Helsinki ranks the 8th most liveable city in the world according to the Economist intelligence Unit’s yearly liveability survey. Melbourne tops the index and Vienna and Vancouver follow as second and third. Comparing to last year’s index, the top four cities managed to hold on to their positions as well as Helsinki. Altogether four Australian cities […]
Lappset Australia has signed a major, multi-faceted nationwide partnership agreement with the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA). The agreement covers the play and exercise equipment sectors. “We are very excited about the year ahead and look forward to learning from landscape architects and contributing to the designs of new, attractive and innovative outdoor spaces”, said […]
Outotec has agreed with Nyrstar, a global integrated mining and metals company, to provide Outotec® Ausmelt technology to the Port Pirie redevelopment in South Australia. Outotec will provide a technology licence, engineering, proprietary equipment and advisory services for the redevelopment of Nyrstar Port Pirie into an advanced metals recovery and refining facility. The order has […]
The inaugural Scandinavian Film Festival is set to heat up the Australian Winter this July with the coolest films from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland hitting screens nationally. Presented by Palace and screening exclusively at Palace Cinema locations, the Scandinavian Film Festival will delight audiences with the best drama, crime and comedy of the […]
Finnish online security and privacy company F-Secure has partnered with Facebook to help users of the world’s largest social network stay safe online. With F-Secure’s technology, Facebook will offer a browser-based malware scanner as a free service. The service will be available to Facebook users whose account has been temporarily frozen due to suspicious activity […]
KONE’s new elevator technology Ultrarope has been awarded for innovation in Australia. Ultrarope was awarded The Hindmarsh Award for Innovation at the 2014 Property Council of Australia/Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation and Excellence Awards, at a Gala dinner in Sydney on Saturday 17 May. Founded in 1982, the annual awards celebrate innovation and leading practice within […]
WELCOME to the world’s toughest volleyball competition, the FIVB WORLD LEAGUE. The World League is a competition between national men’s indoor volleyball teams from 28 countries. The teams are divided into eight pools, and playoff in a series of double home and away matches. The winning teams progress to group finals and, potentially, the League […]
The Finnish–Australian exchange project brings together three Finnish and three Australian dancers and choreographers. Jane McKernan (AUS), Maija Hirvanen (FIN), Lizzie Thomson (AUS), Timothy Darbyshire (AUS), Satu Herrala (FIN) and Jarkko Partanen (FIN) have been in residence at Campbelltown Arts Centre for three weeks in an artistic exchange program which will continue over two years. The artists will continue working together next November in Helsinki. Along […]
The gaming sector in Finland continues to grow – almost exponentially. Turnover in the industry already passed the billion-euro mark but taking into account other multiplier effects, the value of the entire industry is now estimated at over two billion euros. Now that Finnish-made mobile games appear to be taking the world by storm, the […]
Australian Ambassador welcomes launch of Finland Australia Chamber of Commerce in Finland The Australian Ambassador to Finland this week welcomed the launch of the Finland Australia Chamber of Commerce in Finland. He also invited more Finnish businesses to consider taking advantage of Australia’s low-risk corporate environment and strong connections to Asia. “Australia’s diverse economy is […]
