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 state holding company Solidium invests €844 Million in Nokia stock — Now owns a 3,3% stake

Solidium Oy is a holding company fully owned by the State of Finland. The company holds shares in 12 publicly traded companies. In an announcement on March 13th 2018 Solidium stated that acquired a 3.3 percent stake in …

Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) confirms Areva to pay 450 MEUR for Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) Nuclear Power Plant delays

Finnish energy company TVO confirms that the French company Areva will pay hundreds of millions of euros for the delay of the construction of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear plant. The news of the agreement comes after a French…

Ryanair continues flights from Tampere to Budapest

Ryanair will operate flights from Tampere to Budapest twice a week, starting from March 25th 2108. Flights to Hungary leave on Wednesdays and Sundays. The flights are already on sale. For now the service will operate un…

City of Hamina to host the worlds tallest flagpole for the Finnish flag

The city of Hamina will likely host the tallest flagpole in Finland, and the tallest in the World for the Finnish flag. The 100 meter tall pole will cost 620,000 euros. The city council will make the decision on the pro…

Uganda Police and security service ISO disagree on death of Finnish man

Ugandan security organisation ISO says that the death of the Finnish business man in Kampala was planned. The news come after the ex-police chief Kale Kayihura stated that the man had died because of drug abuse. Talking…

Record 90 Million Eurojackpot prize remains unclaimed a month later

The largest ever prize in the Eurojackpot was won on the 9th of February 2018. The winning play was done in the small city of Loimaa, Finland. A month later the winners of the 90 Million euro sum have not claimed it. Sp…