05.11.2020 Catching Up with Talent Call Turku Winner Andrius Dvinelis We caught up with Andrius Dvinelis, one of the winners of last year’s Talent Call Turku competition, to see how his family has fared over the last year, and what might lie ahead for them.
15.10.2020 Finland looks to work-based immigration for growth Attracting skilled migration remains critical to Finland’s future prosperity, reports Good News From Finland.
08.10.2020 Meet Åbot – the City of Turku’s coronavirus advice bot The City of Turku has launched Åbot, an AI-powered chatbot providing coronavirus guidance in 16 different languages.
23.09.2020 Vote for Turku as the world’s favourite sustainable city! Use the hashtag #WeLoveTurku on social media to support Turku in the global ‘We Love Cities’ campaign.
16.09.2020 SHIFT 2020 Programme Released! The SHIFT 2020 Business Webstival has confirmed over 30 speakers for its main event, running from 27-28th October.
09.09.2020 Empower Wednesday – New Program for Talents The digital networking group International Working Women of Finland are launching a brand-new program to support all international talents in Finland.
03.09.2020 New students are always welcome in Turku! The 2020 Study in Turku fair welcomed over 1200 new university students to Turku, whilst adapting to current social distancing regulations.
02.09.2020 Koronavilkku – coronavirus tracing app in Finland The Koronavilkku smartphone app has now been published to help break infection chains. You can now download Koronavilkku to your phone free of charge from the most popular app stores. Koronavilkku has been uploaded to app stores on Monday (31 August 2020). Consequently, it may not yet be possible to access it through the app […]
13.08.2020 Turku-based Northbound Startups Hits the Ground Running Already having their business ideas tested in practice, the accelerator programme Northbound Startups has a strong launch
10.08.2020 The City of Turku and Bayer Collaborate on the Beyond 2030 Challenge The Beyond 2030 Challenge is about inspiring students to study science and technology, and shows how the private and public sectors cooperate seamlessly in Turku
28.07.2020 Chasing the Cutting Edge in Data Science Led to Turku San Diego-born and Scotland-educated Sebhat Yidelwo found professional opportunities and memorable experiences in Turku.
15.07.2020 SHOOT FOR THE STARS The Finnish Startup Permit Program has already solidified its reputation as the “fast-track solution” to starting a go-getter business in Finland. Andrey Shigaev received the first-ever Finnish Startup Permit in 2018 – now he leads a smart energy revolution with his team.
10.07.2020 Shanghai Ranking: University of Turku among Best in the World in 23 Subjects Published by the Shanghai Ranking at the end of June, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 ranked altogether 4,000 universities in 54 subjects. The University of Turku was listed among the best universities in the world in 23 subjects.
08.07.2020 Focusing on What’s Important Meghadipa Goswami initially came to Turku to study, but after interning and working on her thesis at the diagnostics company ArcDia, she decided to start her career here too.
03.07.2020 Turku Recognized as Best Mid-Sized Climate City 2020 The European Covenant of Mayors bestowed their award for the best mid-sized climate city in Europe on Turku. The Covenant is a network of European cities working together on climate and energy issues and every year they recognize cities that have set ambitious goals in climate policy and work hard to achieve them. This year […]
05.06.2020 Finland among the Best Countries in the World to Be a Child KidsRights Index ranks Finland as third best in the world in children’s rights.