News from Finland

This is an experimental news service that offers news from Finland in English. A venture from Malloc Enterprises, Inquiries by email: [email protected].

The Koskenkorva booze factory runs 12 hour working shifts instead of 8h ones

Altia's Koskenkorva factory in South Pohjanmaa uses abnormally long twelve hour shifts. The facility produces grain alcohol, starch, livestock feed and carbon dioxide. A trial started the longer working days in 2014, du…

Coal use up by a fifth in Finland in March - Helsinki burned a third of it

The cold weather in March in Finland increased the use of coal by 21% according to Statistics Finland. A total of 1,2 Million tons was used for electricity and heat production. The amount of coal burned in Finland varie…

Finnish Amer Sports acquires Peak Performance athletic apparel brand

Finnish company acquires athletics apparel brand Peak Performance for 255 Million euros. The company believes this will bring the company a small improvement to the financial results for the year 2018. Finnish sports eq…

Bank of Finland says Swedish real estate bubble could affect Finland

Because of the interconnected economies and financial systems the deflating housing market bubble in Finland could affect Finland and the other Nordic countries. The estimate comes from three Bank of Finland economists'…

Russia's Rosatom transporting the world's only floating nuclear power plant through the Gulf of Finland

Russian energy company Rosatom is transporting the only floating nuclear power plant through the Gulf of Finland towards Murmansk and Siberia. The floating power house was built on the St. Peterburg Baltiski zavodin shi…

Joensuu police confiscate 50,000 illicit photos and videos in apartment raid

Police in Joensuu have seized a large amount of illicit photographs and videos, including offensive material of children. The investigation began in December 2017, due to information received from other authorities. The…