Tag: Hämeenlinna
The study considers the merits of the high-speed train connection between Helsinki and Tampere
The price of the new rail connection was estimated at 5.3 billion euros, and the cost of the current renovation was slightly less than one billion euros. The runway, a long-distance train connection from Pasila via Helsinki-Vantaa to Kerava, was included in the costs of the new link as a prerequisite for the infrastructure project. […]
Inflation to a 40-year high, family planning and more wind power: Finland in the world press
In addition, Nieminen says that the rise in consumer prices started in the second half of 2021. Due to the Ukraine crisis and subsequent international sanctions, prices rose steadily in May. The main reason for inflation in 2022 was the rise in loan interest rates and the rise in food and energy prices. The peak […]
Train traffic is slowly returning to normal after the suspected vandalism
Train traffic in South-Central Finland returned to normal on Monday afternoon, when a cable fault interrupted traffic between Tampere and Riihimäki. The state railway company VR announced the cancellations shortly after 9 a.m. and predicted that the repairs would be completed sometime in the afternoon. The Finnish Transport Agency said in a tweet that the […]
VR pays its customers 200,000 euros for the lateness of Midsummer
The state railway company VR has processed almost thousands of compensation claims submitted by passengers for major traffic delays during the Midsummer weekend. The company said it had received a total of almost 10,000 customer compensation claims. The situation was caused by the delay in the construction of the track in Lempäälä municipality, which caused […]
Suomen VR has hundreds of thousands of compensation claims for delays
The delays were particularly bad, up to 24 hours long, for passengers on overnight trains. Helsingin Sanomat, e.g. wrote about a passenger whose train from Pasila to Rovaniemi was stuck in Hämeenlinna for 16 hours. Read more: Finland’s railway traffic in chaos due to the delay of the bridge replacement project (June 28, 2022) Merja […]
Finnish rail traffic was disrupted due to delays in the bridge renewal project
“Demolition of the old bridge took longer than expected” Maija LavapuroThe project manager from the Finnish Transport Agency told YLE on Monday. The state railway company VR replaced the train traffic between Tampere and Toijala with buses, but in Hämeenlinna, Parkano, Tampere and Toijala, trains with a total of 4,000 passengers were stuck for hours. […]
The Finnish Motorcycle Association ordered the district court to cease all activities
Prosecutor Timo Honkahuhta stated to the broadcaster that the decision was “expected and absolutely necessary” in view of the damage caused to society by the organizations. The prosecutor had argued that the main and dominant purpose of the organizations was to commit crimes and considered that the organizations were structured in such a way that […]
The Finnish Immigration Service to establish new reception centers 6 May
Most Ukrainians fleeing to Finland are staying in private accommodation. Some of the new reception centers are branches of existing reception centers. The Finnish Immigration Service continues to increase the number of accommodation places in existing reception centers. The Finnish Immigration Service is responsible for the coordination, planning and supervision of the reception system. The […]
Authorities launch artificial intelligence project to modernize Finnish prison workforce
The Criminal Sanctions Agency (CSA) intends to help prisoners improve their digital skills through a project in four Finnish prisons. In Helsinki, Hämeenlinna, Sukeva and Turku, a year-long experiment uses artificial intelligence (AI) to provide prisoners with the skills they need in modern work and study environments. "Teaching artificial intelligence is easy in a closed […]
The boss of the Cannonball gang gets the maximum penalty for drugs and firearms offenses
The Päijät-Häme District Court has mostly sentenced to 13 years in prison Esko Eklund after convicting him of three aggravated drug offenses, a firearms offense and a felony firearms offense. Prosecutors told the court that Eklund ran a Cannonball motorcycle gang and that, according to the preliminary investigation, used a net handle "human animal". The […]
Norway and Finland are only Sweden’s satellites
Past Xander BrettTravel editor The Croft Magazine // Traveling as a student on both sides of the Nordic superpower, it is clear that obedience remains even in independence. Last month I ended up in Estonia: a small country that, now that I will think about it, is not so different from Slovenia in the Balkans […]
Finnish customs seized a record amount of snuff
New Customs statistics show a booming black market for snus and a huge increase in smuggling. In 2011, customs seized more than 30 kilos of snus, last year more than 9,000 kilos. The smuggling of snus has become more professional over the years. It is an oral tobacco product that is usually placed under the […]
Police: The most dangerous streets in Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Turku Finland
The streets of Helsinki, Jyväskylä and Turku were the most dangerous in the country last year, says the security index published by the police on Thursday. The police have used the index to monitor the security of Finnish cities for the past 10 years, including the number of crimes such as burglary, assault and drunk […]
60,000 tracks: Snowshoes create Finland’s largest snow drawing
Finland’s largest-ever snow drawing was created this weekend in Hattula, just over 100 kilometers north of Helsinki. The average diameter of the pattern is 220 meters. The centerpiece of the work is a starfish, around which other seafood is grouped. Janne Pyykköthe designer of the drawing said there are 60,000 individual snowshoe tracks in the […]
Thursday’s newspapers: The future of telework, Åland returns Covid tests, children in trucks
Earlier this week, it was reported that the Finnish government intends to end its national telework recommendation before March. Jyväskylän Central Finland It is reported in the morning papers that, according to a recent opinion poll, 55 per cent of Finns who worked remotely during the coronavirus pandemic would like to continue working remotely either […]
The consumption footprint of Helsinki residents is larger than in many others
However, residents of many other municipalities may not be able to make the same choices when it comes to food and exercise. Energy is Helsinki’s main culprit. The use of fossil fuels in the production of district heating increases the consumption footprint of residents by more than 3.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. Helsinki Energy […]
Stora Enso, SSAB:n ennätysjälkeinen tulos; Wärtsilä nousi 53 %
Suurimmalle osalle suomalaisista pörssiyhtiöistä nyt kolmatta vuotta alkava koronaviruskausi on ollut kannattava. Tämä trendi jatkuu perjantaina julkistettujen neljännen vuosineljänneksen tulosten perusteella. Metsäteollisuusjätti Stora Enso teki koko viime vuoden kaikkien aikojen parhaan liiketuloksensa. Se nousi 650 miljoonalla eurolla 1,5 miljardiin euroon. Liikevaihto kasvoi 19 prosenttia vuodentakaisesta lähes 11 miljardiin euroon. Vuoden 2021 loppu toi sellun ja […]
HS: Nearly 50 municipalities were left unrepresented in county councils
The largest of the municipalities was the municipality of Akaa with more than 16,000 inhabitants in Pirkanmaa. A total of 25 municipal candidates competed for the position of Pirkanmaa Welfare Services Council. Voting turnout in Aka was only 44.2 per cent, which is 5.2 percentage points less than in Pirkanmaa and 3.3 percentage points lower […]
The restrictions on Uusimaa were extended until the end of January
The Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland (Avi) has decided to continue the restrictions and closures of public spaces in Uusimaa, to which Helsinki belongs, for at least another two weeks. The Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) has the worst Covid situation in Finland due to the explosive spread of the Omicron variant. […]
