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Tough regimen helps cure Finland's economic ills
Published Sun, Apr 23, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Helsinki
FINLAND'S economic stewards, used to presenting bad news, are getting positively giddy.
The self-described sick man of Europe is now showing signs of real progress after years of tough budget cuts and tax increases. That may allow the country to avoid further austerity, its finance minister, Petteri Orpo, said in an interview in Helsinki on Thursday.
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