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Miranda Bryant in Stockholm

Finland strikes expected to bring country to standstill

National Coalition party presidential candidate Alexander Stubb campaigning in Helsinki, Finland
Alexander Stubb, centre, the National Coalition party presidential candidate, campaigning in Helsinki on Monday. The second round of elections takes place on 11 February. Photograph: Mikko Stig/AP

Kindergartens, shops, public transport and air traffic control are expected to come to a standstill in Finland this week as hundreds of thousands of people go on strike.

The wave of stoppages, which started on Wednesday and is expected to continue into Thursday and Friday before further strikes next week, is in protest at the government’s proposed employment changes and social security cuts.

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