- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Trade Policy Unit http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=58700&culture=en-US
- Kimmo Sinivuori, Counsellor, Chief BIT negotiator wrote to FT on 10oct14 saying that BIT system is working
- on Kimmo Sinivuori - http://www.formin.fi/public/Print.aspx?contentid=302502&nodeid=48662&culture=en-US&contentlan=2, http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=fqQKeYKQl-kC&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=kimmo+sinivuori&source=bl&ots=NnmqwA59HU&sig=BV22dFxtsKQLr_FwfElMNFFSJSY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RYQ3VJ6MCcS68gWKgIKoAw&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=kimmo%20sinivuori&f=false
Aland Islands
- The Åland Islands or Åland (Swedish: Åland, Swedish pronunciation: [ˈoːland]; Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) is a region of Finland that consists of anarchipelago lying at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea. It is autonomous, demilitarised and is the only monolingually Swedish-speaking region in Finland. Collectively, the islands in the archipelago form the smallest region of Finland, constituting 0.49% of its land area and 0.50% of its population. Åland comprises Fasta Åland on which 90% of the population resides and a further 6,500 skerries and islands to its east. Fasta Åland is separated from the coast of Sweden by 38 kilometres (24 mi) of open water to the west. In the east, the Åland archipelago is contiguous with the Finnish Archipelago Sea. Åland's only land border is located on the uninhabited skerry of Märket, which it shares with Sweden. Åland's autonomous status means that those provincial powers normally exercised by representatives of the central Finnish government are largely exercised by its own government.
- case of autonomy hkej 12jan16 a18
- .ax is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of the Åland Islands, Finland, introduced in 2006. Previously, most Åland websites were under the .aland.fi subdomain.
- companies using the domain
- www.kemp.ax - exhibited at 2019 cloud expo
Jyväskylä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjyvæsˌkylæ]) is a city and municipality in Finland and in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is the largest city in the region of Central Finland and on the Finnish Lakeland.Elias Lönnrot, the compiler of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, gave the city the nickname "Athens of Finland". This nickname refers to the major role of Jyväskylä as an educational centre, and as the first place in the world to provide education in Finnish. The second part of the city's name, kylä, means village. The first part of the city's name, jyväs, has been associated with Taxus, a genus of yews, and the Old Prussian word juwis. It has also been speculated that the word jyväs refers to the sun's reflection of the surface of the water. In the Jyväskylä region, there are archeological findings from the Stone Age. According to the oldest available taxation documents (maakirja), there were seven estates on the Jyväskylä region in 1539. One of them, the estate of Mattila, alone possessed the areas stretching from the village of Keljo to the villages of Vesanka and Palokka. The oldest estate in Jyväskylä continuously held by the same family is the estate of Lahti, which emerged when the estate of Mattila was split between two brothers in 1600. The history of the estate of Lahti and the family of Lahti have had a significant impact on the development of Jyväskylä region. Lahdenrinne, in the south-west corner of Jyväsjärvi lake, belongs to the old heartland of the estate of Lahti.
- note the coat of arms
Kotka (not much description in english version)
- Kotka signifie aigle en finnois.Les premiers habitants de la zone de Kotka appartiennent à la Culture de la céramique à peigne de lâge de la pierre. Le niveau de la mer est alors 20 mètres plus haut que le niveau actuel et les lits actuels du kymijoki et du nummenjoki étaient des baies maritimes. On a trouvé des habitations au bord de ces anciennes baies à Laajakoski, Juurikorva et Ylänummi. Plus tard, on a trouvé des habitations appartenant à la culture de la céramique cordée à Juurikorva et des traces éparses de cette culture dans d'autres endroits. On a découvert un groupe significatif de tumulus de pierre datant de l'âge du bronze dans la baie de Östringinlahti. Dans cette zone on a aussi découvert des assemblages de pierres en forme de bateau datant de l'âge du bronzeou de l'âge du fer.Le détroit situé entre Kuutsalo et Kirkonmaa a servi de lieu de repos sur la route commerciale des Varègues aux Grecsu 1. Il est possible que l'île de Pirköyri située à proximité de Tiutinen ait été une place de marché au temps des vikings.
Vyborg
- Located in the boundary zone between the East Slavic/Russian and Finnish worlds, the town has changed hands several times in history, most recently in 1944 when the Soviet Union retook it from Finland duringWorld War II. The city hosts the Russian end of the 1,222 km (759 mi) Nord Stream gas pipeline, laid in 2011 and operated by a consortium led by Russia's Gazprom state hydrocarbons enterprise to pump 55 billion cubic meters (1.9 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas a year under the Baltic toGreifswald, Germany.he area where Vyborg is located used to be a trading center on the Vuoksi River's western branch, which has dried up. The region was inhabited by theKarelians, a Balto-Finnic tribe which gradually came under the domination ofNovgorod and Sweden. According to archeological digs and research, on the site of Vyborg there were a Karelian trading post in the 10th century. Vyborg itself appeared in the 11th–12th centuries as a mixed Karelian-Russian settlement.
Association/Institute
- Political
- Finnish Institute of International Affairs http://www.fiia.fi/en/home/
- UNU-WIDER is the first research and training centre established in 1984 in Helsinki by the United Nations University (UNU). UNU is an international academic organization that promotes the UN's aims of peace and progress by providing a framework to bring together leading scholars from around the world to tackle pressing global problems. http://www.wider.unu.edu/
- http://ek.fi/ Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) is the leading business organization in Finland. Our main task is to make Finland an internationally attractive and competitive business environment. Successful business activities are the foundation for the Finnish welfare society.
- Fashion
- Finnish Fur Breeders Association
- tech
Company
- Nokia (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈnokiɑ], UK: /ˈnɒkiə/, US: /ˈnoʊkiə/) is a Finnish multinational communications, information technology and consumer electronics company, founded in 1865. Nokia's headquarters are in Espoo, in the greater Helsinki metropolitan area. Nokia's history dates back to 1865, when Finnish-Swede mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a pulp mill near the town of Tampere, Finland (then in the Russian Empire). A second pulp mill was opened in 1868 near the neighboring town of Nokia, offering better hydropowerresources. In 1871, Idestam, together with friend Leo Mechelin, formed a shared company from it and called it Nokia Ab (in Swedish, Nokia Company being the English equivalent), after the site of the second pulp mill. Idestam retired in 1896, making Mechelin the company's chairman. Mechelin expanded into electricity generation by 1902 which Idestam had opposed. In 1904 Suomen Gummitehdas (Finnish Rubber Works), a rubber business founded by Eduard Polón, established a factory near the town of Nokia and used its name. In 1922, Nokia Ab entered into a partnership with Finnish Rubber Works and Kaapelitehdas (the Cable Factory), all now jointly under the leadership of Polón. Finnish Rubber Works company grew rapidly when it moved to the Nokia region in the 1930s to take advantage of the electrical power supply, and the cable company soon did too. Nokia at the time also made respirators for both civilian and military use, from the 1930s well into the early 1990s.
- stora enso
- Rovio
- marimekko
Iittala has strong design roots in glasswares and art glass which can be seen in, for example, the early designs of Aino Aalto glasses designed by Aino Aalto in 1932; Alvar Aalto’s Savoy Vase (Aalto Vase) from 1936; Oiva Toikka’s Birds by Toikka glass birds collection that has been made since 1962, his glassware set Kastehelmi from 1964 and Tapio Wirkkala’s glasses Ultima Thule from 1968.
- Walkbase provides a retail analytics solution for measuring and improving in-store marketing and personalising in-store shopping experience.
- Wärtsilä /ˈværtsilæ/ is a Finnish corporation which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets. The core products of Wärtsilä include large combustion engines used in cruise ships and ferries. As of 2015 the company employed more than 18,000 workers in over 70 countries. Wärtsilä has three main businesses; Energy Solutions focusing on the energy market, Marine Solutions focusing on the marine market and Services which is supporting both markets. Wärtsilä operates globally but its Marine Solutions division is heavily focused on Asia.
