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YLE: VR asks a lot of questions in the long-distance traffic disturbance report
Yleisradio reported last week that on Friday, February 9, locomotive drivers reported the noise and suspected track damage to the joint communication system of the drivers and Finntraffic. Unusually, the report disappeared from the system three days later and the damaged part was not found until four days later, on February 13. – Dozens of…
Valmet is considering reducing 130 jobs in Finland and Sweden
The company will specify the extent and targeting of the layoffs as the negotiations progress. Cuts are being weighed as part of a plan to improve the profitability and competitiveness of the business and adapt to the changing market situation. The plan also includes the reorganization of some organizational structures and the development of operating…
Lehto Group is applying for corporate restructuring
Bankruptcies are the largest in the Finnish construction industry in recent years. The subsidiaries were effectively responsible for all of Lehto Group's residential and commercial construction. According to Asiakastieto's data, Lehto Asunnot accounted for approximately EUR 212 million and Lehto Tilat EUR 130 million of the turnover of approximately EUR 345 million reported by the…
Stubb thanks Haavisto for the incredibly “fair and honest” presidential election race
The president-elect also thanked his campaign organization and his immediate family. In the second round of the presidential elections, Stubb received 51.6 percent and Haavisto 48.4 percent of the votes cast, and the candidates were finally separated by less than 99,000 votes. While Stubb received 52.8 percent of the 2,015,577 votes cast in advance, Haavisto…
Purra: Voters of basic Finns may be faced with a difficult choice in the second round
the Treasury minister Riikka Purra (PS) on Sunday refused to support either of the remaining candidates and estimated that the second round could prove to be a difficult choice for many supporters of the Fundamental Finns. “It looks like it's a green-red candidate against the liberal right, so it's going to be very interesting. I…
Almost 1.9 million Finns voted in advance in the presidential election
The episode started on Wednesday January 17th and ended on Tuesday January 23rd. Sami Borgelection expert of the Municipal Development Foundation (KAKS), reminded YLE said on Tuesday that based on the early voting period, it is difficult to estimate where the total voting percentage will be. “My impression has been for some time that we…
Inflation in Finland accelerated to 3.6 percent in December
Inflation began to pick up after sustained low inflation in 2021 and eventually peaked at 9.1 percent in November and December 2022. According to Statistics Finland, consumer prices rose from the previous year, especially due to the higher average interest rate on mortgages, interest on consumer loans and the price of ready-made trips outside the…
Finnish pensioners see an increase in purchasing power
The taxation of pensions has also changed, as the tax rate for small and large pensions has increased and the tax rate for medium-sized pensions has decreased. The adjustments are less significant than the index-based pension increases, which means that the net income of all pensioners will increase. While inflation is expected to subside, the…
The population of Helsinki is expected to exceed 700,000 in 2027
The Finnish capital is predicted to add 8,200 inhabitants in 2024 and to continue its growth by almost 7,000 inhabitants from 2025. This year, the population is expected to grow by more than 10,000 based on preliminary data from January to October. The growth in the forecast period is mainly due to migration gains, especially…
The national coalition came back to the top in HS opinion polls
The support of basic Finns rose for the first time in six months, from 17.2 percent to 17.9 percent. The support of the center and the Greens fell by 0.3 percentage points, the former to 9.9 percent and the latter to 8.5 percent. The Left Alliance and the Swedish People's Party supported 9.1 and 4.1…
Suomen Kone completes its withdrawal from Russia
Russia’s share of its global sales was less than one percent, and 300 of its global workforce of nearly 62,000 at the time of the transaction. In March 2022, Kone announced its decision to suspend deliveries and receiving new orders to Russia due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In June 2022, it announced plans to…
HS: Most of the supporters of Perusfinlomen consider the spending cuts to be unfair
The majority of party supporters also believe that the government should further cut public spending. Cuts to several social benefits were considered unfair by only 20 percent and unfair by almost 70 percent of the respondents. Most of the supporters of Perusfinomalinte also think that the cuts are not just. The opposition parties have criticized…
September was again a busy month for bankruptcies in Finland
Last month’s cumulative 12-month total for bankruptcies was 19 percent higher than in the previous 12 months. “More than 300 bankruptcy proceedings were started in September. It’s alot. The total for the year, 3,127, is starting to be close to the years following the financial crisis. Timo VesalaChief Economist of Municipal Finance, stated X. The…
Bank of Finland: Drawdowns of new housing loans down by nearly third in June
The value of the drawdowns is unusually low from a long-term viewpoint, with the monthly total signalling a new low for the month on record dating back to 2003, highlighted Helsingin Sanomat. In June 2021, for example, the value of new housing loans drawn down by households stood at 2.2 billion euros. The latest total…
HS: Kokoomus is the most popular party in Finland
Helsingin Sanomat reported on Monday that the other changes in the survey were quite minor. The SDP’s popularity rose by 0.2 points to 19.4 percent, the Left Alliance’s by 0.1 points to 8.1 percent, the Greens by 0.3 points to 8.0 percent, and the Swedish People’s Party by 0.1 points to 4.5 percent. . The…
Finnish household mortgage withdrawals decreased by more than 30% year-on-year in May
The average interest rate on the loans was 4.26 percent. At the end of last month, the housing loan portfolio was 107.2 billion euros, which means a decrease of 0.8 percent from a year earlier. The stock started to contract in April for the first time since 1997. The stock of ordinary mortgages decreased by…
