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The Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat reports that The Formula 1 mogul Bernie Ecclestone would like a Formula 1 Grand Prix to be held in helsinki. According to sources, negotiations about the event were held in July 2015.
The Finnish Commerce Federation writes about how economic policy should not be used as a tool to control the domestic market. Regarding the lackluster last decade of the Finnish economy, this is something well worth considering.
While the Finnish Economy continues to struggle finding growth, the financial engine of Sweden keeps on ticking at a good pace. The economy of this neighbouring Nordic wellfare state, just across the Baltic Sea, has grown for multiple consecutive quarters. During the same time the Finnish equivalent has been shrinking or stagnating.
The weather has not been the only thing worse than expected this summer, as 2015 looks to be the fourth consecutive year that the Finnish economy has faltered. Elsewhere in the Euro area, except for Greece, economic activity is already picking up. The World Economic Forum reports on the details.
The quality of higher education and training is a crucial determinant of a country’s competitiveness and its capacity for economic growth. Manufacturing and some low productivity jobs are being shifted to countries where labour costs are lower.
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A cat café is a theme café whose attraction is cats that can be watched and played with. Patrons pay a cover fee, generally hourly, and thus cat cafés can be seen as a form of supervised indoor pet rental.
Recently a group of finnish experts painted a dark picture of the Finnish housing market and a looming crash in prices. Now statistician Pekka Vuori is debunks the claim of 30 000 vacant apartments in the Greater Helsinki Metropolitan Area are false, and that the risk of a crash in prime locations is minimal.
Jolla today announced that Indian company Intex Technologies will be it's first licensing customer. Earlier in July the Finnish smartphone start-up Jolla announced that it will focus on developing and licensing it's Mobile Operating System, SailFish. In the past the company also developed handsets for it's own OS.
Finnvera, a credit agency owned by the State of Finland, has agreed to guarantee a loan of some 150 Million Euros for the Russian teleoperator Megafon. The lender is the Italian bank UniCredit. The agency agreed to guarantee loans for purchase of telecomms equipment from the Finnish company Nokia. It has done so before in 2008, 2011 and 2014.