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The premier motorcycling series MotoGP will arrive in Finland in 2019. The Finnish motorcycling body, Moottoriliitto, signed the contract with the series promotor Dorna on Saturday 16th of July 2016.
The first half of 2016 promises a bright future for the Finnish tourism industry. In the months from January to May the number of hotel nights spent in Finland grew by 2,6%. A significant portion of this growth comes from Asian tourists.
Finnish beverages are packaged in returnable bottles which have a deposit that is included in the price of the product. If you collect these bottles from the streets or elsewhere, you should pay income tax for the profit you make from this activity.
The current Chairman of the Board at Nokia, Risto Siilasmaa discussed responsible leadership in the Suomi Areena management event. Siilasmaa has been an entrepreneur for over 30 years and has made many difficult decisions affecting employee lives.
With United Kingdom bound to leave the European Union in the near future, the EU organizations located will also need to relocate out of the country. Finland and other countries are hoping to get these agencies.
The Finnish customs office will hold a car auction next week in northern Finland. The cars in question were abandoned by asylum seekers to the Salla border crossing and is largely made out of Russian built cars.
In 2001 the Finnish brewery Laitilan Wirvoitusjuomatehdas started brewing the Kukko-Pils beer. Three years in 2004 later the company announced that they had accidentally been brewing gluten free beer for years. Fast forward to 2016 and the beer suited for those suffering from celiac disease is now being exported to the United States.
The police suspects someone had added poison to the coffee kettle at a a post office in Finland. After a coffee break many had symptoms that resembled poisoning.
Kimi Räikkönen and the Ferrari F1 team have reached an agreement for the Finn to drive for the team in the Formula 1 Championship in 2017.
The Finnish equivalent of Craigs List Tori.fi has a rather strange teddy bear for sale. The description says it is hand woven crucifixed teddybear complete with blood and a crown of thorns which seems to be made of barbwire.
The item is priced as 5€ and is still available for purchase. This seems like something directly out of a horror movie. Spooky, but possibly an item of internet memerabilia well worth the price.