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The sequel to the crowdfunded Iron Sky scifi movie from 2012 is facing more delays. In the first movie a group of Nazis hid in a secret base behind the moon to return to power in the present day. The sequel continues on the same theme.
Multiple news outlets globally have reported that Finland is aborting it's basic income trial. The trial has garnered international interest in the news. Unlike widely reported the trial is not aborted, but will conclude as originally planned.
EasySoda designs and manufactures bottle caps that turns water into soft drinks. Now the company is rebranding it's products to QAP and extends offerings to alcoholic drinks.
Dubai low-cost airline Flydubai announced that it is starting direct flights from Dubai to Helsinki. Daily flights are expected to begin later this year and also provide good connecting flights for passengers flying to or from Helsinki.
Plans to construct a major pulp and bioproduct factory to Kuopio moved forward on Monday as Finnpulp announced that is has started the designing the plan. This is driven by an investment by a Chinese company, Hengan International.
Finnish tabloid Iltalehti reports that the popular online store Verkkokauppa.com was hacked in the weekend. When following the the Extra publication link, an unexpected banner was shown. It had an image of a shrouded face and the following text: Kurdistan. Hacked by BALA SNIPER.
The Futuro is a plastic house designed by architect Matti Suuronen in 1968. The world's only Futuro house open to the general public is located in Espoo, Finland. The fifty year old eccentric building is located in the exhibition center Weegee.
Swedish Björn Mattson should have moved to by 330 kilometers to a new location. He hesitated and was thrown to the streets. Now he is living on a ferry boat traveling between Stockholm and Mariehamn indefinitely, until he gets an apartment or runs out of money to buy the tickets.
The cruise ship industry is doing strong globally. This is also visible in the order books of the dockyards building the cruisel liners. Currently over a hundred inividual ships have been ordered, and according to industry experts there are no limits in sight for growth of the cruise ship industry.
According to latest statistics from the European Central Bank, Finland has the lowest interest rates for mortgages. According to the ECB in February 2018 Finns paid a mere 0,92 percent interest rates for new home loans.