News from Finland

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Finland set to become first "all Alipay" country for Chinese travellers

Alipay is a Chinese mobile payment application from the world's largest eCommerce company Alibaba. The payment method is making it's way to Finland and the nordic country will become the first "all Alipay" travel destin…

Railroad tunnel could take passengers from Helsinki to Tallinn in 30 minutes

Talks of a tunnel connecting the cities of Helsinki and Tallinn is something that continues to be a topic of discussion. The planned 100 kilometer undersea tunnel connecting the two capitals would be unsustainable as a …

Talented's top 50 developer friendly IT-companies to work for in Finland

There are plenty of jobs for developers in Finland. Large cities like Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere and Turku all have plenty of open jobs for software professionals. This can lead to some (positive) trouble, as it can be har…

UK court ruling blocks extradition of hacker Lauri Love to United States

A London court has ruled not to extradite Finnish-British hacker Lauri Love from the United Kingdom to the United States. The ruling was given at one o'clock finnish time. Love was present at the ruling and has earlier …

Finland seeks to drop daylight saving time from EU - Mulls timezone switch

The Finnish government wants to abolish the use of daylight saving time. On January 26th 2018 minister of transportation Anne Berner said Finland is proposing dropping the use of the system in the whole of the European …

Plenty of open jobs in Lapland Ski Resorts - Restaurant workers wanted

The Finnish Lapland has enjoyed growth in tourism in the past few years. This has been a boost to the local economy and a lot of new jobs have been created. Currently employers are facing trouble in recruiting staff. Es…