Tag: Kajaani
Avi: Kindergarten teachers do not break the law when they harness children to chairs
The controversy stems from pictures where children have been strapped to chairs in the Kajaani kindergarten.
Finland will continue to support flights to regional airports for another year
Flights to and from the regional airports of Kokkola-Pietarsaari, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kajaani and Kemi-Tornio with state funding.
Yle’s sources: The espionage case focuses on Kajaani
In recent months, espionage cases have emerged in Finland, which focus on the city of Kajaani in Northern Finland.
VR acquires new equipment for night train traffic from Škoda Transtech
“We are happy to state that the popularity of night train travel has increased by 17 percent compared to 2018. With these new buses, we want to meet our customers’ wishes and further develop the travel experience. For example, working and eating in your own cabin will be even more comfortable in the future”, says […]
YLE: KRP has launched an investigation into two suspected crimes of treason
Although the KRP confirmed that investigations are ongoing, the detective chief inspector responsible for both investigations was willing to shed more light on the details. “The only thing I can say is that the preliminary investigation is ongoing. [Providing further details] would disturb and hinder the investigation” Jukka NurmenniemiThe officer leading the investigation into the […]
Minister on harnessing the kindergarten to children’s chairs: "This can’t happen"
The Regional Administrative Agency (Avi) has announced that it will request an explanation from the early childhood education department in Kajaani about the problems found in the Yle team’s investigation report.
Finnair won the bid to return to offering low-passenger domestic routes
Air traffic to Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kajaani, Kokkola-Pietarsaari and Kemi-Tornio airports will continue at the end of October, operated by Finnair.
A Finnish supercomputer aims to combat climate change
Finland has become the third fastest supercomputer in the world, Lumi. Half the size of a basketball court, it operates in a former paper factory in eastern Kajaani. Lumi is a supercomputer project with an investment of more than 200 million euros, which involves 10 European countries and the European Union. The supercomputer itself is […]
On Midsummer weekend, temperatures headed toward 30 degrees
Much of the country can expect a hot season this Midsummer weekend. According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, the temperature in the southern and central parts of the country will rise to 25 degrees Celsius. "hot" In Finland) around Friday at noon on Midsummer’s Eve. On Saturday, the temperature of mercury in these parts is […]
Thursday’s leaves: Flights, fertilizer and four elections
The country’s largest daily circulation, Helsingin sanomat newspapercontains an analysis of the possible effects of the forthcoming foreign and domestic elections on Finland’s pending NATO membership. Turkey, Finland and Sweden will have parliamentary elections in the next 12 months, and the US by-elections are only five months away. According to HS, although NATO membership enjoys […]
Tampere is increasing its tram network
The city of Tampere has announced that it will purchase five more trams from Škoda’s Kajaani plant. There are currently 20 ForCity Smart Arctic trams operating in Tampere, of which 15 are currently in service. The city completed its first tram line last year and the second tram line will start operating either in 2024 […]
Wednesday’s newspapers: Covid Remnant, Aviation Return, and Yle’s Nazi Series Controversy
Finnish Minister of Family and Social Affairs Who is Linden (SDP) spoke Helsingin Sanomat about the deteriorating Covid situation in Finland. The government’s coronavir virus working group met for the first time in four weeks on Tuesday. "Although no one suggested new restrictions, the general feeling of the meeting was worrying," said Linden. Currently, about […]
Smartwatch users report GPS interference in Finland
Polar, a Finnish manufacturer of sports training equipment, has received numerous reports of GPS problems from users of its smart watches. Last week a smart watch user Teija Larikka went skiing near his home in Kajaani in eastern Finland, but his Polar smartwatch said he had skied hundreds of kilometers further east, near Lake Laatokaj […]
Friday’s newspapers: Expensive surplus, medical care for illegal immigrants, motorists protest
According to the agreements between the EU and the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, millions of extra doses of Covid vaccine will arrive in Finland this year, Yle says on Thursday. Ilta-Sanomat states that last August Pfizer raised the price of its vaccine to € 19.50 per dose, meaning that if there were more than five million […]
Coronavirus updates 21.1.2022-4.2.2022
Aki Lindén (SDP) has been confirmed as Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services, replacing his party colleague Krista Kiuru, who begins her maternity leave on Friday. Lindén will also chair the government’s coronavirus ministerial working group, where his views on handling the pandemic will have important sway. Read more here. 4.2 11:58 THL: 6,900+ […]
Wednesday’s newspapers: From pandemic to endemic, truck chaos and pay bans without pay
As Finland prepares to lift restrictions on Covid, THL executives Markku Tervahauta and Mika Salminen The corona situation in Finland will improve significantly by July. In an open letter Helsingin sanomat newspaper however, they warn that the infections will tick again in the fall. The duo argue that society’s broad constraints are not a long-term […]
