main purpose of the visit was to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Digital Transformation Cooperation between Slovenia and Finland.

Finlands most popular baby names in 2020: Aino and Leo The most popular names continue a recent trend for choosing names that work in different languages and cultures. The data is based on names given to 47,839 children born in Finland last year. Image: Hanna Terävä / Yle Aino and Leo were the most popular first names for children born in Finland last year, according to figures published by the Finnish Digital and Population Data Services Agency. The agency found that Aino was given as a firs...

Gofore Plcs Business Review 1–30 November 2020: Strong and eventful month Gofore’s net sales in November 2020 were EUR 8.5 million (2019: EUR 6.0 million). The Group had a total of 727 employees (582 employees) at the end of the period.  CEO Mikael Nylund comments: “November was quite eventful in Gofore this year! Our net sales continued to grow nicely, and were even 41% higher than in the corresponding period in the previous year. Growth continued specifically in the work of our own pe...