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Police in Helsinki, Finland has fined thirty Uber drivers during the christmas party season. The fines were given while regular alcohol testings. The grounds for the fines are that the national legistlation in Finland requires that Uber drivers have a taxi permit. They asked for permits from the drivers and fines were given if they had none.
The company developing the Sailfish Operating system and select mobile devices enters debt restructuring. Jolla will also need to temporarily layoff a substancial number of it's employees. The move comes as the investment round, ending in November, is behind schedule.
Earlier in September the finnish government announced some cuts to the benefits of the employees. The cuts were well received and they were criticized of affecting low-income disproportionally much. There was even a demonstration held in the country on September 18th, drawing many public services and transport to a halt.
Finland has been lagging behind in economic terms for a while now. While some sectors, such as IT are doing fine due to the pressure to digitalise services, more traditional industries and service sectors continue to struggle. The Finnish Government today announced measures to improve the competitiveness of the Finnish economy. This includes universal cuts to employment terms in Finland.
Kauppalehti, a finnish newspaper, reports that that the startup HeiaHeia and Hintsa Performance will join forces. Together the companies hope to provide innovative services and products for people for people interested in athletics and wellness.
At the end of August the cruise and ferry ship operator Tallink announced that it has acquired the rights to sell an alcoholic drink with the Iceman brand. The Finnish racing driver Kimi Räikkönen has now appeared in official media material for the Iceman Long Drink, a mild alcohol drink.
Ashley Madison is a Canadian-based online dating service and social networking service marketed to people who are married or in a committed relationship. The company received significant attention on July 15, 2015, after hackers stole all of its customer data. The hackers finally released this data on August 18th, 2015. Here are some statistics of Finnish people in this leak.
In the last few days paying out social benefits to citizens living outside of Finland has been in discussions. A politician from the True Finns Party, Pasi Mäenranta, is also worried about the abuse of the benefits. He published a post on Facebook, where he suggests that all Finnish citizens leaving the country be embedded with an identification chip.
The Finnish Police has guided all finnish citizens to report drivers working for Uber to the officials. Uber is a company with software platform that allows consumers to submit requests which are relayed to Uber drivers, who use their own car.