- food
- press/newspaper
- coffee
industry
- food
People
- Karl Otto Fazer (16 August 1866 – 9 October 1932) was a Finnishbusinessman, and sport shooter. He was born in Helsinki and died in Jokioinen. He had four children and was the grandfather of Peter Fazer. His father, Eduard Peter Fazer (originally Fatzer), was a Swiss-born furrier. Fazer studied baking in Berlin, Paris, and Saint Petersburg before becoming a pioneer of Finnish confectionery. Together with his wife Berta he opened a French-Russian confectionery at Glogatan (Kluuvikatu) 3 in Helsinki on 17 September 1891. Later he opened a chocolate and candy factory in Rödbergen (fi: Punavuori).
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd is one of the leading research and technology organisations in Europe. VTT has a national mandate in Finland. We use our research and knowledge to provide expert services for our domestic and international customers and partners. We serve both private and public sectors.https://www.vttresearch.com/
Company
- Nokia (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈnokiɑ], UK: /ˈnɒkiə/, US: /ˈnoʊkiə/) is a Finnish multinational communications, information technology and consumer electronics company, founded in 1865. Nokia's headquarters are in Espoo, in the greater Helsinki metropolitan area. Nokia's history dates back to 1865, when Finnish-Swede mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a pulp mill near the town of Tampere, Finland (then in the Russian Empire). A second pulp mill was opened in 1868 near the neighboring town of Nokia, offering better hydropowerresources. In 1871, Idestam, together with friend Leo Mechelin, formed a shared company from it and called it Nokia Ab (in Swedish, Nokia Company being the English equivalent), after the site of the second pulp mill. Idestam retired in 1896, making Mechelin the company's chairman. Mechelin expanded into electricity generation by 1902 which Idestam had opposed. In 1904 Suomen Gummitehdas (Finnish Rubber Works), a rubber business founded by Eduard Polón, established a factory near the town of Nokia and used its name. In 1922, Nokia Ab entered into a partnership with Finnish Rubber Works and Kaapelitehdas (the Cable Factory), all now jointly under the leadership of Polón. Finnish Rubber Works company grew rapidly when it moved to the Nokia region in the 1930s to take advantage of the electrical power supply, and the cable company soon did too. Nokia at the time also made respirators for both civilian and military use, from the 1930s well into the early 1990s.
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-solidium-nokia/finland-boosts-influence-on-nokia-with-1-billion-investment-idUSKCN1GP0MY Finland’s state investment arm has spent about 844 million euros ($1.04 billion) on building a 3.3 percent stake in Nokia (NOKIA.HE), strengthening national influence over the telecom network gear maker.
- stora enso
- 斯道拉恩索集團的一條年產45萬噸包裝白 卡紙的生產線，16日在廣西北海正式投產 。這是的斯道拉恩投資中國最大的林紙一 體化項目，項目總投資約190億人民幣（約 合223.7億港元），這是北歐在中國的最大 單體投資項目。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20160617/PDF/a8_screen.pdf
- Rovio
- rovio chief to pass the hoodie on http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b5c5a31a-2f8e-11e4-83e4-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3Bq9Bu16d
- Accel Partners invested $12 million in Supercell in 2011,[4] and in October 2013 it was announced that the Japanese company GungHo Online Entertainment and its parent SoftBank had acquired 51% of the company for a reported $2.1 billion. On June 1, 2015, SoftBank acquired an additional 22.7% stake in Supercell, which brought their total stake to 73.2% of the company and made them the sole external shareholder.
- On June 21, 2016 Tencent announced a deal to acquire 84.3% of Supercell with USD 8.6 billion. Japan's SoftBank values Supercell at $10.2 billion.
- http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2017-04/05/content_28802410.htm Tencent and its partners will pay $8.6 billion for up to 84 percent of Supercell, mostly from SoftBank Group Corp, which aims to use the proceeds to cut its debt.
- marimekko
- Feature article hkej 1aug15 c11
- http://m.chinadaily.com.cn/en/2015-09/11/content_21843238.htm Jussi Pesonen, president andchief executive officer of UPM,one of the largest makers ofpaper in the world, says thatdespite the turbulent times inthe market, the Finland-basedcompany has managed to holdits head above the water byreinventing itself as a "Biofore"company. "Biofore is a new word thatmeans a commitment toefficient operations, profitablebusiness and a moresustainable future,demonstrated through concreteactions and a string of R&Dsuccesses that complementexisting businesses," saidPesonen.
Iittala has strong design roots in glasswares and art glass which can be seen in, for example, the early designs of Aino Aalto glasses designed by Aino Aalto in 1932; Alvar Aalto’s Savoy Vase (Aalto Vase) from 1936; Oiva Toikka’s Birds by Toikka glass birds collection that has been made since 1962, his glassware set Kastehelmi from 1964 and Tapio Wirkkala’s glasses Ultima Thule from 1968.
- Walkbase provides a retail analytics solution for measuring and improving in-store marketing and personalising in-store shopping experience.
- Wärtsilä /ˈværtsilæ/ is a Finnish corporation which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets. The core products of Wärtsilä include large combustion engines used in cruise ships and ferries. As of 2015 the company employed more than 18,000 workers in over 70 countries. Wärtsilä has three main businesses; Energy Solutions focusing on the energy market, Marine Solutions focusing on the marine market and Services which is supporting both markets. Wärtsilä operates globally but its Marine Solutions division is heavily focused on Asia.
- food
- www.fodandhealthtech.fi
- www.mimis.fi
- edible flowers - verbana flower, phlox
- people - niko honkanen niko.honkanen@mimis.fi
- press/newspaper
- Helsinki Times was established in April 2007 by Iranian-born doctor, writer, journalist and director Alexis Kouros who settled in Finland in 1990. A paper version was published in tabloid format. and was eventually discontinued in February 2015. However, until today, helsinkitimes.fi is updated several times per day with domestic news about Finland in English, resulting in a huge archive of Finland related articles compiled of a good number of original and translated articles.
- coffee
- Once had a prohibition (rick stein)
industry
- food
One Finnish food producer that has been expanding its sales in Asia is Munax, an egg packer from Laitila, near Turku.
- Japan has allowed imports of Finnish eggs and egg products since early March. Last year Hong Kong permitted such imports, and negotiations are now underway with South Korea.Finnish pork has also found its way onto the Chinese market. One of the biggest Finnish meat producers, Atria, has already sold pork there, and rival HKScan sent its first delivery in late April. Besides Asia, food exporters are also focusing on Europe and the Middle East. Further afield, Finnish dairy giant Valio has recently made its first deliveries to South Africa, and there are hopes of a pork sales permit there within the next few months, Wrang tells Yle. There is also foreign interest in Finland’s largely disease-free livestock from a breeding standpoint as well. For instance, notes the agriculture ministry, Finnish pig sperm is being sold in Japan.https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_food_exporters_see_purity_as_asian_sales_angle/10187107
- Karl Otto Fazer (16 August 1866 – 9 October 1932) was a Finnishbusinessman, and sport shooter. He was born in Helsinki and died in Jokioinen. He had four children and was the grandfather of Peter Fazer. His father, Eduard Peter Fazer (originally Fatzer), was a Swiss-born furrier. Fazer studied baking in Berlin, Paris, and Saint Petersburg before becoming a pioneer of Finnish confectionery. Together with his wife Berta he opened a French-Russian confectionery at Glogatan (Kluuvikatu) 3 in Helsinki on 17 September 1891. Later he opened a chocolate and candy factory in Rödbergen (fi: Punavuori).
- Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (Finnish pronunciation: [mɑrtːi oiʋɑ kɑleʋi ɑhtisɑːri] and shortly pronounced [mɑrtːi ɑhtisɑːri]; born 23 June 1937) is a Finnish politician, the tenthPresident of Finland (1994–2000), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and United Nationsdiplomat and mediator, noted for his international peace work. Ahtisaari was a United Nations Special Envoy for Kosovo, charged with organizing Kosovo status process negotiations, aimed at resolving a long-running dispute in Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. In October 2008, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his efforts on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts".[3] The Nobel statement said that Ahtisaari has played a prominent role in resolving many conflicts inNamibia; Aceh, Indonesia;[4] Kosovo and Iraq, among other areas.
