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The Finnish government wants to abolish the use of daylight saving time. On January 26th 2018 minister of transportation Anne Berner said Finland is proposing dropping the use of the system in the whole of the European Union.
The Finnish Lapland has enjoyed growth in tourism in the past few years. This has been a boost to the local economy and a lot of new jobs have been created. Currently employers are facing trouble in recruiting staff.
Rohtos Labs is a company designing and manufacturing dietary supplements. One of the products the company claims to have done is come up with the cure to hangover.
Previously only available in Finland the Rohtos Suoja pills are now available globally through the company's online store.
Mercedes-Benz today announced the new A-Class in Amsterdam on February 2nd 2018. The predecessor of the the incoming model has been quite successful in it's niche of premium compact cars.
The last week of January 2018 was a milestone page for Finnish stand up comedy. The comedian Ismo Leikola appeared on Conan O'Brien's show. The TBS show Conan is the first opportunity a Finnish comedian has had a chance to perform in a US talk show.
Hyped smartphone company Turing Robotics has applied for bankruptcy in Finland. The company headquartered in Salo, Finland tried to bring to the market a security focused smartphone.
Taxi transportation is deregulated in Finland in July 2018. The market moves from a system where the number of taxi licenses was limited to one where there are no arbitrary limits. This opens up the market for new players. One of them is Fixutaxi that brings flat rate 10 € rides to the capital Helsinki.
A few weeks ago two traffic traffic duty officers in Tampere, Finland were surprised. One of the cameras caught unusual motion. They decided to move the camera remotely and saw that it was an owl.
Fennovoima, a Finnish consortium of power and industrial companies, is in the process of constructing a new nuclear power plant to Pyhäjoki in Finland. Rosatom - the company contracted to build the plant has not been able to confirm the construction schedule for the new reactor.
Valmet Automotive is the company running the only car manufacturing operation in Finland. In recent times the factory has been flooded with good news on deals to produce Mercedes-Benz A 2018 as well as GLC SUVs. The good news have failed to result in financial results.