Sweden's NATO bid may have been derailed by Russian involvement in a Koran-burning incident outside Turkey's consulate.

Nothing could have happened at a worse time. When a far-right extremist burned a Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, Turkey vowed to derail Sweden's NATO ambitions. On Friday, Ankara announced its decision on the NATO proposal by Sweden and Finland as a whole, saying that it would...

Espoo will receive significant EU money to integrate exercise, sports, and digitalization

Espoo has received a large project grant from the European Commission for the development of grassroots activities and innovations to improve sports infrastructure. The project will challenge traditional notions and views of an active lifestyle, as well as the chances for sports and fitness that ...

According to Finland's WithSecure, the EU must stay firm on cyber security

According to senior executives from WithSecure, the European Union (EU) has to adopt a firmer stance on cyber security, both to combat the expanding wave of cybercrime and to address the current threat of destabilising assaults from Russia.

The enterprise security firm, which was formed...

BUDDY HEALTHCARE RECEIVES EUROS 2 MILLION IN FUNDING

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• Buddy Healthcare has received € 2 Million in funding for internationalization.
• The platform of Buddy Healthcare simplifies communication between hospitals and patients.

Finland-based health technology company, Buddy H...

JAPAN ADDS 3 NEW COUNTRIES UNDER BORDER CONTROL LIST FOR COVID-19

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• Japan adds 3 new countries under border controls for COVID-19.
• Border controls on travellers from Spain, Finland and Ontario has been added to the list.
• The travellers from these areas will have to undergo quarantine once...

WIPRO AND TECH MAHINDRA TO COLLABORATE WITH NOKIA

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• Tech Mahindra and Wipro are going to collaborate with Finnish firms to develop 5G in India.
• Indian PM Narendra Modi and Finnish PM Sanna Marin have reviewed ongoing collaboration.
• The collaboration is going to be in the areas of ...

FINLAND: ELIS CONDUCTS 1 TERABIT LIVE COMMERCIAL TRIAL WITH NOKIA

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• The company Elisa conducted live commercial trial of the 1 terabit with the company Nokia
• Most of the networks have still been operating a multitude of 100GE ports along with 400GE on the horizon

The company Nokia have an...

HYUNDAI ANNOUNCES TO START PILOT PROJECT TO REUSE BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE

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• Hyundai announces to start pilot project to reuse batteries for electric vehicle.
• S. Korea has decided to give regulatory exemptions for business models on the reuse of EV batteries.
• Hyundai has also decided to provide a ...

U.S. DEFEATS FINLAND 4-3 & CONFIRM ITS PLACE IN WORLD JUNIOR TITLE GAME

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• Along with Kaliyev, Alex Turcotte, John Farinacci and Matthew Boldy also scored for the U.S. 

• Another man who contributed in the U.S.’ victory was Spencer Knight, who was one of the eight returning players for the U.S. team stopped 33 shots<...

FINLAND RECORDED FIRST ADVERSE REACTION TO COVID-19 VACCINE BY PFIZER AND BIONTECH

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• The medical agency of Finland has reported the first adverse reaction to the Pfizer and BioNTech corona virus vaccine
• Any of the further details of the reports of the reaction has not been disclosed because of the confidentiality of the pa...

SERIOUS NUCLEAR INCIDENT OCCURRED IN FINLAND BUT NO LEAKAGE OF RADIATION

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• A nuclear reactor had entered in an automatic shutdown after a radiation that has been emerged inside the systems of the nuclear plant in the country
• The CEO of the nuclear power plant operator said that, the incident, which has been occur...

ERICSSON FINLAND NOMINATED AS A FINALIST IN THE MOST ACTIVE WORKPLACE COMPETITION

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• The company Ericsson Finland has been nominated as a finalist in the Most Active Workplace Competition
• Ericsson has reached the top three on the national level, which is a great achievement for the company

The Most Active...

NOKIA REACHED LIGHTNING FAST 8 GBPS 5G DOWNLOAD SPEED IN FINLAND

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• Nokia has recorded the fastest download speed over a commercial 5G network in the world in Finland
• The download speed has been clocking around 8 Gbps on the network of Elisa in Finland

The company Nokia has been successfu...

FIRST MAJOR HYBRID URBAN COMPLEX TO BE BUILT IN HELSINKI, FINLAND

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• The construction of the first ever major hybrid complex is all set to take place in the city of Helsinki in Finland
• The new structure will be including a tram dept, a shopping center and also several residential flats

The...

FINLAND TIGHTENS BORDER RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVELLERS ARRIVING FROM NORWAY AND SWEDEN

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• The authorities or the government of Finland has strengthened the novel corona virus restrictions on the travellers who are returning from Norway and Sweden
• These restrictions or measures will be applied on the travellers who will be arriv...

ESTONIAN MINISTER DISCUSSES COOPERATION TO COMBATING COVID-19 IN HELSINKI

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• Estonian Minister Tanel Kiik recently met Finnish Minister Krista Kiuru.
• The two minister discussed cooperation between their two countries to combat coronavirus.
• Ministers also emphasized on the need for innovation of e-services...

RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL FROM DENMARK AND NORWAY REINSTATED BY FINLAND

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• In some countries the number of coronavirus infections are coming down but they are not totally over.
• Finland’s government has reintroduced many travel restrictions to a number of countries including Denmark and Norway.

HUAWEI CONTROVERSY MAY HELP JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA TO DOMINATE 5G MARKET

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• USA and UK have decided to ban Huawei from building 5G networks for their respective countries.
• There is a possibility of telecom giants from Japan and South Korea to fill in for Huawei.
• Huawei has denied all charges about sharin...

SANNA MARIN: THE YOUNGEST PM OF FINLAND

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• Sanna Mirella Marin, attracted the world when she was elected the Prime Minister of Finland at age 34.
• Marin is currently the second-youngest serving state leader, the youngest female state leader, and the youngest ever Prime Minister of F...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION WILL AID FINNISH SCHEME – COVID-19

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• Due to the ongoing pandemic, the European Commission has decided to help Finland.
• The Commission will help Finland under the EU state aid rules.
• The Commission plans to support Finland by donating $130 million.