- Belle Selene Xia
- Belle Selene Xia
- http://truefinns.weebly.com/
- http://yle.fi/uutiset/helsinki_finns_party_expels_chinese_deputy_councillor/7104311
- http://belleselenexia.puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/
- jean sibelius, composer of finlandia
- tove jansson, author of moomin
- Petter Adolf Karsten (16 February 1834 – 22 March 1917) was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology". Karsten was born in Merimasku near Turku, studied at the University of Helsinki, and then moved to the inland of Tammela, where he spent most of his life with teaching botany and doing research at the Mustiala Agriculture Institute (now the Faculty of Agriculture of the HAMK University of Applied Sciences).
Open Data
- http://www.hri.fi/en/about/ The Helsinki Region Infoshare (HRI) service aims to make regional information quickly and easily accessible to all. Essentially, HRI is a web service for fast and easy access to open data sources between the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen. The data published is mainly statistical, giving a comprehensive and diverse outlook on different urban phenomena, such as living conditions, economics and well-being, employment and transport. A good proportion of the data material offered by the service is GIS based.
Innovation
- http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/feature/five-finnish-bioeconomy-innovations-set-to-change-the-future/
- kiv
Nuclear
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/909e2980-2740-11e6-8ba3-cdd781d02d89.html Fennovoima, the company behind the project worth up to €7bn, is bullish. The 1,200 megawatt power plant — known as Hanhikivi 1 and due to be completed by 2024 — could provide Finland with about 10 per cent of its electricity, boost the country’s economic growth, and be a boon for a group of local companies as well as Russia’s Rosatom. Fennovoima thinks it can avoid the problems that have dogged the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear project in Finland and Hinkley Point in the UK. Unlike the former, Rosatom is not just a supplier but also a big shareholder, with a 34 per cent stake in Fennovoima. And the cost of the proposed new Finnish reactor is well below the £18bn (€24bn) estimate for Hinkley Point, even if the UK plant is bigger, at 3,200MW.
Helsinki airport
- cluster development
- http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21723759-experiment-effect-offering-unemployed-new-form two-year pilot study to see how getting a basic income, rather than jobless benefits, might affect incentives in the labour market. He gets €560 ($624) a month unconditionally, so he can add to his earnings without losing any of it.If Mr Jarvinen is making progress, it is too soon to draw overall conclusions. Kela, Finland’s national welfare body, which runs the pilot, will not contact participants directly before 2019, lest that influences outcomes. Instead it monitors remotely, using national registers of family incomes, taxes paid and more. (Anonymised data will be made available to researchers.) Some lessons are emerging. Olli Kangas, who helped to design the study and now runs it for Kela, says the process is far harder to implement than expected: “a nightmare”. He decries politicians who blow hot and cold, yet insist the study must be wrapped up before an election in 2019.
Education
- http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21698679-europes-top-performing-school-system-rethinks-its-approach-helsinking
- new core curriculum in finnish schools
- In the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic, Ilmatar was a virgin spirit of the air.
The name Ilmatar is derived from the Finnish word ilma, meaning "air," and the suffix -tar, denoting a female spirit. Thus, her name literally means "female air spirit." In the Kalevala she was also occasionally called Luonnotar, which means "female spirit of nature" (Finnish luonto, "nature"). She was impregnated by the sea and wind and thus became the mother of Väinämöinen.
- Kuu is a Moon goddess in Finnish mythology. According to the Kalevala, the daughter of the air Ilmatar allowed a teal to lay its egg on her knee as she floated in the abyss. The egg fell and its parts formed the universe: the white of the egg became the moon, and the yolk the sun.
Finnish language
- http://finland.fi/life-society/where-does-finnish-come-from/
- https://finland.fi/emoji
- k, kk
- spoken vs written
Literature
- http://finland.fi/arts-culture/kalevala-the-finnish-national-epic/ The first edition of the Kalevala appeared in 1835, compiled and edited by Elias Lönnrot on the basis of the epic folk poems he had collected in Finland and Karelia. This poetic song tradition, sung in an unusual, archaic trochaic tetrametre, had been part of the oral tradition among speakers of Balto-Finnic languages for 2,000 years.
Name of country
- soumi/suomija in suomi, latvia etc
- pinglandia by banjar people
nationalism
- pan-finnicism had been introduced in 1898 by finnish geographer wilhelm ramsay. This justify finnish expansion in the borderland between finland and soviet russia.
- finnish-speaking nationalists tended to emphasise their finno-ugrian identity, and, after the independence in 1917, many of them prioritised collaboration with the estonians and the hungarians, striving for a pan-finnic greater finland.
History
- country name
- The Finnish Civil War (27 January – 15 May 1918) concerned leadership and control of Finland during its transition from a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire to an independent state. The conflict formed a part of the national, political, and social turmoil caused by World War I (Eastern Front) in Europe. The war was fought between the Reds, led by the Social Democratic Party and the Whites, led by the non-socialist, conservative-led Senate. The paramilitary Red Guards, composed of industrial and agrarian workers, controlled the towns and industrial centres of southern Finland. The paramilitary White Guards, composed of peasants and middle- and upper-class factions, controlled rural central and northern Finland. Finnish society had experienced - by 1917, under the Russian regime - rapid population growth, industrialisation, preurbanization and the rise of a comprehensive labour movement. The country's political and governmental systems were in an unstable phase ofdemocratisation and modernization, while the people's socioeconomic condition and national-cultural status gradually improved. World War I led to the collapse of the Russian Empire and a power struggle, militarization, and escalating crisis between the left-leaning Finnish labor movement and the Finnish conservatives. Finland's declaration of independence on 6 December 1917 failed to halt the disintegration of the society and the push towards war. The Reds carried out an unsuccessful general offensive in February 1918, supplied with weapons by Soviet Russia. A counteroffensive by the Whites began in March, reinforced by an Imperial German Army squad in April. The decisive military actions of the war were the Battles ofTampere and Viipuri, won by the Whites, and the Battles of Helsinki and Lahti, won by German troops, leading to victory of the Whites and the German forces. Both the Reds and Whites engaged in political terror. A large number of Reds perished due to malnutrition and disease in prison camps. Altogether, around 39,000 people died in the war, including 36,000 Finns—out of a population of 3,000,000. In the aftermath, the Finns passed from Russian rule to the German Empire's sphere of power. The conservative Finnish Senate attempted to establish a Finnish monarchy, but the plan was aborted by the defeat of Germany in World War I. Finland emerged as an independent, democratic republic. The war divided the nation for many years and remains one of the most emotionally charged events in Finnish history. The society was reunited through social compromises based on a long-term culture of moderate politics and religion, the outcome of World War I, and the postwar economic recovery.
- The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (Karelo-Finnish SSR; Finnish:
Karjalais-suomalainen sosialistinen neuvostotasavalta (help·info); Russian: Каре́ло-Фи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика, tr. Karelo-Finskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also called Soviet Karelia or simply known as Karelia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It existed from 1940 until it was made part of the Russian SFSR in 1956 as the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (which became the Republic of Karelia, a federal subject of Russia, on November 13, 1991).
EU
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1a2b9dd2-9bf0-11e4-b6cc-00144feabdc0.html Finland has emerged as the biggest stumbling block to negotiating a new bailout deal with an incoming Greek government, telling its eurozone partners that it will not support debt forgiveness and is reluctant to back another extension of the €172bn rescue. In an interview, Finland’s prime minister said he would give a “resounding no” to any move to forgive Greece’s debts and warned that a new government in Athens would have to stick to the terms of the existing bailout.
- sanctions against china
Russia
- russification program started in 1890s
- The Winter War (Finnish: talvisota, Swedish: vinterkriget, Russian: Зи́мняя война́, tr. Zimnyaya voyna) was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland in 1939–1940. It began with the Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939 (three months after the outbreak of World War II), and ended with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940. The League of Nations deemed the attack illegal and expelled the Soviet Union from the League on 14 December 1939. Finland then agreed to cede more territory than originally demanded by the Soviet Union in 1939; the Soviets, having conquered the areas they demanded from Finland but at a cost of heavier losses in troops than anticipated, accepted this offer. Hostilities ceased in March 1940 with the signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty. Finland ceded territory representing 11% of its land area and 13% of its economy to the Soviet Union. Soviet losses were heavy, and the country's international reputation suffered. While the Soviet Union did not conquer all Finland, Soviet gains exceeded their pre-war demands. They gained substantial territory along Lake Ladoga, providing a buffer for Leningrad, and territory in northern Finland. Finland retained its sovereignty and enhanced its international reputation.
