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].

Microsoft opens Flux, a free co-working space in downtown Helsinki

If you're in downtown Helsinki and looking for a place to work, there's a new option for you. Microsoft has opened a co-working space in Korkeavuorenkatu. The creative space offers a cafeteria area, a 3d-printer and var…

Hundreds of Finns struck by Hotels.com credit card fraud

The Finnish Police is investigating credit card fraud targeted at finns that have used the popular Hotels.com online service. In the first months of the year there have been a record number of reports related to the ser…

Finland is the land of single households

Every other apartment in Helsinki is inhabited by a single tenant. In the future the number of people living alone in Finland is expected to continue climbing. This changes a lot of things in the societies built around …

President DJ: Toomas Ilves to throw a DJ gig in Helsinki

The 62-year old President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves will be DJing in Helsinki in the end of this month. Appearing in the Helsinki Hipster mecca, Kallio's Siltanen club the newfound Disc Jockey will will perform a…

WordPress Plugin Vulnerability leads to Panama Papers leak at Mossack Fonseca?

First Forbes and others reported that the Drupalgeddon security issue in an old version of the popular Drupal CMS was a cause for the Mossack Fonseca information leak causing the massive information leak on tax evation …

Finland tops the Nanny State Index 2016

The Nanny State Index lists the worst places in the European Union to eat, drink, smoke and vape through taxation. Finland tops the charts, easily outpacing Sweden and UK... The Nanny State Index consists of three main …