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Carbon dioxide emission in Finland grew in the European union, according to Eurostat. As a whole the region recorded an increase of 1,8 percent. Finland managed to drop emissions by 5.9%, despite growth in energy consumption.
The first street legal custom built motorcycle with a V8 engine is now registered in Finland. The build was done by Jarmo Kelahaara. The turbo motoring entrepreneur plans to sell the ProBoost M1 bikes for 23,000 € (before taxes) in the future.
The founder and chairman of the board of energy company St1 says that the arrival of electric vehicles won't necessarily reduce oil consumption in the world. Earlier Mika Anttonen said that electric car's won't be a viable option for a majority of people in Finland, or much of the world in a long time.
Nokia inhabitant Outi Kanerva was surprised as she arrived from work on Friday afternoon to find a freshly remodelled back yard. This curious case of unsolicited gardening in Nokia took place while her husband was sleeping inside.
HMD Global, the company manufacturing Android powered smartphones with the Nokia brand has entered it's home market with a splash. The company's devices made for 11 percent of all smartphones sold in January 2018.
Passengers traveling on the Baltic sea on the Viking Grace vessel can now observe a 24 meter high spinning tube on deck. The structure is a rotary sail, a first of it's kind installed on a passenger ship.
The National Coalition Party in Finland is recommends that the alcohol monopoly Alko be dismantled. The Kokoomus board will propose this in the party congress next month.
The passenger count of on the recently opened Länsimetro extension to the Helsinki region metro line has not met expectations regarding passengers count. The number of daily passengers is around 10 percent lower than expected.
The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) research ship Aranda has been under repairs at the Rauma Marine Constructions ship yard since 2018. The ship was thoroughly repaired, but also extended by some seven meters.
The Varsinais-Suomi region in Finland has four new lottery millionaires as the winners of the 90 Million Eurojackpot finally claimed their win. The group waited for three months until cashing in their win, and plan to keep a low profile.