- border dispute
Estonia
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35246761 Finland and Estonia have agreed to look into building an undersea railway tunnel connecting their capitals. The tunnel - expected to cost up to 13bn euros (£10bn; $14bn) - would link up Helsinki and Tallinn, which are separated by the Baltic Sea.Tens of thousands of Estonians commute to the Helsinki area for work, while many Finnish tourists visit Tallinn.The railway link would reduce travel times to about 30 minutes, the city of Helsinki said.It currently takes between 90 minutes and two hours to travel between the two cities by fast ferry.
Hong Kong
- senior official visit
- tourism
- cleantech
- police
- education
- dance
- comics
Media
- http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/
- http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/
- tove jansson, author of moomin
- Petter Adolf Karsten (16 February 1834 – 22 March 1917) was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology". Karsten was born in Merimasku near Turku, studied at the University of Helsinki, and then moved to the inland of Tammela, where he spent most of his life with teaching botany and doing research at the Mustiala Agriculture Institute (now the Faculty of Agriculture of the HAMK University of Applied Sciences).
Open Data
- http://www.hri.fi/en/about/ The Helsinki Region Infoshare (HRI) service aims to make regional information quickly and easily accessible to all. Essentially, HRI is a web service for fast and easy access to open data sources between the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen. The data published is mainly statistical, giving a comprehensive and diverse outlook on different urban phenomena, such as living conditions, economics and well-being, employment and transport. A good proportion of the data material offered by the service is GIS based.
Innovation
- http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/feature/five-finnish-bioeconomy-innovations-set-to-change-the-future/
- kiv
- http://www.economist.com/news/international/21707952-combining-old-and-new-ways-getting-around-will-transform-transportand-cities-too-it
Nuclear
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/909e2980-2740-11e6-8ba3-cdd781d02d89.html Fennovoima, the company behind the project worth up to €7bn, is bullish. The 1,200 megawatt power plant — known as Hanhikivi 1 and due to be completed by 2024 — could provide Finland with about 10 per cent of its electricity, boost the country’s economic growth, and be a boon for a group of local companies as well as Russia’s Rosatom. Fennovoima thinks it can avoid the problems that have dogged the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear project in Finland and Hinkley Point in the UK. Unlike the former, Rosatom is not just a supplier but also a big shareholder, with a 34 per cent stake in Fennovoima. And the cost of the proposed new Finnish reactor is well below the £18bn (€24bn) estimate for Hinkley Point, even if the UK plant is bigger, at 3,200MW.
Helsinki airport
- cluster development
- http://airportcluster.fi/en/aboutus/developmentprojects/ , https://www.finavia.fi/en/development-at-airports/helsinki-airport-development-programme/ Ubiquitous Helsinki-Vantaa is the first development project of Airport Cluster Finland. The development project aims to secure Helsinki Airport’s position and further development as a world’s top class hub-airport. The project was launched in May 2010. The project includes two different pilots; the first pilot includes the development of safety and operation models in Helsinki Airport apron area with the use of wireless identification and censoring. The second pilot will focus on controlling and optimizing of passenger flow in Helsinki Airport by using RFID and wireless data sharing technologies. Pilot 1 includes two different phases; tracking of vehicles and monitoring the use of weapons in the apron area. The vehicle tracking system was installed to 17 airport buses in order to monitor the use of buses at the apron area. The real-time tracking system improves utilization of the buses and helps to keep track if buses are available or not. The data collected by the system can be used to allocate the resources efficiently and to avoid unnecessary investments. The second phase of the pilot 1 focuses on monitoring and tracking of weapons that are used in apron area by maintenance staff. A RFID based system was installed in the weapons locker to keep track if the EPC RFID tagged weapons are in use or in the locker. The pilot 2 aims to study and enhance Helsinki Airport’s passenger flows and develop personalized passenger services by using wireless identification and data collection technologies. The main target is to create an informative, electronic hand held device with an ultra-thin display. These cards will be allocated to transfer-passengers at Helsinki Airport in order to deliver personalized and real-time flight data, e.g. the gate number and the time of departure. Tekes funded Ubiquitous Helsinki-Vantaa project was carried out during May 2010 – October 2011 in collaboration with Finavia. The project was executed by Vantaa Innovation Institute in cooperation with Metropolia University of Applied Science and three subcontractor companies.
- http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21723759-experiment-effect-offering-unemployed-new-form two-year pilot study to see how getting a basic income, rather than jobless benefits, might affect incentives in the labour market. He gets €560 ($624) a month unconditionally, so he can add to his earnings without losing any of it.If Mr Jarvinen is making progress, it is too soon to draw overall conclusions. Kela, Finland’s national welfare body, which runs the pilot, will not contact participants directly before 2019, lest that influences outcomes. Instead it monitors remotely, using national registers of family incomes, taxes paid and more. (Anonymised data will be made available to researchers.) Some lessons are emerging. Olli Kangas, who helped to design the study and now runs it for Kela, says the process is far harder to implement than expected: “a nightmare”. He decries politicians who blow hot and cold, yet insist the study must be wrapped up before an election in 2019.
Education
- http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21698679-europes-top-performing-school-system-rethinks-its-approach-helsinking
- new core curriculum in finnish schools
- https://finland.fi/life-society/the-truth-about-finnish-schools/
- In the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic, Ilmatar was a virgin spirit of the air.
The name Ilmatar is derived from the Finnish word ilma, meaning "air," and the suffix -tar, denoting a female spirit. Thus, her name literally means "female air spirit." In the Kalevala she was also occasionally called Luonnotar, which means "female spirit of nature" (Finnish luonto, "nature"). She was impregnated by the sea and wind and thus became the mother of Väinämöinen.
- Kuu is a Moon goddess in Finnish mythology. According to the Kalevala, the daughter of the air Ilmatar allowed a teal to lay its egg on her knee as she floated in the abyss. The egg fell and its parts formed the universe: the white of the egg became the moon, and the yolk the sun.
Finnish language
- http://finland.fi/life-society/where-does-finnish-come-from/
- https://finland.fi/emoji
- k, kk
- https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-difference-in-pronunciation-between-the-Finnish-k-and-kk
- spoken vs written
- https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-significant-difference-between-standard-and-spoken-Finnish
“Missä hän on?” means Where is he/she https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-say-Where-is-she-in-your-language/answer/Markus-Kajo
- "saaria" is "islands"
- country name
- https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-language-without-the-grammatical-passive-voice
- phrases
- links with mongolian and turkic languages
- "saaria" is "islands"
- country name
- https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Sweden-named-Ruotsi-in-Finland
- ****** https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-Finnish-language-called-Suomi-by-the-nativesFinland is Suomi, and Finnish (language) is suomi.England is Englanti, and English (language) is englanti.Estonia is Viro, and Estonian (language) is viro.
Russia is Venäjä, and Russian (language) is venäjä.
Sweden is Ruotsi, and Swedish (language) is ruotsi.
Spain is Espanja, and Spanish (language) is espanja.
Japan is Japani, and Japanese (language) is japani.
Germany is Saksa, and German (language) is saksa.
China is Kiina, and Chinese (language) is kiina.France is Ranska, and French (language) is ranska.
Arabia (not a country, I know) is Arabia, and Arabic (language) is arabia.
- Marja is a female given name, a Finnish, Sámi and Dutch form of Mary. It also means "berry" in Finnish.[1] In Finnish the normal form of Mary is Maria; the pronunciations of Maria ['maria] and Marja ['marja] are identical, if the /-ria/ is pronounced as diphthong in as usual in rapid speech: [maria̯].
