National Coalition Party leadership candidate and Social Services and Health Minister Paula Risikko has called for a national referendum on joining the NATO military alliance. The subject of NATO membership has been a political hot potato Finland with opinion polls showing popular opposition to joining the bloc....
Fresh figures from Statistics Finland show the Finnish economy struggled in March, with total output down one percent on February and two percent compared to March 2013....
Aerial evidence discovered in the village of Kvarnbo, Saltvik in the autonomous Åland Islands points to the existence of an ancient Viking banquet hall – a possible watering hole for Viking elite of an era long gone. Since the first aerial explorations, researchers have excavated personal jewelry, evidence that the site may have been frequented by Viking nobles....
Finland is set to heat up next week, when Yle meteorologist Toni Hellinen says temperatures across the south and centre of the country could top 25 degrees Celsius. He says the hot spell could last for the whole week in the warmest parts of the country....
Finnish banking and insurance company will eliminate up to 6 percent of its workforce....
The number of overnight stays by Russian visitors fell by 14 percent nationwide in March, compared to one year earlier. Russians are the largest national group among tourists in Finland, but the decline among visitors of all nationalities was nearly 8 percent....
Changing gun ownership laws in Finland have resulted in a decrease in the number of permits issued. Last year 59,324 permits were issued compared with 85,409 in 2007. ...
Finnish pharmaceutical company Orion is partnering with Indian Jubilant Biosys in pain management. The two companies are aiming to develop a pain management drug that, according to the two companies, would benefit large group of people. The collaborators are planning to discover small molecule inhibitors in neuroscience therapeutic area. Jubilant Biosys offers Orion its integrated discovery services,...
Following the huge successes of Fingersoft, Rovio and Supercell, Finland has been declared the centre of the global game industry. In addition to these three, Finland is home to 200 other game industry companies. How many can you name? One of them is Gajatri Studios, a developer of well-being games. A newcomer in the game industry, the company faces many challenges: a lack of experience, the general...
Clean water is a vital prerequisite for life, but it is also chemistry. Municipal water treatment has been the backbone of Kemira’s business for about 50 years. In general, Kemira focuses on pulp and paper, oil and gas, mining and water treatment. — At Kemira’s Municipal and Industrial segment, our main products are aluminum and iron salts that are used as coagulants in various applications. Polymers,...
Many immigrants find themselves battling a windmill as they seek to adapt to a new life, to be taken seriously and to get along day-to-day. Language skills can be a tool and a vehicle, says one Finnish expert, but at worst, excessive demands can create a high threshold and even serious barriers to integration....
Thursday’s morning papers serve up a varied breakfast menu covering everything from what makes the ideal Member of the European Parliament, a struggle by Finland’s leading food chains to host Europarliament voters (and hopefully shoppers), reports of a failed roofing section in downtown Helsinki to new evidence of hidden cash allegedly stashed away by former Helsinki drug squad chief Jari Aarnio....
Tiny but powerful measuring devices are coming on the market thanks to technology developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Two companies have already launched products globally. Rikola Ltd from Finland manufactures and sells the world’s smallest hyperspectral camera, which can be used for surveying fertilisation and irrigation needs in agricultural areas from unmanned aerial vehicles....
The Finnish gaming company Playforia has been sold to a foreign owner. The value of the transaction for Playforia is approximately EUR 5.2 million and the buyer is United Game Studios, a company owned by an investor with an Indian background. — The deal gives Playforia an owner that is committed to investing in the industry and who has close contacts with, for example, India and China, from where it...
Wednesday's newspapers cover the surprisingly big names running in the European elections, discussion of the Yle's shopping comparison, and a brief run-down of the coming changes to car inspection protocols in Finland....
Police in Finnish Lapland have issued a warning for residents of the northern city of Tornio due to an industrial fire....
Finnish women are increasingly better educated than men and it is beginning to be seen in their choice of careers. Some experts suggest that the path to higher education begins in primary school, where the differences between boys and girls are not given enough attention. One specialist doctor even recommends separate schools for boys and girls. ...
Just under 9,000 people were granted Finnish nationality last year, most of whom were citizens of Russia. Every fifth person who was granted citizenship was born in Finland. ...
As advance voting for the European Parliament begins, Finland’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) is deeply divided. Many in the party are looking back to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt for ideas on how to combat the extended economic downturn....
And the rain came pouring down on Tuesday in Eastern Finland – in some places more than the total monthly average for May. Information from the Finnish Meteorological Institute’s observations stations says the cities of Mikkeli, Varkaus, Kuopio and Ilomantsi were hardest hit by the deluge, says Yle meteorologist Toni Hellinen. ...