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].

Company opens its district heating network to anyone with excess heat

Fortum is the first Finnish company to provide access to it's district heating network to any at public purchase prices. In a press release Fortum district heading director Mikael Lemström states that the Open District …

Municipality deploys an official local electronic currency in Sysmä, Finland

The theater house in Sysmä, Finland, will be the forum for the announcement of the municipality's own internal currency, the "sysmä". Director Marketta Kitkiöjoki will describe the functionality and technology of the lo…

Changes coming to Helsinki region public transport pricing in 2018

Pricing of regional public transport will change in 2018. In the renewal the grounds for prices change for over a million passengers in Espoo, Vantaa and other municipalities in the greater Helsinki region. For most com…

Edward Snowden: Finland working together with the NSA as early as 2004

Finnish military intelligence and US security service NSA cooperation started years earlier than previously thought. Latest in 2004 the two state organisations were collaborating, according to documents released by The …

First Outlet Village in Finland to open in spring 2019 in Vantaa, near Helsinki

The first Outlet Village in Finland is set to open in the spring of 2019 in the greater Helsinki region. The shopping complex will be built in the Vantaa Porttipuisto area, close to the IKEA store. The news comes after …

Bell Labs developing "the Sleeve" fabric to control experiences powered by 5G

SK Telecom top brass has reportedly had a meeting with Nokia Bell Labs Chief Technology Officer at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show in Barcelona. SK Telecom is the largest carrier in South Korea and a leader i…