- https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-language-without-the-grammatical-passive-voice
- phrases
- Hauska Tutustua (nice to meet you) https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-useful-phrases-to-know-in-Finnish
- Oletteko Suomalainen? (Are you Finnish?) https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-useful-phrases-to-know-in-Finnish
- links with mongolian and turkic languages
- https://www.quora.com/How-come-the-Finnish-word-and-Mongolian-word-for-language-sound-similar-Finnish-Kieli-Mongolian-Khel
Literature
- http://finland.fi/arts-culture/kalevala-the-finnish-national-epic/ The first edition of the Kalevala appeared in 1835, compiled and edited by Elias Lönnrot on the basis of the epic folk poems he had collected in Finland and Karelia. This poetic song tradition, sung in an unusual, archaic trochaic tetrametre, had been part of the oral tradition among speakers of Balto-Finnic languages for 2,000 years.
Name of country
- soumi/suomija in suomi, latvia etc
- pinglandia by banjar people
nationalism
- pan-finnicism had been introduced in 1898 by finnish geographer wilhelm ramsay. This justify finnish expansion in the borderland between finland and soviet russia.
- finnish-speaking nationalists tended to emphasise their finno-ugrian identity, and, after the independence in 1917, many of them prioritised collaboration with the estonians and the hungarians, striving for a pan-finnic greater finland.
History
- country name
- the name ‘Finland’ was not Finnish-born. In fact, the original Finnish alphabet didn’t even contain the letter ‘f’, which was introduced to the language through borrowed words. One theory is that the name ‘Finland’ comes from the Old English word finna, a general term once used to describe people from Scandinavia. However, some historians believe its origins are actually Swedish, where the words finlonti and finlandi are believed to have been used as early as the 12th Century to describe the land that is now the south-western part of modern Finland.From 1809 to 1917 Finland was a Grand Duchy under the Russian Empire; before that, the territory was under Swedish control for almost 700 years. Between these two northern powers, the land that Finland now occupies was fought over repeatedly; occupied and re-occupied from both sides. The Russian Revolution paved the way for the Finns to declare their independence.“There is no certain knowledge about the real origin of the name ‘Suomi’,” said museum curator Satu Frondelius. “One theory is that Suomi comes from word ‘suomaa’ which means ‘swampland’ in Finnish.” She noted that the south-western part of the country is home to numerous lakes, which could have looked like swampland to outsiders. “Another theory is that the word comes from ‘suomu’, which means ‘scale’ [of a fish], suggesting that people in Finland wore clothes made out of fish skins.”A third theory led me to Finnish Lapland in search of the Sami, a traditionally nomadic tribe of reindeer herders. According to Klaas Ruppel, etymology expert at the Institute for the Languages of Finland, some linguists believe that both ‘Sami’ and ‘Suomi’ derive from the same proto-Baltic word, źemē, which was used to refer to land or territory, and the people living on that land.http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180225-the-mysterious-origins-of-finlands-true-name
- The Finnish Civil War (27 January – 15 May 1918) concerned leadership and control of Finland during its transition from a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire to an independent state. The conflict formed a part of the national, political, and social turmoil caused by World War I (Eastern Front) in Europe. The war was fought between the Reds, led by the Social Democratic Party and the Whites, led by the non-socialist, conservative-led Senate. The paramilitary Red Guards, composed of industrial and agrarian workers, controlled the towns and industrial centres of southern Finland. The paramilitary White Guards, composed of peasants and middle- and upper-class factions, controlled rural central and northern Finland. Finnish society had experienced - by 1917, under the Russian regime - rapid population growth, industrialisation, preurbanization and the rise of a comprehensive labour movement. The country's political and governmental systems were in an unstable phase ofdemocratisation and modernization, while the people's socioeconomic condition and national-cultural status gradually improved. World War I led to the collapse of the Russian Empire and a power struggle, militarization, and escalating crisis between the left-leaning Finnish labor movement and the Finnish conservatives. Finland's declaration of independence on 6 December 1917 failed to halt the disintegration of the society and the push towards war. The Reds carried out an unsuccessful general offensive in February 1918, supplied with weapons by Soviet Russia. A counteroffensive by the Whites began in March, reinforced by an Imperial German Army squad in April. The decisive military actions of the war were the Battles ofTampere and Viipuri, won by the Whites, and the Battles of Helsinki and Lahti, won by German troops, leading to victory of the Whites and the German forces. Both the Reds and Whites engaged in political terror. A large number of Reds perished due to malnutrition and disease in prison camps. Altogether, around 39,000 people died in the war, including 36,000 Finns—out of a population of 3,000,000. In the aftermath, the Finns passed from Russian rule to the German Empire's sphere of power. The conservative Finnish Senate attempted to establish a Finnish monarchy, but the plan was aborted by the defeat of Germany in World War I. Finland emerged as an independent, democratic republic. The war divided the nation for many years and remains one of the most emotionally charged events in Finnish history. The society was reunited through social compromises based on a long-term culture of moderate politics and religion, the outcome of World War I, and the postwar economic recovery.
- The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (Karelo-Finnish SSR; Finnish:
Karjalais-suomalainen sosialistinen neuvostotasavalta (help·info); Russian: Каре́ло-Фи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика, tr. Karelo-Finskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also called Soviet Karelia or simply known as Karelia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It existed from 1940 until it was made part of the Russian SFSR in 1956 as the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (which became the Republic of Karelia, a federal subject of Russia, on November 13, 1991).- The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic was set up on March 31, 1940 by merging the KASSR with the Finnish Democratic Republic (created in territory ceded by Finland in the Winter War by the Moscow Peace Treaty, namely the Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia, including the cities of Viipuri and Sortavala). The entire Karelian population of the ceded areas, about 422,000 people, was evacuated to Finland, and the territories were settled by people from other parts of the Soviet Union. Creating a new Republic of the Union for an ethnic group that neither was large in absolute terms, nor constituted anything close to a majority in its territory, nor had been a separate independent nation prior to its incorporation into the USSR, was unprecedented in the history of the USSR. Some later historians explained the elevation of Soviet Karelia from an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (within the RSFSR) to an SSR by political reasons, as a "convenient means for facilitating the possible incorporation of additional Finnish territory" (or, possibly, the whole of Finland) into the USSR. In the ensuing Continuation War, Finland re-annexed the territory that it had lost in 1940 and occupied most of the Karelian lands that had been within the USSR prior to 1940, including the capital Petrozavodsk (Petroskoi).[3] In 1944, the Soviet Union recaptured the area. Soviet sovereignty was recognized by Finland in the Moscow Armistice and Paris Peace Treaty. The Finnish Karelians were evacuated to Finland again. In September 1944, the Karelian Isthmus with Vyborg (Viipuri) was transferred from the Karelo-Finnish SSR to the Leningrad Oblast of the RSFSR, but Ladoga Karelia remained a part of the republic.
On July 16, 1956, the republic was incorporated into the Russian SFSR as the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. This move can perhaps be explained in the context of the general post-war improvement of Finno-Soviet relations, which also included such steps as the Soviets' return of the Porkkala Naval Base leased territory to full Finnish sovereignty (January 1956), and leasing Maly Vysotsky Island and the Soviet section of the Saimaa Canal (conquered by the USSR in 1940 and 1944) back to Finland (1963). The abolition of the Karelian SSR in 1956 was the only case in the history of the USSR (1922–1991) of merging a member republic of the USSR into another republic. In the waning days of the USSR, the Karelian ASSR became the Republic of Karelia, a subdivision of the Russian Federation, on November 13, 1991.- hkej 15sep17 shum article
EU
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1a2b9dd2-9bf0-11e4-b6cc-00144feabdc0.html Finland has emerged as the biggest stumbling block to negotiating a new bailout deal with an incoming Greek government, telling its eurozone partners that it will not support debt forgiveness and is reluctant to back another extension of the €172bn rescue. In an interview, Finland’s prime minister said he would give a “resounding no” to any move to forgive Greece’s debts and warned that a new government in Athens would have to stick to the terms of the existing bailout.
