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‘By the Woods’: White Arkitekter wins social housing competition in Denmark

White Arkitekter’s Copenhagen studio has won a competition to design 115 individual homes in Alleroed. Located north of the Danish capital and bordered by woods and a lake, the new neighbourhood invites nature to flow between the buildings and their interiors. The project challenges stereotypes about affordable housing while dissolving conventional boundaries between public and private space.“There is an unfortunate stigma attached to social housing; they are grey, static, generic, colossal buildings surrounded by parking lots, empty lawns and concrete. For us, it was important to have none

Viking Line’s upgraded fleet receives the highest general ratings on the Baltic Sea

The upgrades to the M/S Mariella and M/S Gabriella further boosted customer satisfaction  In recent years, Viking Line has made significant investments to upgrade its fleet and improve travel comfort. Extensive renovations were carried out last year on the M/S Mariella and, this spring, the other vessel sailing the Helsinki-Stockholm route, namely the M/S Gabriella, was docked and renovated. On the basis of Viking Line’s regularly conducted customer satisfaction survey, the upgrades have advanced travel comfort and bolstered customer satisfaction. Viking Line predicts that the summer

New appointments strengthen AniCura’s Scientific Council

AniCura's Scientific Council was established in 2013 to support AniCura’s animal hospitals with regards to evidence-based care, quality assurance and research strategy. The council is now broadened with two new members in order to match the geographic expansion of AniCura.The council’s main task is to promote the use of evidence-based care and quality across AniCura. The council is also tasked with facilitating clinical research within AniCura, which includes being the governing body for awarding research projects financial support from AniCura’s Research Fund. Promoting evidence-based care

Saab To Modify And Upgrade Swedish Mine Countermeasures Vessels

Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to modify and upgrade two Swedish Navy Koster-class mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs). The order covers the period 2016-2017 and the order value amounts to SEK147 million. Work on the vessels will be undertaken in Karlskrona.Saab will upgrade and modify of two of Sweden’s Koster-class MCMVs. The contract includes options for additional orders in 2017-2018 amounting to a further SEK139 million, if exercised. The contract covers mission system modifications and upgrades,

CEO commentary: Northeastern University’s participation at Engineering and Physical Sciences in Oncology

On PHI’s website, founder and CEO Peter Egelberg comments on Northeastern University’s participation at Engineering and Physical Sciences in Oncology in Boston, see www.phiab.se/commentary/commentary-160704. For additional information, please contact: Peter Egelberg, CEOTel: +46 703 19 42 74E-mail: peter.egelberg@phiab.seWeb: www.phiab.se Phase Holographic Imaging (PHI) leads the ground-breaking development of time-lapse cytometry instrumentation and software. With the first instrument introduced in 2011, the company today offers a range of products for long-term quantitative

Farstad Shipping ASA - Company update

As set out in the Q4 2015 and Q1 2016 financial reports of the Farstad Shipping ASA (“Farstad”), Farstad is pursuing various options to strengthen its financial position and capital structure including evaluating potential strategic alternatives. As a first step of a financial restructuring of the Farstad group, Farstad and a majority of its secured lenders have on 30 June 2016 entered into a standstill and deferral agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, the relevant lenders have agreed to a postponement of all amortisations of the Farstad group falling due to them in the period from and

We are launching our new website!

Friends, Senzime has a new fresh look on the web - go visit and learn about our breakthrough technology. Now it is finally here; the new website for Senzime AB - www.senzime.com Welcome to our new website. Now we have changed the look and improved our website. It differs in appearance from our previous site and we have improved both the content and layout.We have given our website a new face that follows our visual identity and that hopefully will give visitors an easier overview of all the information we want to convey. For further information, please contact: Lena

Skanska builds the new Regionens Hus in Gothenburg, Sweden, for about SEK 580M

Skanska has signed a contract with Västfastigheter for the second phase of the construction of the new Regionens Hus in Gothenburg, Sweden. The contract is worth about SEK 580M, which will be included in the order bookings for Skanska Sweden for the third quarter in 2016.The agreement includes the construction of a new 22,000-square-meter building. Skanska also has an option on the redevelopment of the old Bergslagen Line station of 5,500 square meters. The contract will be implemented in extended collaboration with the client, so-called partnering. The purpose of the new regional

