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
EU Interior Ministers met on Tuesday evening to thrash out a response to the Afghan crisis, and Finland was represented there by Green leader Maria Ohisalo. Instinctively pro-immigration, Ohisalo might not have had a comfortable evening as the ministers argued about the use of the term ‘illegal immigration’. Euronews reportsContinue Reading
Finland’s operation to evacuate people from Afghanistan has not yet ended, according to the Foreign Ministry’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Pekka Kaihilahti, despite that the ministry announced the conclusion of air evacuations last week. The possibility of continuing evacuations by land through neighbouring countries has been discussed as one option,Continue Reading
The Suomen Ilmavoimat’s (Finnish Air Force’s) Lapland Air Command is preparing to host the Arctic Fighter Meet 21 (AFM 21) live air exercise at Rovaniemi Air Base from August 30 to September 3. This edition of the Finnish-led exercise will involve fighter aircraft from the air forces of Finland, NorwayContinue Reading