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The planned KymiRing motorsports complex project located in Southern Finland has secured it's funding. The track is set to host a major event, a MotoGP championship race, in 2019. The exact schedule is to be decided in the autumn of 2018.
Helsinki Evangelical College HEO is seeking students for it's courses for the 2018-2019 semester. One of the new courses is full time studies in Electronic Sports, known as eSports.
The taxi market is lacking drivers in Finland. There are tens of positions open in the Helsinki region alone. To attract competent task the taxi company Kajon stated that they are increasing night and weekend pay by twenty percent.
For landlubbers it is easy to forget just how flaky, or non-existant, the internet can be on the oceans. Finnish company KNL Networks focuses on providing internet connectivity to ships sailing the world's seas. This shortwave radio technology brings global connectivity for critical tasks.
Small short-term unsecured loans known as payday loans are popular around the world. The terms and high interest rate in these "cash advances" can be deceitful, which is why the Consumers Union in Finland wants to curb the advertisement of these so-called pikavippi loans.
Ore discovery grew rapidly in Finland in 2017. According to Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) a total of 61,4 Million euros were spent in ore discovery in the country. This is an increase of over 50 percent year over year.
The use of flying drones in police work is becoming more common in Finland. Most common tasks are finding missing people and crime scene investigation using onboard cameras. The authorities continue investing in the devices.
Plans about the Certum Phone smartphone were first released at the Mobile World Congress 2018 industry convention in Barcelona. Now Zero Reception, the Finnish company behind the Android powered smartphone says it's ready to start it's crowdfunding program on Indiegogo.
Tampere University of Applied Sciences, TAMK, has made an agreement to start offering education in Egypt. The first students will begin studies in January of 2019.
Helsinki-Vantaa has been voted as the best airport in Northern Europe. The news come from Finavia, the organisation developing, maintaining and operating Finnish airports.