- sanctions against china
- https://www.ft.com/content/c0b3bdf0-9b94-11e7-9a86-4d5a475ba4c5 Finland’s trade minister has fired an early broadside against EU plans for tougher screening of Chinese takeovers and other foreign direct investments, saying that they will achieve little while risking a trade war. The comments, coming from a minister of one of the dozen or so EU countries that currently has a national investment screening system in place, will dent the hopes of France, Germany and Italy that a speedy agreement can be reached on the initiative, which was a campaign pledge of French president Emmanuel Macron.
Russia
- russification program started in 1890s
- The Winter War (Finnish: talvisota, Swedish: vinterkriget, Russian: Зи́мняя война́, tr. Zimnyaya voyna) was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland in 1939–1940. It began with the Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939 (three months after the outbreak of World War II), and ended with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940. The League of Nations deemed the attack illegal and expelled the Soviet Union from the League on 14 December 1939. Finland then agreed to cede more territory than originally demanded by the Soviet Union in 1939; the Soviets, having conquered the areas they demanded from Finland but at a cost of heavier losses in troops than anticipated, accepted this offer. Hostilities ceased in March 1940 with the signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty. Finland ceded territory representing 11% of its land area and 13% of its economy to the Soviet Union. Soviet losses were heavy, and the country's international reputation suffered. While the Soviet Union did not conquer all Finland, Soviet gains exceeded their pre-war demands. They gained substantial territory along Lake Ladoga, providing a buffer for Leningrad, and territory in northern Finland. Finland retained its sovereignty and enhanced its international reputation.
- hkej 15sep17 shum article
- border dispute
- Finnish Karelia was a historical province of Finland, and is now divided between Finland and Russia, often called just Karjala in Finnish. The eastern part of this chiefly Lutheran area was ceded to Russia after the Winter Warof 1939–40. This area is the "Karelia" of the Karelian question in Finnish politics. The Republic of Karelia is a Russian federal subject, including the so-called "East Karelia" with a chiefly Russian Orthodox population. Within present-day Finland, Karjala refers to regions of South and North Karelia.
- ft 27dec18 "finnish-russian nuclear plant suffers delays"
Estonia
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35246761 Finland and Estonia have agreed to look into building an undersea railway tunnel connecting their capitals. The tunnel - expected to cost up to 13bn euros (£10bn; $14bn) - would link up Helsinki and Tallinn, which are separated by the Baltic Sea.Tens of thousands of Estonians commute to the Helsinki area for work, while many Finnish tourists visit Tallinn.The railway link would reduce travel times to about 30 minutes, the city of Helsinki said.It currently takes between 90 minutes and two hours to travel between the two cities by fast ferry.
China
- leaders visit
- electricity
- http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2015-12/30/content_22870490.htm The theatrical play King in the Moominvalley will be staged in Chinese with English subtitles in Beijing from Dec 30 to Jan 17. This year marks the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Finland. Jointly produced by artists from the China National Theater for Children and Finland, the play is based on The Moomins. It tells the story of a king who lives nearby and comes to the Moominvalley to meet his neighbors.
- http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-04/25/content_29078162.htm An exhibition, The Forbidden City－Life in the Court of Chinese Emperors, opened on Friday in Tampere, in southwestern Finland. This is the first time that Chinese historical relics from the Palace Museum in Beijing are being exhibited in the Nordic region. The Chinese red is the predominant color at the exhibition venues, which are decorated with Chinese elements such as lanterns, wood carvings and columns. The relics on show include Emperor Qianlong's throne and robe, Emperor Kangxi's helmet and cotton amour, as well as incense burner tables and screens.
- leaders visit
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/04/06/a02-0406.pdf 兩國元首共同宣佈建立中芬面向未來的新型合作夥伴關係，同意探討在「一帶一路」框架內開展合作。會談後，兩國元首共同見證了創新、司法、大熊貓合作研究等 領域雙邊合作文件的簽署。習近平與尼尼斯托共同會見記者時借芬蘭諺語「沒有人的開拓就不會有路」，強調秉持開拓創新敢為人先的精神。中芬雙方發表了《建立 和推進面向未來的新型合作夥伴關係的聯合聲明》。
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017xivisitsfinlandandus/2017-04/05/content_28796244.htmWhen Lauslahti moved from business to politics and became a member of the Finnish Parliament in 2007, she was able to turn her passion for China into efforts to "bring China into the Finnish Parliament" by organizing a series of activities. Lauslahti said education and health are two areas in which Finland could share its experience with China. "Personalized medicine and healthcare are big things for Finnish people, and we have done a lot of work in this area," she said. Lauslahti said Finland is also willing to work as a bridge builder between China and the European Union.
- 深圳大疆創新科技有限公司近日仍成功接下芬蘭國防軍的首張商用無人機訂單，將提供一百五十架無人機，總值二十七萬歐元（約二百三十七萬港元）。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190617/00178_005.html
- electricity
- 中国南方电网有限责任公司和中国长江电力股份有限公司有意竞购芬兰第二大输电企业Elenia Oy，交易规模或达30亿欧元（约36亿美元，约逾280亿港元）。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170923/PDF/b3_screen.pdf
- http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-12/07/content_27594323.htm China's high-spending tourists are reaching some of the most remote parts of Europe－evidenced by the fact that the Chinese payment platform Alipay gained acceptance at more than 100 shops, restaurants and hotels in the northern Finnish city of Rovaniemi within a month. Rovaniemi, capital of the northern Finnish province of Lapland and famous for its Santa Claus village, a tourist attraction, is also the location Alipay chose to launch its 12.12 shopping festival, which gives discounts to Chinese shoppers between Dec 9 and 12 across 70,000 merchants in 16 countries globally.
- https://www.takk.fi/en/news/details_view/article/the-sino-finnish-centre-for-developing-learning-innovations-is-opening.html Tampere Adult Education Centre TAKK and JAMK University of Applied Sciences with Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University GPNU open the Sino-Finnish Centre for Developing Learning Innovations in Guangzhou China on the 27th of October 2015. The opening of the Centre is wittnessed by the presence of the representative of Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland,Mika Tirronen, Vice President of the Department of Education of Guangdong Province, Chuang Wang, the Deputy Mayor of Tampere Pekka Salmi and the directors of all three institutions, TAKK, JAMK and GPNU. TAKK is represented by Development Director Satu Neuvonen. The Sino-Finnish Centre for Developing Learning Innovations aims to promote the education collaboration under the Learning Garden Framework Agreement between China and Finland, the providing of vocational higher and secondary education services in Guangdong province and the development of learning innovations.
- Finnish meat producer Atria, based in Seinajoki, western Finland, found its way to the world's biggest pork consuming market when it delivered its first batch of meat to China last summer.Another major Finnish food producer HKScan is following soon. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/21/c_136989476.htm
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finnpulp-m-a-hengan-intl-grp/chinas-hengan-takes-top-stake-in-finnish-pulp-project-idUSKBN1HU1KI China’s Hengan International (1044.HK) has become the biggest shareholder in Finnpulp, a new Finnish company preparing a 1.4 billion euro ($1.7 billion) pulp mill in central Finland, the companies said on Monday.
- https://www.marketscreener.com/TENCENT-HOLDINGS-LTD-3045861/news/Tencent-Helsinki-at-the-Forefront-of-Creating-Future-Services-for-Chinese-Visitors-27217348/ On 5 September, Helsinki Marketing, Tencent and Finnair signed a cooperation agreement to jointly launch an intelligent travel solutions project in WeChat mini program ecosystem. It aims to further enhance the digital services for Chinese travellers visiting Helsinki. Earlier this year Helsinki, the capital city of Finland and internet giant Tencent launched WeChat MyHelsinki mini program, which has been developed to respond especially to the needs of independent Chinese travellers. The new agreement enables additional user-centric travel solutions for WeChat MyHelsinki mini program.