Atlas Copco acquires Norwegian offshore compressed air rental business

Stockholm, Sweden, July 4, 2016: Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has acquired the operating assets of Roxel Rental AS, a supplier of temporary air solutions for the Norwegian offshore industry.Roxel Rental is based in Stavanger, Norway, and is part of the Roxel Group.The company had revenues in 2015 of about MNOK 12 (MEUR 1.3). Two of the company’s employees are joining Atlas Copco. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The Roxel Rental fleet consists of diesel and electric-powered compressors that are rented out mainly to

June: Monthly statistics

The number of customers at Avanza has during 2016 increased by 49,200 and amounted to 516,900 in June. Net inflow in June was SEK 2,580m*, and the total net inflow in 2016 was consequently SEK 14,400m*. The inflow from Remium during April – June amounts to SEK 2.2 billion, no additional inflow is expected.Monthlystatistics –June  Change Change one year June May June one 2016  2016  2015 monthNo. 18 % 62 %  86,900* 73,600 53,800transactions**per

Iso Omena doubles its fashion offering - Zara becomes an anchor tenant

CITYCON OYJ   Press release  4 July 2016The first phase of the Iso Omena extension will be inaugurated on 11 August and the second phase in spring 2017. The new extension will see Iso Omena significantly expand its fashion, accessories and interior design offering. Fashion will double from the current levels. A key fashion offering at Iso Omena will be Espoo’s first and only Zara store, due to open its doors in spring 2017. “The introduction of Zara will have a significant impact on our commercial appeal. Our customers have been asking for a Zara store for years and we are

YIT to begin construction on its first Smartti apartments in Lahti

YIT Corporation  Press Release  4.7.2016 at 9.00 a.m.Construction work on YIT’s first apartment property built as part of the Smartti concept launched in May is getting underway in the centre of Lahti. The demolition work will start right after the summer holidays. At the moment, 10 Smartti projects are being planned around Finland. All in all, 41 new apartments will be built in Lahti as part of the Smartti concept. The property is located centrally, near the railway station and new Travel Centre. “Demand for the apartments has been high. Smartti is especially well suited for first-

Presentation of Intrum Justitia AB’s results for January-June 2016

Intrum Justitia announces its’ interim results for January-June 2016 on July 19 2016 at 07.00 a.m. CET. The report will be presented in an audiocast at 09.00 a.m. CET the same day.Mikael Ericson, President & CEO and Erik Forsberg, CFO, will present the results and answer questions. The conference will be held in English. To listen in to the conference live, please dial +44 (0) 203 008 98 01 (UK)or +46 (0) 8 566 426 98 (SE). Live audio cast on www.intrum.com and www.financialhearings.com.   For further information, please contact: Erik Forsberg, CFOTel: + 46 8 546 102 02

NCC announces a non-binding offer to purchase certain of its bonds for a cash consideration

NCC Treasury AB (publ) (the “Company”) makes a non-binding offer (the “Offer”) to purchase bonds issued by the Company for a cash consideration. The reason for the purchase is that NCC´s funding needs has decreased as a result of the spin-off of Bonava in June 2016.The Offer The Company offers to purchase for an aggregate cash consideration up to SEK 600 million in nominal amount and accrued interest (the “Maximum Amount”) of its SEK 500 million 2013/2017 bonds with ISIN SE0005096146 (“2017 Bond”), and SEK 550 million 2013/2018 bonds with ISIN SE0005365418 (“2018 Bond”), and SEK 300

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ACQUISITION OF ZONO AS AND AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE A MAJORITY STAKE IN TEKI SOLUTIONS AS

Summary On 1 July 2016, Techstep ASA (“TECH”) (former Birdstep Technology ASA) entered into an agreement with Zono Holding AS (“Zono Holding”), a company controlled by Middelborg AS, of a transaction whereby TECH will acquire 100% of the shares in Zono AS (“Zono”) in exchange for shares to be issued in TECH (the “Zono Transaction”). The assets of Zono will comprise 24.22% of the shares in Teki Solutions AS (“Teki Solutions”), 5.12% of the shares in Kjedehuset AS (“Kjedehuset”) and approximately NOK 55 million in net cash balance. Further, on 1 July 2016, TECH entered into an agreement

Say goodbye to old housing myths

YIT Corporation News 4.7.2016 at 8.45 a.m.Home has become an increasingly important part of our identity, but the common Finnish housing ideal no longer exists. Our wishes and needs with regard to living are becoming more and more individual. This requires bold solutions from the housing market. Many Finns still dream about a wooden red house—a common Finnish ideal—but in reality, very few of us want to live next to a potato field. “An increasing number of Finns—both old and young, families with children and people living alone—want to live in an urban environment,” says Professor

