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Finns help startups reach New York

A new programme called Nest New York provides young companies with everything they need to set up shop in Silicon Alley.

ZenRobotics, an environmentally conscious Finnish startup, is bringing in robots to help save us from drowning in waste.

Linus Torvalds has won the Millennium Technology Prize for developing the open source operating system Linux, used by millions of people worldwide.

Finnish doctors are taking creative, patient-oriented approaches to defeating a growing public health problem: cancer.

Be careful of 12-metre spiders as we take a behind-the-scenes tour of state-of-the-art Vuosaari Harbour near Helsinki.

Hans Langh’s curiosity and innate problem-solving ability carried him from farming to an innovative shipping empire.

Jouni Palosaari helped lift Lapland’s Levi ski resort from small-time holiday destination to World Cup slalom venue.

Mohan Rajkarne, the country manager of Tata Consultancy Services, tells how it is to work with Finns.