Tag: South Karelia
Vantaa will not give in to the government’s pressure to cut social and healthcare spending
Its budget for this year is 62 million euros in deficit. Provincial decision-makers are scheduled to discuss the reform program later this fall, which is expected to slightly reduce the deficit. However, Aronkytö emphasized to the newspaper that the program is not a series of spending cuts, but a real development program, the effects of…
YLE: The concentration of political power in Finland continues
Only 20 MPs are therefore only involved in national decision-making in the election period that is just starting. Anni JänttiA university lecturer at the University of Tampere stated to the public broadcasting company that the increase in the number of legislators with threefold duties was to some extent expected, considering the visibility of the election…
YLE: Dispute over tuition fees for Kenyan students resolved
– The students’ stay in Finland is secured, he assured. TAMK terminated its contract with Uasin Gishu County at the end of February, citing non-payment of tuition fees. Prokki revealed that the dispute concerns about a hundred nursing and physiotherapy students, whose future at the university of applied sciences was uncertain due to non-payment of…
An elderly man is suspected of setting fire to a church in Rautjärvi in South Karelia
“You couldn’t go out the front door at that point. Smoke was coming in from the cracks,” said Kari Luumia former local vicar who attended the service, told For Helsingin Sanomat. The wooden church built in 1881 was completely destroyed in a fire. Saku Tielinenthe police officer leading the preliminary investigation at the Southeastern Finland…
The fire burns the church in South Karelia to the ground
According to the Southeastern Finland police, the fire may have been started on purpose.
Paper: Russians buy real estate in Finland at "acceleration"
The number of properties bought by Russians in Finland is increasing at an accelerating rate, despite the war in Ukraine and the extensive economic sanctions against Russia. County newspaper Etelä-Saimaa reported Russian citizens have made a total of 212 real estate transactions in Finland between January and July 2022. For comparison, in 2021, Russians bought…
THL is looking into speeding up the fourth vaccination for people over 60
THL is currently investigating the possibility of municipalities starting vaccinations on an accelerated schedule. It announced last week that it plans to offer the fourth vaccine to everyone 65 or older starting in mid-August and to everyone 60 or older starting in early September. Minister of Family and Social Affairs Aki Lindén (SDP) told the…
Russia warns Finland of NATO’s border base
If Lappeenranta hosts a military base, it would make itself a target if a conflict should ever break out, said the President of the State Duma The mayor of the Finnish border town of Lappeenranta would put the city at the crossroads of Russia by hosting a NATO military base, Russian Speaker of the Russian…
A Russian helicopter violates Finnish airspace "not serious," says the Border Guard
The Russian Mi-17 helicopter arrived in Finnish airspace twice on the same day at the beginning of May, according to the results of a preliminary investigation announced by the Finnish Border Guard on Friday. However, it said the cases are not considered a serious violation. The investigation found that the helicopter momentarily went into Finnish…
Felling exceeds a sustainable level in southern Finland, says the Natural Resources Center
According to the Institute of Natural Resources (Luke) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, an average of 91 per cent of the largest amount of sustainable wood has been felled in Finnish forests over the past five years. Luke has estimated the largest sustainable harvest of sawn timber and energy wood in the country’s…
Research: One-fifth of Finnish suicide victims had time on suicide day
The results show that seeking treatment has become more common, but the struggle of health professionals to detect and reduce the risk of suicide is also continuing. Marena Kukkonensuicide prevention expert from the Finnish Mental Health Association told me YLE on Monday said the lack of detection and absence of suicidal tendencies is likely due…
The patrol detects rare greed on the Finnish-Russian border
According to the agency, the border guards patrolled a rare wolverine on the Russian border in South Karelia on Tuesday. The Southeast Finland Border Guard reported the finding in a tweet, which also accompanied by a short video from a highly endangered mammal. The video showed the wolf running eagerly towards the border guards, after…
HS: Finland is preparing for a possible suspension of gas supplies from Russia
Gazprom, a Russian state-owned natural gas producer, has stated that compliance with the conditions is a precondition for resuming gas supplies, citing its recent decision to suspend supplies to Bulgaria and Poland. Gasum, the importer and distributor of natural gas owned by the Finnish state, has been asked to provide a response to the payment…
School closures are expected as municipal strikes spread to several Finnish cities
Public sector employees are organizing a series of strikes to put pressure on employer groups to accept pay rise demands. The unions currently involved in the industrial action represent, among others, nurses, teachers, doctors and staff from schools and early childhood education and other municipal services. Minister of Labor Tuula Haatainen (SDP) has taken a…
The biggest jump in foreign language speakers in Finland
The number of speakers of foreign languages increased by more than 25,000 last year, which is the largest number since Finland’s independence. The number of native speakers of the three official languages - Finnish, Swedish and Sámi – decreased by almost 11,000. At the same time, the total population grew by more than 14,000 people,…
Poor visibility may have caused a pile of cars on the Kuopio bridge
