News from Finland

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Activists trying to get sauna going a UNESCO world living heritage status

A group of Finnish sauna societies are trying to get the activity to the United Nations' UNESCO living heritage list. In November 2017 sauna going was added to the national heritage list in Finlland, along with 51 other…

Agenda of dead arms dealer's and ex-minister's trip to Uganda unknown

It's been over two weeks since a Finnish business man was found dead in a hotel foom in Uganda's capital Kampala. The man trading arms and security equipment was visiting the country with ex-minister Suvi Lindén, but th…

Finland is the largest black soot emitter out of the Nordic countries

A fourth of the warming of the arctic area comes from black soot emissions. Finland is the highest emitter of this form of pollution, with the majority of it coming from fireplaces and sauna stoves. Emissions of dangero…

Finnish study indicates providing free contraception results in cost savings

The benefits and cost effects of freely distributed contraceptions are topical issue in Finland where the city of Vantaa started providing free contraception to residents under twenty. A doctoral thesis on the matter is…

Angry Birds creator Rovio stock loses over half of it's value in a single day

The prospects of Rovio were not favourable to the company's stock price. The mobile gaming company, famous for it's Angry Birds games, lost over fifty percent of it's market capital. The company listed on the Helsinki S…

Insulation from StealthCase to fix poor mobile network signal indoors

Cellular network reception issues have been a nuisance in many new buildings for some years now. This is caused by a variety of factors from building materials to higher radio frequencies being adopted. Now a Finnish st…