STT: The temperature may rise to 30 degrees in some parts of Finland on Thursday
“It may be that it counts down to the decimals whether we reach the 30 degree mark or not.” Ari-Juhani Punkkatold the Finnish news agency. A cold front follows the northern parts of the country, which may keep the temperature below 10 degrees. The smoke from the Canadian forest fires is gradually leaving Finland. Considering…
The Finnish economy seems to be recovering from the recession immediately
Economists described the latest preliminary figures as strong, but broadly warned that it is possible they will be lowered when the Statistics Office reviews them again at the end of the month. Timo HirvonenHandelsbanken’s chief economist tweeted yesterday that the quick forecast will make many economists abandon their economic forecasts. “That’s the end of the…
As prices fall, timing becomes difficult in the housing market for both buyers and sellers
“Of course, it is possible for a buyer to enter the market at just the right time and find the house of their dreams at an affordable price. It’s at least as likely that when you wait for the right time, you’ll find yourself watching housing prices rise,” he wrote. On the one hand, the…
YLE: Zoomers secure the first places when the number of boomers drops sharply in the parliament
Generation Z refers to those born between 1997 and 2012. While millennials, or those born between 1981 and 1996, increased their representation the most, by 28 percent from 54 to 69, Generation X maintained its position as the dominant generation with eight seats to 97. There are a total of 200 seats in the Parliament.…
More than 40 percent of Finns voted in advance
Four years ago, the total voting percentage dropped to 72.1 percent. This year, the percentage of advance voting was particularly high in the constituencies of Lapland (45.4%), Pirkanmaa (44.5%) and Satakunta (43.4%). The lowest voting percentage was in Åland (19.7%) and Uusimaa (37.4%). Nationally, the voting percentage of women is 42.1 and that of men…
YLE: Finns have cast more than a million votes in advance
Early voting seems to have gained popularity after the 2019 parliamentary elections, when 22 percent of voters had voted a week before election day. The number of those entitled to vote increased by almost 27,000 over the course of four years. The polling stations have been especially busy in Pirkanmaa and Satakunta, where during voting…
A white Christmas opportunity in the south as well, says a meteorologist from YLE
On Monday, however, the country will be caught between a low- and high-pressure system and draw cold air from the Arctic Ocean. This should bring about a significant turnaround in the weather. “The southern temperature may be around -10 degrees on Monday. It represents a big change above zero this weekend,” he commented. Joonas Koskela,…
The weather in Finland is widening towards the weekend, says the Finnish Meteorological Institute
Temperatures in the southern parts of the country were still almost 20 degrees below freezing on Tuesday. On Friday, mercury is forecast to move between -5 ° C and -10 ° C in the western part of the country and between -10 ° C and -15 ° C in Lapland. The next day, a warmer…
Prices of old dwellings rose by 3.6% in October in Finland
The most significant prices rose in Helsinki (6.9%) and Tampere (4.9%). Espoo, Kauniainen, Oulu and Turku also registered more than 4% of migrations from the previous year, according to the information. Eastern Finland also stands out from a longer-term perspective. While the prices of old dwellings for housing companies have risen by almost 15 per…
Finnish MPs are considering an initiative to oppose the use of the coronavirus in the workplace
They stressed that every citizen has the right to work. The initiative was launched on 7 November 2021 and took only a week to receive the necessary statements of support. prime minister Sanna Marin (SDP) and the Minister of Family and Social Affairs Krista Kiuru (SDP) announced last week that the government is exploring the…
The economist was disappointed with the weak employment figures in September
However, it also corrected the previous month’s trend, saying it was 72.4 per cent instead of the 72.8 per cent previously reported. “I’m a little blue-eyed: employment figures are subdued from September” Jukka Appelqvist, the chief economist of the Chamber of Commerce commented on Twitter. “The employment rate trend dropped back to pre-coronavirus levels, when…
Three Finnish teenagers convicted of murder decide not to appeal the verdict
Read more: Finnish court sentenced three teenagers to 8-10 years in prison for murder (September 5, 2021) Yrjö Reenilä, the special prosecutor assigned to the case told the newspaper that the decision not to file a complaint came as a surprise. “The main argument of the defense was that it was not an intentional murder.…
One police officer and one civilian were injured in a shooting in Hämeenlinna
The shooting took place at about 11.30 pm outside the apartment building in Kettumäki, in the northern part of Hämeenlinna. Both civilians and police fired their firearms at the incident. KRP was indifferent to the details of the event. “The police investigation is still in its infancy, and field investigations and interrogations will continue for…
Paper: The Finnish Green League has lost dozens of members since the cannabis decision
Although not all members revealed a reason to leave the party, he estimated it is clear that most of the outgoing members decided to leave because of the cannabis decision. Liikanen also emphasized that the number of outgoing members is low compared to 7,900. Last weekend, representatives of the Green League voted 183 in favor…
Ministry of the Interior: Finland should almost double the refugee quota to 2000
He added that raising the quota is that resettling people from refugee camps through the refugee quota system is the most effective way to help people fleeing Afghanistan. “There’s a risk that people will start moving if they can leave,” he told the broadcaster. Ohisalo discussed the acute situation and other immigration issues earlier this…
Stora Enso will lay off after 550 negotiations in Kemi
Read more: Stora Enso closes pulp and paper mill in Kemi, Lapland (April 20, 2021) Four-fifths of those who lost their jobs worked in the paper division and one-fifth in the maintenance company Efora. Most redundancies will be made by the end of January 2022. More than a quarter, or 28 percent, of layoffs can…