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].

Wireless "last mile" technology from Nokia & Facebook to bring Gigabit broadband where fibre is not available

At Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona Nokia and Facebook announced collaboration on Fixed Wireless Networks. The two companies aim to deliver wireless connections on the 60 GHz band. The technology can bring Gigabi…

Park workers mistake modern art for trash and discard it in the dumpster

The city of Helsinki is planning to pay compensation to the artist whose piece was accidentally trashed in the summer of 2017. The city had made a rental agreement for an art exhibition in the park, but the work of art …

Restaurants in Finland planning the largest Happy Hour in the world

Restaurants in Finland are planning to hold the largest Happy Hour in the world in March 2018. Entrepreneurs are trying to gather together five thousand restaurants. The country has just over 10,000 restaurants, around …

Teemu Selänne does the splits on live TV as Germany beats Canada to go to the 2018 Olympic ice hockey final

The German national ice hockey team pulled one out of the bag as they dropped Canada from the Olympic final game in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic games. This was also a surprise to Teemu Selänne who had waged that…

City of Vantaa in Finland provides free contraception for residents under 20

Vantaa, the fourth largest city in Finland, will start providing free contraception for residents under twenty. Starting from March 1st 2018 free prevention materials are provided to the young to improve sexual health a…

Estonian and Finnish languages are similar, but quite different in practice

Estonian and Finnish languages sound very similar, but over time the two languages have grown apart. Many words have changed form or changed meaning - this can results in misunderstandings in common discussions. Many la…