There are an estimated 780,000 completely unvaccinated people in Finland, according to THL figures, with the 25-29 age group least likely to have received even one dose. There are an estimated 780,000 people over the age 12 in Finland yet to receive even one dose of a Covid vaccine, aContinue Reading
Over one centimetre of snowfall was measured in Lapland before 9am on Tuesday morning, meeting the required criteria to be declared this winter’s ‘first snow’. Finland’s first snow of this winter officially fell on Tuesday morning, 14 September, as the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) measured over one centimetre of theContinue Reading
Finland’s rate of inflation, or the year-on-year change in consumer prices, rose to 2.2 percent in August, according to preliminary data published on Tuesday by Statistics Finland. The corresponding figure in July was 1.9 percent, and the latest figures continue this year’s trend of a monthly year-on-year increase in Finland’sContinue Reading
Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District’s (HUS) Chief Physician Asko Järvinen has called the government’s new Covid hybrid strategy “confusing” during an interview on Yle TV1’s breakfast show Ylen aamu. Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) announced on Monday that her cabinet had approved a revised strategy, which will allow for theContinue Reading
Tuore kansainvälinen tutkimus antaa vahvistusta ristiriitaiselta kuulostavalle teorialle, jonka mukaan maailmanlaajuinen ilmaston lämpeneminen voi saada aikaan paikallisesti hyvin ankaria talvisäitä. Science-tiedelehdessä (siirryt toiseen palveluun) julkaisun tutkimuksen mukaan ilmaston lämpeneminen muuttaa polaaripyörteen nimellä tunnettua napa-aluetta kiertävää tuulijärjestelmää. Polaaripyörre erottaa hyvin kylmän napa-alueen ilman eteläisempien vyöhykkeiden lämpimämmästä ilmasta. Polaaripyörre kiertää pohjoisnapaa aaltoillen,Continue Reading
Like many other immigrants, Kimberley Gowdy, an American who lives in Lahti, is highly educated. She has studied linguistics and, as part of her professional history, been a university educator, an expert in e-products, a translator and business analyst. She is fluent in English, Spanish and French. In Finland, however,Continue Reading
Electric scooter rental firms have agreed with the City of Helsinki to temporarily shut down all of their scooters late at night on the weekends, according to the city. The trial affects the three electric scooter firms operating in Helsinki (Voi, Tier and Lime). It begins on Friday 3 SeptemberContinue Reading
Nurses union Tehy reported in its members’ magazine on Thursday that the City of Helsinki had agreed a deal with three large private healthcare providers to prevent them poaching municipal nursing staff. Tehy chair Millariikka Rytkönen told Yle that the union started to investigate after receiving tip-offs from members. “WeContinue Reading
The National Coalition Party (NCP) has extended its lead at the top of Yle’s latest monthly voter survey, further building on the party’s momentum from topping the poll at June’s municipal elections. Support for the NCP rose by almost one percentage point to 21.3 percent during the month of August.Continue Reading
Climate change will pose a number of different security threats to Finland in the future, according to a fresh report from research body the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. The report was commissioned by the government and examines the potential effects of climate change on Finland and Finnish society upContinue Reading