Nokia's share price fell over 3 percent on Monday to 1.49 euros for the first time since 1996, showing growing investor fears over the Finnish mobile phone giant's future.
Last month, the company announced a new round of job cuts and warned of weaker profit as it continued to lose market share to rivals including Apple and Samsung.
The head of the Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) has told the business daily Talouselämä that his organization wants increased funding and expanded powers to carry out surveillance of internet traffic.
Sources for a report in the Wall Street Journal say that Microsoft was recently in “advanced talks” to acquire the Finnish smartphone manufacturer's handset unit.
The Finance Ministry predicts that the Finnish economy will shrink by 0.4 percent this year, although in March it was expecting growth of 0.4 percent. It also trimmed its prognosis for 2014.
Highway traffic is expected to become heavy in some areas beginning around midday on Thursday. Public transport follows holiday schedules throughout the weekend.
The Kuopio Dance Festival in eastern Finland ended on a high note – as dancers performed on the 75-metre-high Puijo Tower, to the amazement of spectators below.
