Food in Finland is no longer the most expensive in the EU.Finland now has the eighth most expensive grocery basket in the eurozone. Image: Antti J. LeinonenZena Iovino9:25Ilta-Sanomat declares that Finland no longer has the most expensive food in Europe, citing the Finnish Food and Drink Industries' Federation (ETL).The federation says the country's food prices have drifted closer to the European average over the past decade.Food in Finland is still more expensive than the EU mean, explains the ETL's economist, Bate Ismail, but the gap has narrowed considerably.In 2014, Finns paid roughly a quarter more for food and non-alcoholic beverages than the average European consumer. By 2024, the premium had shrunk to less than ten percent. The change owes less to falling prices in Finland than to faster inflation elsewhere on the continent.Among eurozone countries, Finland's grocery basket now ranks as the eighth most expensive.Games and gamblingThe most popular children's video games increasingly rely on techniques borrowed from gambling, reports Maaseudun Tulevaisuus.Eerik Soares Ruokosuo, an expert at the A-Clinic Foundation, says that many Finnish gaming companies have prospered because their products incorporate gambling-like elements and psychological triggers.In many games, players can gain an edge through small in-app purchases. At the same time, addictive design features don't carry warning labels, as cigarettes and alcohol do.Real estate reversalA real-estate turnaround is hardly imminent, according to Talouselämä.House prices in Finland will continue to fall this year, economists at OP Bank predict, reversing earlier hopes of a recovery.The war in the Middle East is dampening the housing market through higher interest rates, according to the business magazine."The annual change in prices has been negative for 41 consecutive months, which is an exceptionally long period," TE cites OP senior economist Joona Widgrén as saying.As for next year, the financial group expects prices to rise by an average of around three percent.Yle News' All Points North podcast asked if it's time to rent or buy after years of falling housing prices in Finland.