Now playing Next Business Planet Europe's flourishing bioeconomy In partnership with The European Commission Business Planet travels to Turku in Finland in search of what is known as Europe's bioeconomy to see how firms with bright ideas are making a positive difference to our future with sustainable products. 14/06/2019
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Now playing Next World Tonight's full episode of Raw Politics Watch the full episode of Raw Politics for Monday, February 11, 2019. 11/02/2019
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Now playing Next Finland EU patients could soon use digital prescriptions across the bloc Finnish patients are now able to go to certain pharmacies in Estonia and retrieve medicine prescribed electronically by their doctor back home. 21/01/2019
Now playing Next Finland How does Finland handle radioactive waste? By burying it Finland's answer to nuclear waste is burying it. 16/01/2019
Now playing Next No Comment Finns train as mermaids and mermen to live their childhood dream Want to swim like a fantasy sea creature? At 'mermaiding' classes in Finland, adult women and men swim wearing a garment that combines a monofin flipper with fabric from the waist down to create a distinctive mermaid tail. 14/01/2019
Now playing Next Finland Flippin' brilliant: the Finns learning to be mermaids Maija Mottonen, Finland's first professional mermaid instructor, is giving lessons at a pool near Helsinki 14/01/2019