Finland to grant almost one billion euros in support to companies
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's government will grant crisis support worth nearly a billion euros to companies hit by the economic blow from the coronavirus outbreak, Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintila said on Thursday.Previously the Finnish government had backed loans and granted mostly investment funding to companies, but the new amount will be direct support to mitigate the sudden drop in companies' revenue, Lintila told a news conference. "With the new cost support we wish to prevent a..