According to police, poor visibility may have led to a crash of several vehicles in Kuopio on Saturday afternoon. A total of 31 vehicles participated in the piling. Thirty people were injured, but no serious injuries were sustained. The article continues after the picture No serious injuries were reported.Toni Pitkänen / General The chain collision…
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…
Thursday leaves: Bad weather, ski boom, cameraman down
The low-pressure front will bring more snowfall to the southern and central regions on Thursday, which means bad news for both motorists and pedestrians, Helsingin sanomat newspaper reports. With temperatures slightly above or below frost, rains alternate as snow, sleet, and rain throughout the day, reducing visibility on the road and slippery pavements. "Between Wednesday…
A pandemic that leads to long congestion in non-emergency medical care
According to figures published by the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Tuesday, almost 160,000 patients in Finland were waiting for emergency medical care in hospital districts across the country in December. This represents an increase of 17,000 people from December 2020, and the average waiting time for patients is 1-2 months. By…
Restaurants in Finland are open again until midnight
Until yesterday, restaurants selling mainly alcohol had to close at 6 pm and those selling mainly food at 9 pm. The Finnish government decided to ease the restrictions on Friday. The restrictions are valid until the end of the month and will be lifted completely on 1 March. Gathering restrictions were also changed yesterday in…
Some hospital districts are bringing back unvaccinated workers due to staff shortages
Several unvaccinated health workers across the country have returned to work after a temporary ban. An amendment to the Finnish Communicable Diseases Act, which requires Covid vaccinations for healthcare workers, came into force last week, as a result of which hospital districts postponed or suspended the salaries of unvaccinated workers. Under the new regulation, only…
Last year, the fisheries management fees paid amounted to EUR 9.7 million
The result was clear: payments were highest in North Karelia (7.28%), Kainuu (7.17%) and Lapland (7.10% of the population). The lowest payments were made in Ostrobothnia (2.97%), Southern Ostrobothnia (3.21%) and Satakunta (3.66%). Relatively enthusiastic fishermen were also shown from Northern Ostrobothnia, Central Finland and Savo. More than 5% of them paid a fisheries management…
Friday’s newspapers: More on Prime Minister’s NATO statement, small town concerns, continued vaccine hesitation
Friday’s newspapers continue to react to the nuances in the foreign and security policy statements of Finland’s leaders, with NATO and Russia still as the main issues. The prime minister spoke to the news agency Reuters on Wednesday Sanna Marin said it is "really unlikely" that Finland would apply for NATO membership at least during…
Wednesday’s newspapers: Advance voting, illiteracy and poor driving conditions
Several Finnish media outlets emphasized how the security concerns caused by the growing number of Covid-19 cases in Finland will affect the forthcoming county council elections. When the last day of elections is January 23, advance voting will begin on Wednesday. By Evening News, a total of 900 public advance polling stations are open across…
Finland’s population is moving, but 2 million people need expert help
The aim of the new interactive obesity map of the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) is to highlight Finland’s growing problem and send an urgent message about the ticking time bomb that will affect the residents’ future health. Using scientific prediction models, the map shows how many people are likely to suffer from…
Government and regional authorities tighten Covid restrictions as daily cases reach record highs
The Finnish government and regional authorities are planning to introduce or tighten restrictions during Christmas as corona cases continue to increase. On Christmas Eve, the health authority THL again reported a record high number of Covid cases per day, 3,223. The previous record was made just 24 hours ago, when 3,000 infections were diagnosed. However,…
Researchers teach artificial intelligence to master Finnish dialects fluently
Recently, there has been gathering information in the news so that artificial intelligence can understand the dialect of Finnish and Swedish. Computers usually understand Finnish only as a normative standard known as literary language and they need examples of spoken language to improve their algorithms. Because it is impossible to speak a language without speaking…
Finland brings students to the country to prevent the closure of rural high schools
About a month ago, 16- and 15-year-olds Elyorbek Rayimov and Javohir Zokirov moved from Uzbekistan to Finland to study at Rautjärvi High School in rural South Karelia. Their curriculum is the same as their local students, and all lessons are in Finnish. "Learning Finnish is easier for us than learning English. We learn Finnish for…
The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care is increasing in Finland
It seems unlikely that the situation will improve quickly. Experts from the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) predicted that unvaccinated adults infected with the virus would fill intensive care units for a long time to come. “We’re approaching the beach,” he said Tero Varpula, Chief Physician in charge of critical care at Espoo Jorvi…
Singing and dancing are allowed in restaurants as the government eases Covid rules
Minister of Family and Social Affairs Krista Kiuru (SDP) said Thursday afternoon that the government has decided to ease restrictions on restaurants and other catering businesses. In areas of the country that are in the process of spreading the epidemic in the community, the ban on karaoke and dancing will be lifted, he said on…