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Finland's prime minister Juha Sipilä has said that the country's legislation must be changed so that it will allow experimenting with Artificial Intelligence technologies faster.
Tourism grew it's strong growth in Finland in 2017. The country raked in more that 500 Million euros than the previous year, bringing the total sum to 2,6 Billion.
The Finnish logistics services group Posti begins offering same day deliveries from online stores. The service is first offered in the Helsinki region in the autumn of 2018.
Imports of illegal drugs to Finland have grown as internet sales of the stuff has become more widespread. Confiscations of illegal medicines come mostly from post or courier services, but imports of drugs like Khat, Hash and Fentanyl have increasingly used these routes.
Finland has topped the United Nations happiness nation report on March 14th 2018. The country was followed by neighboring Norway and Denmark. Iceland, Sweden Switzerland, the Netherlands from European countries also fared well. From North America Canada was in the top ten, as were Australia and New Zealand.
Online publication Business Insider says that the US eCommerce giant Amazon might be arriving to Finland before the sumer 2018. According to sources in the Swedish eCommerce industry, Denmark and Sweden would also be a part of the first wave of Nordic launches.
Solidium Oy is a holding company fully owned by the State of Finland. The company holds shares in 12 publicly traded companies. In an announcement on March 13th 2018 Solidium stated that acquired a 3.3 percent stake in Nokia Corporation.
Finnish energy company TVO confirms that the French company Areva will pay hundreds of millions of euros for the delay of the construction of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear plant.
Ryanair will operate flights from Tampere to Budapest twice a week, starting from March 25th 2108. Flights to Hungary leave on Wednesdays and Sundays.
The city of Hamina will likely host the tallest flagpole in Finland, and the tallest in the World for the Finnish flag. The 100 meter tall pole will cost 620,000 euros. The city council will make the decision on the project on Monday, March 12th.