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Ugandan security organisation ISO says that the death of the Finnish business man in Kampala was planned. The news come after the ex-police chief Kale Kayihura stated that the man had died because of drug abuse.
The largest ever prize in the Eurojackpot was won on the 9th of February 2018. The winning play was done in the small city of Loimaa, Finland. A month later the winners of the 90 Million euro sum have not claimed it. Speculation runs wild.
The funding of the motorsports and driving training center KymiRing has moved forward. Kymiring Oy, the company behind the venture has made a proposal for funding to it's main owners. The municipality of Iitti is one of the owners.
French newspaper Le Monde reports that Areva and Teollisuuden Voima are close to an agreement over the disagreement of a delayed Nuclear Powerplant delivery. Currently the delivery of the Olkiluoto 3 reactor is expected to be completed nine months late in 2018.
A Silicon Valley based company ran by Finn Sami Inkinen has received positive news on it's operations. Virta Health, a company treating type 2 diabletes has had a successful fourth year of operations. The treatment of the company has proved to work and be financially effective.
The University of Helsinki and Nokia Bell Labs have developed an intelligent Air Quality Measurement technology. The system, based on 5G cellular networks, is now being tested in Helsinki's Kumpula region and will be deployed the Chinese capital of Beijing for further testing soon.
The improvement of the general economic situation in Finland has not affected salaries in IT jo wages. Median wages continue to be 4000 euros a month, before bonuses or other incentives. The high demand for capable workforce has not caused wage inflation.
The annual birth rate hit historical lows in Finland last year. In 2017 there were fewer children born in the Nordic country than any other year since the turn of the millennium. The birth rate has been falling for seven years straight and only immigration kept the country's population on a rise.
Farmer and serial entrepreneur Petri Huhtala was pondering on a use for used alkaline batteries. Now used batteries are recycled to fertilizers by his company Tracegrow. Over ten Billion alkaline batteries discared globally each year, so the potential for the resource saving technology is huge.
A railway connection to the Arctic Ocean would accelerate investments in the arctic region. The Transportation and Communications ministry published a study on the topic recently. Finland wants a piece of the action and is now moving forward with planning of a 3 Billion euro venture.