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The founder and chairman of the board of energy company St1 says that the arrival of electric vehicles won't necessarily reduce oil consumption in the world. Earlier Mika Anttonen said that electric car's won't be a viable option for a majority of people in Finland, or much of the world in a long time.
Nokia inhabitant Outi Kanerva was surprised as she arrived from work on Friday afternoon to find a freshly remodelled back yard. This curious case of unsolicited gardening in Nokia took place while her husband was sleeping inside.
HMD Global, the company manufacturing Android powered smartphones with the Nokia brand has entered it's home market with a splash. The company's devices made for 11 percent of all smartphones sold in January 2018.
Passengers traveling on the Baltic sea on the Viking Grace vessel can now observe a 24 meter high spinning tube on deck. The structure is a rotary sail, a first of it's kind installed on a passenger ship.
The National Coalition Party in Finland is recommends that the alcohol monopoly Alko be dismantled. The Kokoomus board will propose this in the party congress next month.
The passenger count of on the recently opened Länsimetro extension to the Helsinki region metro line has not met expectations regarding passengers count. The number of daily passengers is around 10 percent lower than expected.
The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) research ship Aranda has been under repairs at the Rauma Marine Constructions ship yard since 2018. The ship was thoroughly repaired, but also extended by some seven meters.
The Varsinais-Suomi region in Finland has four new lottery millionaires as the winners of the 90 Million Eurojackpot finally claimed their win. The group waited for three months until cashing in their win, and plan to keep a low profile.
The Helsinki Outlet construction is well under way next to the Kehä 3 ring road close to Vantaa and Helsinki Border. Now the company building the outlet village has confirmed the stores that will be in the facility opening in 2019.
The United States embassy in Finland issues security alert in the whole of this Nordic country. According to a security alert on the embassy website the US government believes citizens are under threath.