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PayiQ company, as a developer of solutions on a one-time payment for travel on different means of transport, will cooperate with the Russian IT company LANIT in the field of payment services integration system in transport.

The largest Finnish business representatives shared their plans to return to the previous share of the Russian market during Finnish Business Forum held in St. Petersburg on October 26 this year.

The Finnish company Finnforel, rearing trout, is going to invest $90 million in the farming factory of rainbow trout in Russia.

The Finnish government has proposed amendments to the Aliens Act. The government considers, that the changes will affect the issuance of a residence permit to entrepreneurs - owners of startups, experts and valuable professionals.

The Russian Karelia and the Finnish district Savonlinna agreed to establish a cross-border IT cluster. The task of the IT-cluster is to create a knowledge base on a unified virtual platform to conduct foreign trade activities.

The Finnish builders began to build the outlet village near the Torfyanovka checkpoint on the Russian-Finnish border on September 30.

Prime Ministers of Russia and Finland, Juha Sipilä and Dmitry Medvedev, discussed economic and trade ties between two countries at the meeting in St. Petersburg.

The Finnish company Fennovoima decided to postpone obtaining a building permit to construct an NPP "Hanhikivi-1" in the Finnish municipality of Pyhäjoki.

Next Wednesday on September 13, the European Parliament will work on changes in the pan-European program of land use and forestry, in particular, on the measures to reduce carbon emissions.

Next year in Finland, the law will not allow to use coal to generate electricity

The first heavyweight company (PTK) jointly with the Russian Railways (RZD) tested train cars with load of 25 ton-force in direct connection and sent the cargo of KAO “Azot” company from Russia to Finland.

In the second quarter of 2017 the Finnish economy grew by 1.6%, compared to the same period last year. The Finnish Central Bank predicts the growth of Finland GDP by 2.1%.

From January to June of this year profit of Nokian Tyres company grew by 19.6 percent compared to the first half of last year and amounted to 153 million euros.

Executive Director of the Finnish company Helsingin Satama, Ou Kimmo Mäki, said in his interview to the Finnish state television and radio company YIe, that according to forecasts Helsinki will become the world's largest passenger port and carry 12 million passengers excluding tourists of cruise ships.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Finland Sauli Niinistö held talks on 27 of July. Following the meeting, the Russian President drew attention to the good dynamics of trade and economic relations of Russia and Finland.

In Finland  the popularity of the Chinese online stores greatly increased. The post of Finland counted 15 million small packages from China to Finland last year.

New construction concern YIT will appear in November of 2017 in Finland. It is formed in result of merger of YIT and Lemminkäinen companies.

On July, 3 of 2017 in Finnish legislation the fourth EU Directive on the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism begins to operate.

In his program of visits, Vladimir Putin will go to the town of Savonlinna, where the international Opera festival will take place.

The forecast of Ministry of Finance of Finland about the GDP growth at a rate twice is based on a noticeable increase in exports and consumer activity. According to forecasts of
the economists of the Ministry of Finance, the growth in the economy of Finland will be at the level of 1.5%  from 2018 to 2019. The Ministry foresees that employment will grow by about 70%.