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Baltic Sea Action Summit 2010 aims to save the Baltic Sea

President of the Republic of Finland, Tarja Halonen, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and Chairman of the Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG) Ilkka Herlin launched their joint initiative, the Baltic Sea Action Summit 2010, on Tuesday, 19 May 2009. The goal is to bring together the strength of different public and private bodies to establish strong... Read more

Largest design prize in the world awarded to the Finnish designer Harri Koskinen

The Röhsska Museum prize committee for the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize, which is donated by the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg foundations, has decided to award the Finnish designer Harri Koskinen with this year’s prize of SEK 1,000,000.   A unanimous jury has awarded the 2009 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg’s Prize to the Finnish designer,... Read more

Metsä Tissue upgrades it Mänttä factory

The Finnish Forest Industry brings about positive news. Metsä Tissue, which is a company well known for its tissue and cooking papers, will renew one of its paper machines of its Mänttä factory. The investment has been estimated to cost the company approximately 6 million Euros and it has been planned to be carried out on the first half of... Read more

EMMA receives the Museum Achievement of the Year Prize

The Finnish National Committee of the International Council of Museums, ICOM, has acknowledged the Espoo Museum of Modern Art with the Museum Achievement of the Year Prize. The award was based on the high quality and diverse exhibitions presented by EMMA. The committee presents the awards annually on the International Museum Day on May 18th.... Read more

New sauna innovations welcome in Jyväskylä

The Finnish sauna culture is being productized in Jyväskylä. The project seeks to invent new and surprising service concepts around sauna. The initiative, which is put into practice by Jykes Ltd., the Centre for Tourism and Experience Production (MEK) at Jyväskylä University of Applied Science and the part-taking companies, carries the title... Read more

Finnish youth let Fair Winds blow on their home towns

Korpilampi youth seminar, Nuorten Korpilampi 09, which was held last week has resulted in a positive new innovation, which aims to link youth all over Finland and provide them a say on important issues. The campaign is called ‘Fair Winds’, encouraging young people to take a positive and active attitude towards the future. A periodical headwind... Read more

EU brings healthy snacks to Finnish schools

European Union is designing a new School Fruit Scheme, which is intended to deliver fruits, berries and vegetables as break-time snacks for school children. The programme aims to promote healthy eating habits and to gain control of the increasing overweight problem among children and youth. A school health survey carried out last year by... Read more

EU Enterprise Award to the Finnish Women’s Enterprise Agency

The Women’s Enterprise Agency has been awarded the European Enterprise Award. The award is based on the Finnish Agency’s mentoring programme, which is designed to encourage women to become independent entrepreneurs. The operation of the Women’s Enterprise Agency is based on the observation that women are more hesitant to start their own... Read more

Finnish Xiha Life world’s first multilingual online community

The Finnish-Chinese global web service Xiha Life - intends to challenge other popular online communities such as Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. Xiha Life's strength over other similar online services is its multilingualism, bridging the gap between users of different nationalities. Xiha Life is promoted as "the world's first truly... Read more

Youth bring out their voice in Korpilampi

Youth Korpilampi 09-seminar, which was held on Tuesday had about 260 participants. The enthusiastic youngsters attended workshops, which were organized by a group of Team Academics.  The workshops activated vivacious conversation. The young people were very enthusiastic to express their views and got a chance to have their voice heard. The... Read more