News from Finland

This is an experimental news service that offers news from Finland in English. A venture from Malloc Enterprises, Inquiries by email: [email protected].

Amazon buys land in Sweden in preparation for entry to Nordics

https://ruttplanerare.se/eskilstunaThe US eCommerce giant has bought three large plots of land in central Sweden. The company plans to build a total eight buildings, each with 25,000 square meters of floorspace. The com…

Biodegradable drinking straw to enter mass production in 2019

Plastic drinking straws are a common product filling the oceans with plastic waste. Finnish company Sulapac has now developed the world's first biodegradeable straw that will enter mass production in the spring of 2019.…

Finland to deploy Galileo following allegations of Russian GPS jamming

Finland will deploy the European Union Galileo satellite positioning system in the beging of 2020. One of the key features of the new is better protection against signal jamming. This was recently brought up after wide …

Iron Sky 2: The Coming race release date revealed

Iron Sky The Coming Race is finally headed to movie theaters. The production has been delayed by legac action, as well as funding problems. Thanks to a court decision the movie is again on track for a release. In additi…

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) to open restaurants in Finland during 2019

Tast food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) plans to open restaurants in Finland. The company has teamed up with Ketju.fi and is now seeking for franchise operators in Finland. Ketju.fi chief Mika Pamilo says the compa…

Nokia and Rostelecom set up joint venture in Russia

Russian financial newspaper Kommersant reports that Finnish telecom company Nokia and Russian government communications company Rostelecom are setting up a joint venture. The company, known as RTC network technologies, …