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What's new

9.10.2019 Organ donation testament can be saved in My Kanta Pages
8.10.2019 13,200 higher education students have received a request for information about academic progress
4.10.2019 The Social Insurance Institution of Finland to test a new type of digital smart money
4.10.2019 40 years of subsidised meals for higher education students

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