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].

Finland's Polar Electro leaks personal data revealing users' home addresses

Finnish health and fitness gear company Polar Electro has reportedly leaked sensitive personal data. A joint study by Finland's Long Play, Dutch De Correspondent and Bellingcat revealed the data breach. The leaked data …

Finnish brewery launches Putin and Trump beer to cash in on summit

The heads of state of Russia and the United States of America will meet in Helsinki, the capital of Finland on July 16th. Finnish RPS Brewing is looking to cash in on the hype and is launching a beer just in time for th…

Uber returns to Finland on 4th of July as taxi deregulation comes into effect

Global ride sharing giant Uber will continue operations in Finland on July 4th 2018. The return to the Finnish market was driven by the deregulation of the taxi market, which went into effect from beginning of the month…

World's first commercial 5G network launches in Finland and Estonia

Finnish telecom operator Elisa is the first in the world to begin offering commercial fifth generation mobile network services to customers. Elisa (then Radiolinja) was also host to the world's first commercial GSM netw…

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump to meet in Helsinki on July 16th

Fox News is reporting that US president Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Helsinki in July. Both the Kremlin and the White House have confirmed a summit will take place in the upcoming weeks…

Volkswagen fixes seat belt flaw with zip ties that snap apart when braking

In 2018 Finnish magazine Tekniikan Maailma revealed that they had found a fatal flaw in cars manufactured by Volkswagen Audi Group. The issue was that seat belts were unbuckled in a sharp driving move. The company since…