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].

Finnish Security Intelligence Service warns businesses about cyber attacks

Finnish Security Intelligence Service (SUPO) told that there were a number of cyber attacks against Finnish businesses in 2017. Many of these attacks were sponsored by Nation States, with the intention to acquire inform…

A technology university in Finland provides courses to high schoolers

Lappeenranta University of Technology is providing Junior University courses to high school students. The collaboration between LUT and high schools is expected to deepen in the coming years as the courses expand to all…

Finnish police recruiting white hat hackers for NBI to combat cybercrime

Like other industries, policing is facing changes due to digital technology. The response of the Finnish police to this is the Cybercrime Center of the National Bureau of Investigation. The unit is seeking new employees…

Finland to subsidise purchases of new electric bikes with 400€ until 2021

The Finnish government is proposing a subsidy of 400 € for purchases of electric booster bikes. If the proposal passes it will come into effect on July 1st 2018. The final decision will be made soon and punters could bu…

50,000+ Finns sign citizens' initiative to abolish inheritance and gift taxes

Over 50,000 people's initiative to remove inheritance and gift taxes. The initiative to change the tax legislations is still available for signing on the Kansalaisaloite site. The Finnish parliament will process initiat…

The tax office in Finland will provide Chinese businesses service on WeChat

The tax officials in Finland offer customer services businesses in Chinese. The company has translated some of their content into Chinese, but the key is the China Desk customer service. The officials are expanding this…