The Board of Directors of Keva, administrator of billions of euros worth of pension funds, unanimously elected Jukka Männistö as its new CEO on Tuesday. The incoming boss of the public sector employee pension fund will have a heftier workload than his predecessor, alongside a lighter pay packet and fewer benefits....
The number of ship passengers passing through the Port of Helsinki broke records in April. Some 850,000 people sailed into Finland’s busiest passenger last month, indicating a growth of nine per cent from April last year. The majority of the passengers, some 74 per cent, travelled on the Helsinki-Tallinn routes, which experienced a growth of ten per cent compared to the previous year. Routes between...
The current model for dealing with fraudulent advertising no longer works, according to the Competition and Consumer Authority. At present, companies can continue a marketing campaign even if it violates the law, as a Market Court judgment is often handed down after a marketing campaign has ended....
The tabloid press was keen to cover the first days of truly hot weather this year, while elsewhere newspapers carried stories about the European elections and a poor performance in the ice hockey World Championships....
Nearly 5,000 troops will descend on Finnish Lapland from Tuesday for a two-week series of military exercises – the largest annual set of manoeuvres in Finland. The drills will involve thousands of conscripts as well as Defence Force staff and close to 1,000 military vehicles....
The Finnish Ski Association has announced the discovery of doping violations by a cross country skier. The Association has not divulged the name of the athlete, but plans to provide more information at a press conference later Tuesday....
Economic Affairs Minister Jan Vapaavuori says government isn’t likely to make a decision on the construction of a nuclear power plant by the power consortium Fennovoima before August. Vapaavuori told Yle that the project is still important to the main government partner the National Coalition Party....
Finland’s smaller political parties are scrapping for support in the European parliamentary elections. Seven parties and one association are standing in the poll, and they share dissatisfaction with Finland’s current political arrangements....
A supplementary budget plan tabled in the cabinet has proposed the divestment of the state-owned alcohol production, import and export company Altia. Earlier this year government said it would sell off 1.9 billion euros of non-core assets in a bid to make a dent it its outstanding debt....
Finland’s mock European election, organised for young people by the Allianssi youth network, saw Alexander Stubb of the centre-right National Coalition take a runaway victory. The big surprise in the poll was relatively large support for the right-wing populist Independence Party, which advocates withdrawal from the EU....
Finnish startup Lyyti has passed another milestone on its goal to becoming European market leader in corporate event management software in the next two years The company has taken on another new enterprise customer, Be Viacom, one of the biggest media companies in Europe, with globally known brands such as MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. Previously, companies such as Deloitte, ABB, Europcar,...
The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has initiated plans to begin the implementation of an electric car charging network in Finland. According to the Ministry, the goal is to further expand the use of electric cars and other alternative motive powers. — Electricity plays a significant role as a motive power in transport. The Ministry wishes to support the nation-wide development of...
Iittala, the Finnish design and consumer brand, has refurbished and expanded its glass factory in Iittala glass village, located near Hämeenlinna in Finland. The glass factory and the village of Iittala are main tourist attractions in the region drawing approximately 150,000 visitors a year from all over the world. The expanded Iittala glass factory has a new visitors’ entrance and a viewing balcony...
Air currents from the southeast are showering Finland with traffic and industrial pollution from Russia, Belarus, Poland and Ukraine....
Very warm temperatures for May were reached in Heinola on Monday afternoon at 30.4 degrees Celsius and Lappeenranta at 30.1 degrees. Both are just shy of the actual record temperature for May which is 31 degrees Celsius. ...
Cash payments will stick around longer than plastic cards, according to expert Pekka Puustinen. According to him, we’ll always need money that we can see and touch, while these days better technology means credit and debit cards have little to recommend them....
Against a background of heightened international tension, Finnish President Niinistö and Russian counterpart President Putin held a telephone conversation on Monday. The situation in Ukraine and Russian-Finnish relations were key topics of conversation....
On Monday afternoon a Norwegian Air flight was forced to return to Helsinki after a bird flew into one of the plane's engines. The 3:55pm flight had been bound for Oulu when a burning smell alerted in-flight personnel....
Turku’s STX shipyard is expected to receive a new owner by the end of June. Prime Minister Katainen denies that the early public announcement of the sale is politically motivated....
Finland experienced the second warmest day of the spring Sunday, although not all the nation’s residents were basking in the heat. ...