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A finnish graffiti artist known as "Egs" is known for working around the world. Not only has he done painting all over the world in over fourty countries, but he also specialises on maps.
According to the latest statistics the cost of labour fell in Finland. According to the numbers from Eurostat, a pan-european organization, the results show that the cost fell the most in whole of the European Union.
Tom of Finland is a known brand that is used by companies such as the Finnish Post, Finlayson and Robert Paulig. Now there is on going work to bring Tom of Finland to the mobile with chat, games and other digital products.
The Finnish police noticed a suspicious vehicle on the road. The car being transported on a trailer and proved to be the only Batmobile of it's kind in existence.
On Monday 15th of August 2016 the new stricter tobacco law in Finland came to effect. It will introduce quite a new new limitations to import, sales and use of cigarettes and other tobacco products. Imports from outside of the EU is only allowed if the trip lasts over 24 hours, for example.
The Virte Solar manufactures and markets roof sheeting with integrated solar panels. The Finnish company's solar roof is the first product available for purchase at large scale.
The eCommerce and web services giant Amazon has announced plans of coming to Finland. This August the company held two recruitment events in Espoo and Tampere, both of which are sites where there are plenty of former Microsoft and Nokia employees.
The real estate market is brisky and this is reflected in pricing. The pent up demand caused by years of sluggish demand in the real estate market is reflected with a significant rise of number of new mortgages taken in 2016 in Finland.
The upcoming fall will mark the fifth anniversary of the release of Lumia 800, the first Nokia smartphone running the Windows Phone 7 operating system developed by Microsoft. This was the first leg in the story was supposed to lead to a third option on the smartphone market and keep both Microsoft and Nokia relevant in an ever changing world.
On Thursday July 28th 2016 the US based software company revealed it's plans to cut further 2850 jobs gobally from it's faltering smartphone business during financial year 2017. This is in addition to the cuts announced earlier this year.