Alma finds a swirling, cool jet that reveals a growing, supermassive black hole

A Chalmers-led team of astronomers have used the Alma telescope to make the surprising discovery of a jet of cool, dense gas in the centre of a galaxy located 70 million light years from Earth. The jet, with its unusual, swirling structure, gives new clues to a long-standing astronomical mystery – how supermassive black holes grow. A team of astronomers led by Susanne Aalto, professor of radio astronomy at Chalmers, has used the Alma telescope (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) to observe a remarkable structure in the centre of the galaxy NGC 1377, located 70 million light

Citycon updates its disclosure policy

CITYCON OYJ   Investor News   July 4, 2016 at 8:30 hrsCitycon Oyj's disclosure policy has been updated and is now available in English on the company's website www.citycon.com/disclosure-policy.The updates are made to adopt the revised rules of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. and to meet EU’s market abuse regulation requirements effective as of 3 July 2016.Helsinki, July 4, 2016CITYCON OYJHenrica GinströmVice President, Investor Relations and CommunicationsTel. +358 50 554 4296henrica.ginstrom@citycon.com

UPM invests in its Kymi mill to strengthen its position in the global pulp market

(UPM, Helsinki, 4 July 2016 at 8:30 EET) - UPM invests EUR 98 million in Kymi pulp mill in Finland to further strengthen its position as a supplier of bleached chemical pulp for growing consumer and industrial end-use segments like tissue, specialty as well as packaging papers and board. "Over the past three years we have significantly improved the production efficiency of our pulp mills. This EUR 98 million investment in Kymi will strengthen our position on the pulp market with competitive costs and low risk. After the completion of this project, we will have increased our annual pulp

Kungsleden and Nobis sign agreement on additional 1,600 sqm for design hotel in Vasastan

Kungsleden and Nobis has signed an agreement for additional space for the design hotel that Nobis will open in the property Blästern 14 at Gävlegatan in Stockholm. The agreement includes an extension with two floors and a roof terrace in one of the courtyard buildings as well as additional space in the building facing the street, totaling 1,600 sqm.In February, Kungsleden and Nobis signed a 20 year lease agreement for a new design hotel at Gävlegatan in Vasastan, close to the new district Hagastaden. The hotel has, in addition to hotel rooms, also conference facilities, spa, gym bar and a

BAKKAFROST: Q2 2016 TRADING UPDATE

Harvest volumes in Q2 2016 are Farming North 8.9 thousand tonnes.Farming West 4.1 thousand tonnes.Total Q2 2016 13.0 thousand tonnes. The harvest volumes are provided in head on gutted (HOG) equivalents. Harvested volumes from P/F Faroe Farming are not included in the Q2 2016 trading update, but will be included in the Q3 2016 trading update. Feed sales in Q2 2016 are 16.3 thousand tonnes. Havsbrún sourced 84.0 thousand tonnes of raw materials in Q2 2016. The full Q2 2016 report will be released on 23 August 2016 at 06:00 CET. Contacts: Regin Jacobsen, CEO of P/

Saab Receives First Order Under Australian Warship Agreement

Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Australian Government regarding sustainment of the combat system on Australia's ANZAC class frigates. The order value amounts to AUD 37 million (approximately SEK 248 million) and covers services from July 2016 until December 2017.This is Saab Australia’s first order under the recently signed Warship Asset Management Agreement (WAMA). WAMA is an asset management organisation which is responsible for the overall performance and delivery of seaworthy ANZAC class warships and support infrastructure to the Royal Australian Navy (

Osian keeps Wales on top of the world

03.07.16 News release Osian keeps Wales on top of the world Osian Pryce celebrates the biggest moment of his career tonight after he secured the most sought after prize in world rallying. Second place in the Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy class of Rally Poland was enough for Osian and co-driver Dale Furniss to secure two prize drives in next year’s World Rally Championship. Understandably, Osian was delighted with the result. “This is what I’ve been working towards for so long,” he said. “It’s unbelievable, what an incredible feeling. Dale, myself, so many people, we have all

Speed and relief for Solberg in Sweden

News release 03.07.16 Speed and relief for Solberg in Sweden Petter Solberg got stuck in traffic and lost his chance to fight for victory at this weekend’s World RX of Sweden. The triple FIA World Champion battled back from a DNF in the first qualifying to go into the semis in a sensational THIRD place (having dropped to 15th). But in the start of the semi-final Petter couldn’t get the car into third gear. He came out behind a slower car and was unable to make the final. Solberg said: “It’s fair to say this hasn’t been the best weekend for us. Maybe we got out of jail a

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