Nursing schools are struggling to attract applicants, without filling thousands of places
Finnish polytechnics struggle to complete nursing courses, despite the fact that there is a well-documented shortage of health care professionals in the country. "When you think about the current picture of nursing, frankly, it’s scary. It doesn’t attract people, it drives them out of the industry," Katri Ryttyläinen-Korhonen, Xamkin ‘s head of education told Yle. […]
Cornavirus updates 9.12.2021-9.1.2022
New restrictions took effect on Sunday in Kainuu and North Ostrobothnia. In Kainuu, including the city of Kajaani, the Regional State Administrative Agency (Avi) of Northern Finland has banned all indoor public events and meetings involving more than 20 people. Outdoor events for more than 50 people are also prohibited. However, unlike elsewhere in Finland, […]
Kainuu residents receive gift cards for pizza, fuel as a vaccination incentive
President of the Bank Martti Pulkkinen told Helsingin-Sanomat that the primary goal of the initiative is to motivate Kuhmo residents – who have a vaccination rate of less than 70 percent for adults under 40 – to get the first attack. There are 1,000 doses set aside for the campaign, and there is a vaccination […]
Two died, three were seriously injured in Kokkola, Sipoo
One person was killed and three were seriously injured when a van carrying six people fell off the road late Friday in Kokkola on the west coast of Finland. According to the Ostrobothnian Police Department, the accident occurred when a van from Central Ostrobothnia, Kannus, slipped from the road into 28 ditches, felling several trees. […]
Unprofitable regional aviation routes will continue to receive EUR 1,000 + passenger subsidies
Fifty seats landed at Jyväskylä Airport on Wednesday and carried only three passengers. One passenger got back to Helsinki. "The Jyväskylä flight connection has been established with international connections in mind, and due to the Covid situation, the number of passengers is really small," says Pipsa Eklund FICORA Traficom. Before the pandemic, about 80 percent […]
EUR 1,000 + passenger subsidies will be continued for unprofitable regional routes
Fifty seats landed at Jyväskylä Airport on Wednesday and carried only three passengers. One passenger got back to Helsinki. "The Jyväskylä flight connection has been established with international connections in mind, and due to the Covid situation, the number of passengers is really small," says Pipsa Eklund FICORA Traficom. Before the pandemic, about 80 percent […]
Unprofitable regional routes will receive € 1,000 + support per passenger
Fifty seats landed at Jyväskylä Airport on Wednesday and carried only three passengers. One passenger got back to Helsinki. "The Jyväskylä flight connection has been established with international connections in mind, and due to the Covid situation, the number of passengers is really small," says Pipsa Eklund FICORA Traficom. Before the pandemic, about 80 percent […]
The number of passengers at Finnish airports continued to fall by almost 80%
The number of passengers traveling through Finnish airports decreased by 78.9 per cent in the first half of the year compared to January-June 2020, Finavia, the airport operator, said on Wednesday. The pandemic began to affect Finland in the middle of last year. During the first six months of this year, just over a million […]
Trains heading north fill up for midsummer
Finns begin to make Midsummer pilgrimages to the countryside. There will still be room for trains coming to northern Finland next week, but the busiest train connections are starting to fill up, VR State Railways said on Friday. The busiest travel dates are Thursday and Friday, June 24-25, and the most popular return date is […]
Analysts are concerned about low turnout in the Finnish municipal elections
Borg revealed that, according to his calculations, less than a million eligible people headed to the polls on Sunday, June 13th. The drop in the number of votes cast on election day is astonishing, given that only about 40 per cent of voters did so on election day. “We need to learn from this that […]
“Don’t hold a vote in the summer”: Experts give their election verdicts
The turnout in the municipal elections this year was historically low. It fell four percentage points from the previous election to just 55.1 percent. Election experts interviewed by Yle said the low turnout was unusual. "Yes, it is very unusual," said the professor Elina Kestilä-Kekkonen From the University of Tampere in the special election edition […]
Monday’s newspapers: Vanhanen’s departure, Helsinki companies in danger, tram fever
Ilta-Sanomat has an afternoon newspaper published an interview with the Minister of Finance Matti Vanhanen (Cen), following Saturday’s news of his resignation and giving instructions to the leader of the Central Party and the current Minister of Science Annika Saarikko. Vanhanen, who began his political career as a member of the Espoo City Council more […]
Thursday’s papers: Life expectancy, summer trips, EU pressures
Finland’s largest daily circulation, Helsingin sanomat newspaper, refers to statistics showing that a university-trained male engineer living in Espoo is likely to live 12 years longer than a low-income man living in Kajaani in northeastern Kainuu. Overall, this difference is nine years. The life expectancy of men with higher national incomes is 82 years. Low-income […]
