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].

Amazon recruiting in Finland, rumored to open an R&D center

The eCommerce and web services giant Amazon has announced plans of coming to Finland. This August the company held two recruitment events in Espoo and Tampere, both of which are sites where there are plenty of former Mi…

Apartment prices on the rise in Finland while construction boom continues

The real estate market is brisky and this is reflected in pricing. The pent up demand caused by years of sluggish demand in the real estate market is reflected with a significant rise of number of new mortgages taken in…

Lumia sales falter globally, but Nokia is doing great - who'd a thought?

The upcoming fall will mark the fifth anniversary of the release of Lumia 800, the first Nokia smartphone running the Windows Phone 7 operating system developed by Microsoft. This was the first leg in the story was supp…

Microsoft to axe an additional 2850 jobs as it seals smartphone exit

On Thursday July 28th 2016 the US based software company revealed it's plans to cut further 2850 jobs gobally from it's faltering smartphone business during financial year 2017. This is in addition to the cuts announced…

Finnish motorsports union, Kimi Räikkönen and other drivers unite to support young motorsport talent

Flying Finn 100 is a new campaign by the finnish motorsports association that aims to find new talent in Finland. The campaign aims to collect enough funds to purchase a total of 100 junior kart racing karts by 2017. Th…

Think tank study: Finns content with their life, aware of need for reform

EVA is a Finnish policy and pro-market think tank that aims to identify and evaluate trends that are important for Finnish companies as well as the success of the society in general. Now the institute has published a re…