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].

Police published pictures of Siwa robbers - do you recognize them?

Two men robbed cash from the Forssa Kurkelanmäki Siwa on sunday evening at nine o'clock. One of the men grabbed the sales clerk from the sleeve and threathened her with a knife. The other man took a small amount of…

Rapid change in the weather, temperatures to drop over 30 degrees

The surprising heatwave in the beginning of June is about to be over. The new week starts at a significantly lower temperatures in Finland.In Lapland you might want to dig out your sweater, because temperatures can drop…

Every tenth person in the Finnish working population has a hearing disability

In Finland 11 percent of the working age population surffers from hearing loss or impairment. Poor hearing at work causes fatigue and stress. This increases sickness absences and can, at worst, lead to exiting the job m…

Windows Phone the most popular Smartphone Platform in Finland

Windows Phone is now the most popular Smartphone Operating System in Finland according to the market analyst Market-Visio. In Finland the three significant Operating Systems (Android, iOS and Window Phone) each took aro…

Young men feeling the need for speed in Vantaa

The police catched plenty of speeding cars in Vantaa early Sunday morning. A car driving on the Tuusula highway was stopped by the police half past twelve AM. The car had been travelling at speeds in excess of 195 kilom…

Summer in Finland: Man meets bear

Man gets in a tight spot in Pori on Saturday morning while going to do some bird watching. Jan Wessberg from Pori got into a tight spot on Saturday morning. Jan reports on his encounter in his blog.The man was on his wa…