Eight were injured in a two-car accident in Suomussalmi, Eastern Finland
Police have reported that the road was dirty and driving conditions were difficult at the time of the accident. Helsingin Sanomat on Monday reported that the driver of the south-facing car was born in 1972 and the driver of the other car in 1993. Both cars had three passengers in addition to the driver, ranging […]
Finland will launch a high-performance supercomputer this year
The massive machine requires as much space as a tennis court, and its equipment weighs nearly 150,000 pounds. The project was funded by the European Joint Undertaking EuroHPC, a collaboration between the EU and private partners dedicated to high-performance computing. Hewlett Packard was selected as the system supplier. The supercomputer will be delivered to the […]
University entrance exams on campus
This year’s university exams will be held in person at campuses and exam centers, at the industrial plant Unif has announced. Unifi, an organization representing Finnish universities, said that the experiments had been planned "taking into account the current pandemic situation and the necessary security arrangements." "We have estimated that conducting physical entrance exams is […]
Here's what Finland's 3-week partial shutdown means in your region
Finland begins a three-week period of partial shutdown on Monday. The term used by authorities, sulkutila, is the Finnish equivalent of the words "shutdown" or "lockdown" used in many countries around the world. In Finland however, at least for the time being, there is no curfew in place and outdoor movement is not restricted. The […]
Finland begins 3-week shutdown: Here's what it means in your region
Finland begins a three-week period of partial shutdown on Monday. The term used by authorities, sulkutila, is the Finnish equivalent of the words "shutdown" or "lockdown" used in many countries around the world. In Finland however, at least for the time being, there is no curfew in place and outdoor movement is not restricted. The […]
US Air Force to refuel Finnish fighters in Lapland
The goal of the exercises is to provide fighter pilots with AAR skills and currency coaching opportunities. Finnish F / A-18 pilots complete the AAR degree as part of their training. The Lapland Air Commander will conduct the first 2021 AAR exercise in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force’s 100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW) […]
Finnair postpones the cessation of regional flights
The national airline Finnair has announced that it will continue flights to the regional airports of Kajaani, Kemi, Kokkola, Joensuu and Jyväskylä until 18 April. The company had previously announced in September that it would stop domestic commercial flights to five regional airports after this winter season, which ends on March 27th. In December, the […]
Non-indigenous peoples navigate Covid Christmas in Finland with snow, sauna and Santa Claus
More than 400,000 people living in Finland were born abroad, and many of them usually spend their holidays “at home”. It will be very difficult or impossible this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and it may affect Finnish-born residents more than most. Reija Tuomisalo the mind of the Ministry of Mental Health (Mind) says […]
Traficom imposes a public service obligation on five regional airports
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom has decided to impose a public service obligation on five domestic routes between the capital, Helsinki and regional centers. Under EU rules, a public service obligation can be imposed on routes that are necessary for the economic development of the area it serves. This means that, if necessary, […]
As a crime, Sanna Marin is a feminist icon and a new supercomputer: Finland in the world press
deserved praise for his ambitious goals and determined leadership in the light of recent controversy over a photo event where he was wearing a low cover. In other news, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has chosen Finland as the location for the $ 160 million supercomputer. The project is funded by the European Joint Undertaking EuroHPC, a […]
In September, Finnair’s passenger numbers decreased by 91% from the previous year
The airline stressed that the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, including the “exceptionally strict” travel restrictions adopted by Finland, weakened all passenger-related traffic figures. The effects were self-evident, especially in the figures for North America and, compared to August, in Europe. In September, Finnair operated an average of 83 flights a day, including only cargo […]
Finnair will stop domestic flights to five regional airports after the winter
Flights, the profitability of which was also a problem before the pandemic, will be terminated in Finland due to travel restrictions set to alleviate the pandemic. Finnair is currently scheduled to operate only 70–80 flights a day next month, which means at least 270 landings from the previous year. The airline suspended commercial flights to […]
Finnair will stop flights to five regional airports
The national airline Finnair has announced its plans to discontinue domestic commercial flights to five regional airports after the coming winter season, which ends on March 27, 2021. The decision will affect the airports of Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kajaani, Kemi and Kokkola. Finnair cites the coronavirus pandemic and related travel restrictions as the reason for the […]
