Nokia’s Ovi Store to challenge Google and Microsoft

Nokia trusts that its recently opened online Store Ovi will develop into a real success story. Niklas Savander, the Head of Nokia Services, is assured that Ovi Store will gain a greater popularity than its competitors. Ovi Store is challenged for instance by Microsoft, Google and Research in Motion, RIM which is a Canadian company producing... Read more

FIMECC expects 70 million Euros for launching new research

FIMECC Oy, Finnish Metals and Engineering Competence Cluster, will launch its first large-scale research programmes once the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, Tekes, has confirmed its funding for FIMECC’s ‘Innovations & Network’ and ‘Light’- programmes.   The programmes are intended to serve a purpose of developing project... Read more

Organic tomatoes grow environmentally sustainably

The carbon footprint of the organic winter tomato is still small, since both of the two Finland’s organic tomato producers use bio-energy. Organic tomatoes are grown all year round in Finland. The quantity of harvested organic tomatoes is the same as that of ordinary tomatoes. Entrepreneur and organic farmer Esa Kivioja from KKK- Vihannes Ltd.... Read more

Three Finns out of four are content with their lives

A research carried out by Santander Consumer Finance reveals that despite the recession the Finnish people are exceptionally happy with their lives. The most important thing bringing contentment for the Finns is time spent with family and friends. Time spent at home by reading and listening to music is experienced as very meaningful, as well... Read more

Invest Tech Finland 2009 brings together technology investors

Invest Tech Finland 2009, which will be held in Innopoli in Espoo on June 9.-11., will bring together Finnish technology focused ventures, capital investors, funders as well as analytics and researchers involved in the field. The event will host discussions on the latest trends within the technology environment and the impact of financing... Read more

Russian tourists are welcomed to experience Finnish summer

An important holiday marketing event has been held at the popular northern Finnish skiing resort Vuokatti. The event, which took place in May, served a purpose of marketing northern Finland as an ideal summer resort for Russian and Ukrainian tourists. Vuokatti has already hosted large numbers of winter tourists from Russia and Ukraine. The... Read more

Predictions for Finnish cancer patients improved significantly

A research carried out by Finnish Cancer Register reveals that the likelihood of recovery from cancer has increased significantly in the past five years. Finnish cancer patients' survival rate is exceptionally strong even according to international standards. The reasons for improved predictions are early diagnostics and the improvement of the... Read more

Third Prisma Superstore opened in St. Petersburg

SOK, a Finnish co-operative retail organisation, has opened a third Prisma Superstore in St. Peterburg, Russia. The supermarket is located in a busy office centre in the city's Moskovski neighbourhood. There are very few other grocery stores in the area, so the new Prisma will have an advantage of serving the neighbourhood's 250 000... Read more