- 芬蘭今年初宣布交通新規例，指中國遊客持中華人民共和國簽發的駕照，可於當地一年內駕駛相應車輛。此前，芬蘭只承認中國香港和澳門簽發的駕照。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181229/00178_022.html
- Finnish and Chinese education co-operation has taken another concrete step forward with the launch of a winter sport management degree, meant to provide Chinese students the knowhow to prepare for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The snow and ski resort management degree programme, bought by the Beijing Sport University from the University of Lapland and the Lapland University of Applied Sciences (UAS), kicked off with 13 Chinese degree students this autumn. http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/beijing-looks-north-for-winter-sports-expertise/
- 安踏體育(02020)宣布，與騰訊(00700)、私募基金方源資本及瑜伽服飾品牌Lululemon創辦人Chip Wilson聯手合組財團，收購在納斯達克上市的Amer Sports，完成後擬將Amer Sports私有化。每股要約價與初步意向一致維持40歐元，溢價約39%，涉資約46億歐元，折算合共約408億港元。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20181208/00202_011.html
- http://yle.fi/uutiset/chinas_largest_private_equity_investor_eyes_finnish_tech_companies/9147079 Chinese state-owned Beijing Capital Investment (BCI) is starting up a 400-million-euro Nordic fund. BCI announced on Monday in Helsinki that it's looking for Nordic companies with growth potential in the Chinese marketplace.
- http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/healthy-news-finnish-startups-heading-china/ Chinese startup incubator TechCode is opening its Helsinki office during Slush.
- http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2015-12/30/content_22870490.htm The theatrical play King in the Moominvalley will be staged in Chinese with English subtitles in Beijing from Dec 30 to Jan 17. This year marks the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Finland. Jointly produced by artists from the China National Theater for Children and Finland, the play is based on The Moomins. It tells the story of a king who lives nearby and comes to the Moominvalley to meet his neighbors.
- http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-04/25/content_29078162.htm An exhibition, The Forbidden City－Life in the Court of Chinese Emperors, opened on Friday in Tampere, in southwestern Finland. This is the first time that Chinese historical relics from the Palace Museum in Beijing are being exhibited in the Nordic region. The Chinese red is the predominant color at the exhibition venues, which are decorated with Chinese elements such as lanterns, wood carvings and columns. The relics on show include Emperor Qianlong's throne and robe, Emperor Kangxi's helmet and cotton amour, as well as incense burner tables and screens.
Hong Kong
- senior official visit
- https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/a.283541108379455.70544.240201839380049/916851598381733/?type=1&theater educational cooperation between Hong Kong and Finland was elaborated at a recent informal breakfast meeting with Education and Science Counsellor Dr Mika Tirronen, Deputy Secretary for Education Dr Catherine K.K. Chan, C-G Jari Sinkari and Chief Curriculum Development Officer Joe Kwok-wing Leung.
- https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/a.283541108379455.70544.240201839380049/1303628736370682/?type=3&theater Export of innovative high tech products is catching up while Finnish forestry sector is reinventing itself with new materials. This was one of the key messages heralded by Deputy Minister for Trade, Mr. Matti Anttonen, when he visited Hong Kong. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1459343517431991&set=pcb.1459344117431931&type=3&theater
- Education Seminar organised on the occasion of the visit of Ms. Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, Minister of Education of Finland and a Finnish Business Delegation to Hong Kong tomorrow Wednesday. Starting at 1:30 PM at the SME Centre inside the HKCEC the seminar will feature a talk from the Minister and presentations by the Finnish delegation followed by networking.https://www.facebook.com/finnchamhk/photos/a.733142923380949.1073741841.267047959990450/1935131979848698/
- https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/a.283541108379455.70544.240201839380049/1056978037702421/?type=3&theater ccording to Finnish customs we exported 27 % more goods to Hong Kong last year than year 2014. The value of Finnish exports to HK was 307 million € in 2015, which was more or less the same as our exports to e.g. Austria (316) , Indonesia (344) or Mexico (319) and almost twice as big as to Taiwan (163).
- The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr James Lau, on behalf of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, signed today in Hong Kong a comprehensive avoidance of double taxation agreement (CDTA) with the Consul-General of Finland in Hong Kong, Mr Jari Sinkari, signifying the Government's sustained efforts in expanding Hong Kong's tax treaty network.http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201805/24/P2018052300352.htm
- Finland and Hong Kong have concluded their first extensive bilateral tax treaty. The Government is proposing that Parliament approve the treaty. The purpose of the tax treaty is to eliminate double taxation of income and stop tax evasion. The new treaty incorporates the previous agreement between Finland and Hong Kong, which applied only to income from the use of aircraft. Finland already has a tax treaty with China, but that treaty does not apply to Hong Kong. https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/article/-/asset_publisher/10623/suomen-ja-hongkongin-verosopimus-estaa-kaksinkertaisen-tuloverotuksen
- tourism
- https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/pcb.1108186049248286/1108185892581635/ Ulla Remes (left), Jari Sinkari, Aster Lai, Jari Ahjoharju, Joulupukki (Santa in Finnish) and 30 representatives of travel destinations providing info on the pleasures of visiting Finland for tourist operators and travel media. Tourism from Hong Kong to Finland increased 33 % last year.
- tech
- innovation
- textile- http://www.finland.org.hk/public/default.aspx?contentid=346843&nodeid=35224&culture=en-US Tekes’ representative in Hong Kong, Innovation Consul Dr. Sari Arho Havrén, sees Hong Kong as the optimal location supporting Tekes’ two-fold agenda. The local innovation landscape offers interesting cooperation opportunities while the geographical location and local expertise enable foresight coordination covering Asia Pacific area. Below is the speech given by Dr Sari Arho Havrén at the reception celebrating the opening of the Hong Kong office of the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation – Tekes – at the residence of the Consul General of Finland on May 24, 2016.
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/09/25/b02-0925.pdf 瑞聲科技（2018）昨宣佈，將增加於芬蘭第二大城市坦佩雷的投資。公司已計劃於未來3年內對坦佩雷光學研發中心投資2,000萬美元（約1.56億港元），引入更多當地的高科技研發人才，將該中心規模擴展至100位科研人員，打造為全球高端光學研發中心。瑞聲指，是次投資為包括南山區委書記王強在內的中國深圳南山區代表團訪問坦佩雷的具體成果之一。坦佩雷市長Lauri Lyly對瑞聲科技在坦佩雷設立研發中心表示高度讚賞和歡迎。
- smart city
- 芬蘭政府轄下的創科投資機構Tekes，與香港智慧城市聯盟SCC在建設智慧城市領域上的合作達成合作意向，並於本月14日簽訂合作意向書。一直關注香港資訊科技發展的民建聯立法會議員葛珮帆獲邀出席簽署儀式。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/11/16/a10-1116.pdf
- The University of Helsinki plans to establish an AI-focused technology and research center in Hong Kong together with local and international partners. The project will enter the bidding for the Hong Kong governmental AIR@InnoHK cluster. The main objectives of the project include the development of 5G networks and augmented reality (AR) solutions in Hong Kong.https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/data-science-news/the-university-of-helsinki-to-establish-an-ai-research-centre-in-hong-kong
- innovation
- The highest ranking representative of the University of Helsinki visits Hong Kong this week as the guest of the HKSAR. Professor Thomas Wilhelmsson has a crash course on the local structures of innovation and higher education. The University of Helsinki has exchange programs with the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University and the City University.
From left: Chancellor Thomas Wilhelmsson; Mrs Millie Ng, Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Technology; CG Jari Sinkari. https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/pb.240201839380049.-2207520000.1484896611./1333947203338835/?type=3
- http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/finlayson-open-dozens-shops-china/ The Finland-based textile manufacturer signed an extensive agreement with A-Fontane, a textile company from Hong Kong. The two companies will collaborate in designing the collections that will be available in China. In the coming years, mainland China and Hong Kong will have at least 41 Finlayson concept stores and 21 shop-in-shops. Finlayson products can also become available in hundreds of other stores in the region.
- cleantech
- Event by hkpc to talk about hk policies and opportunities to cleantech companies https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/a.283541108379455.70544.240201839380049/939674286099464/?type=1
- Cleantech delegation from Tampere City visited Hongkong's hotspot for smart city planning, aka Energizing East Kowloon Office (EKEO).
Participants from left: Hannu Jokinen, Molok waste management, Mika Finska, Cleantech Finland, Kaisu Anttonen, Tampere Env. policy, Pekka Salmi, Tampere Dep. Mayor, Satu Vuorinen, Tampere Int. affairs, Jari Seilonen, Finpro, Jari Sinkari, CG, Winnie Ho, Dep. Head of EKEO, Brenda Au, EKEO Head.https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/a.283541108379455.70544.240201839380049/992523980814494/?type=3, Ms Phyllis Li of Hong Kong Planning Department donated an iconic double-deck tram car ('ding ding' in the local lingo) to Mr. Pekka Salmi, Deputy Mayor of Tampere City after comparing notes on city planning.
Tampere that is one of the most ecofriendly cities of Finland has been contemplating for about 100 years whether to include tram lines to its public transport portfolio. The final decision will take place soon . https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/a.283541108379455.70544.240201839380049/992872230779669/?type=3, https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/ms.c.eJyztDSyNLUwsjQ3MTY3N7LUswTzjSF8Qxjf1MgAyDMwMQAA7UIJyQ~-~-.bps.a.992958284104397.1073741837.240201839380049/992958520771040/?type=3&permPage=1 Delegation from Tampere City, Eco Expo Asia's Finnish participants and other friends of Clean Technology networked under the Hong Kong night sky. - https://m.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/ms.c.eJwzNDA3NTcxMTW0NDS1NDQw0zOECpiZWhiZmptZAABx7QbA.bps.a.1075744492492442.1073741846.240201839380049/1075744519159106/?type=3&theater finnish delegation to hk https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/a.1075899905810234.1073741847.240201839380049/1075900299143528/?type=3&theater
- https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/?target_post=1053129648087260&ref=story_permalink A top brass police delegation from Finland visited Hong Kong today. National Police Commissioner Seppo Kolehmainen (middle) met his colleague, Hong Kong Police Force Commissioner Stephen Lo (right of middle). Others in the photo from left: Erkki Talvitie, Councellor; Terho Rajala, Chief Superintendent; Jari Sinkari (CG); Kolehmainen; Lo; Samson Cho, Chief Superintendent and Fanny Kung, Superintendent.
- education
- http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1861947/ease-homework-load-hong-kong-children-finlands-top-envoy The diplomat revealed that the governments of Finland and Hong Kong had been discussing setting up an exchange programme that would send Finnish teachers to Hong Kong and vice versa so that both sides could learn from each other. There were also plans to establish what Sinkari termed a "sister schools" programme to allow further cultural exchange, but more discussions were needed to determine exactly how the programme would work, he said.
- http://www.finncham.com.hk/events/finnish-education-innovation-creative-learning-solutions/ On 17th February 2016, the Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong will host an informative presentation to explain how Finland achieves its success in educational excellence. Keynote educational experts from Finland will share not only the history of how Finland got to this position, but where it plans to go in the future, and how it is managing to use and integrate technology into a new era of education, which maximizes the learning potential of not only children, but also lifelong learners. https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/pcb.1049974655069426/1049970628403162/?type=3&theater
- https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/pcb.1239774306089459/1239764462757110/?type=3&theater a group of Hong Kong educators and civil servants reflected on their recent study visit to Finland. The group was led by Mr. Benjamin Yung, Principal assistant secretary of the Education bureau. Exchange of educational ideas have continued since the visit of Secretary of education Eddie Ng to Finland in 2014 and a Finnish high-level expert visit to Hong Kong in 2015. CG Jari Sinkari invited the newest delegation to his residence to have a fresh feedback.
- Finnish education startups are going to be piloted at selected Hong Kong schools in a framework that is created by xEdu startup accelerator of Finland - supported by Polkuni company - and Education City of Hong Kong. The memorandum of understanding sealing this exchange was signed at the Learning and Teaching Expo this afternoon. https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/a.283541108379455.70544.240201839380049/1292655730801316/?type=3&theater
- Five Finnish education startups are taking on international education markets this fall with significant deals for global export. Since early 2016, these companies have worked with xEdu – the business accelerator for startups creating transformative learning solutions. http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/finnish-edtech-makes-waves-internationally/
- 二十一世紀教育策略聯盟plans to set up a school based on finnish model singtao 26oct17 f1
- A new start-up service named Finn-Ed Hub plans to entice 100,000 foreign students to Finland to study in three-year university programmes. Former Rovio marketing director Peter Vesterbacka has signed on as one of the project's official advisors.Finn-Ed Hub is managed by a firm called Study Advisory that was founded in 2015 and works out of Tampere and Hong Kong.Peter Vesterbacka of Angry Birds gaming company Rovio fame has also agreed to be the start-up's advisor.https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/start-up_aims_to_attract_100000_foreign_students_to_finland/9471186
- HEI schools hket 2jan2019
- arts
- music
- http://www.westkowloon.hk/en/newsroom/news/wkcda-initiates-residency-exchange-programmes-for-artists-in-hong-kong-and-finland/
- music
- https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/ms.c.eJwzNDQ2NTYwMTK1tDCzNLe00DMEC5gaGoAFDI1hApYWIAEzI1MAA4oKOw~-~-.bps.a.1135304126536478.1073741850.240201839380049/1135304259869798/?type=3&theater Finnish pianist Pami Karvonen performed the Yellow River Piano Concerto with Hong Kong Music Lover Chinese Orchestre at Cultural Centre on June 19. He got a very enthusiastic reception by the audience of the charity concert whose program consisted also of a selection of songs. The International Associaton of Chinese Traders set up the event to raise money for “Food for Good” – an organization helping to reduce food waste in Hong Kong. http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/06/22/a29-0622.pdf國際華商協進會為慶祝成立30周年，日前假文化中心音樂廳舉辦慈善音樂會出席音樂會的嘉賓包括城市大學校長郭位、台北經濟文化辦事處處長嚴重光、芬蘭駐港領事夫婦 Mr. & Mrs. Jari Sinkari，「齊惜福」主席梁祖彬及廠商會會長李秀恒等。
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/01/21/b08-0121.pdf exchange, http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170323/PDF/b13_screen.pdf西九文 化區管理局（管理局）與芬蘭三家舞蹈機 構，昨日於油麻地簽訂為期三年的 「國際 創意交流——香港×芬蘭」計劃，兩地藝 術主管與舞蹈家等出席，介紹各自舞蹈發 展與特色，並分享交流見聞。
- comics
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20150829/PDF/b15_screen.pdf 香港藝術中心及動漫基地聯同本地漫畫家，正在芬蘭參加第三十屆“赫爾辛基漫畫節”（Helsinki Comics Festival）。這是北歐最大規模的漫畫盛會，亦是芬蘭以至世界各地出版商及藝術家聚首一堂的展覽平台。 為呼應今屆漫畫節特設主題“小型雜誌、香港和韓國”，香港藝術中心及動漫基地在漫畫節現場舉行“動漫都市”展覽。香港藝術中心總幹事林淑儀聯同兩位香港漫畫家，把本地作品帶到國際舞台，向全球漫畫愛好者推廣本港漫畫。該計劃得到香港駐倫敦經濟貿易辦事處支持。 “動漫都市”展覽展出了三十位香港漫畫家的漫畫及插畫作品。這些作品表達了漫畫家對香港的個人觀察與情感，內容不僅圍繞日常生活、集體回憶，還包括建築、食物、文化藝術，參觀者透過這些不同視角創作的連環圖，體驗創作人的日常經歷，並感受香港的城市魅力。第三十屆“赫爾辛基漫畫節”為期三天，於明日閉幕。
- Hong Kong brought a touring cartoon exhibition PLAY! to Helsinki Comics Festival of last weekend. With the Expo Hong Kong Special Administrative Region highlighted its 20th Anniversary as well as commitment to creative industries. Priscilla To (middle), Director-General of Hong Kong's Economic and Trade Office (London) underlined the future possibilities of innovation, technology and creative industries in cooperation between Hong Kong and Finland. Other persons in the picture represent artists, curators, Finland Hong Kong Trade Association, HK ETO, Embassy of China and Consulate General of Finland. https://www.facebook.com/ConsulateGeneralFinlandHongKongAndMacao/photos/a.283541108379455.70544.240201839380049/1580668568666696/
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20180205/00269_002.html
- Apple daily 21feb18 港女married to a finnish husband, works in hotel industry
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