Radio Selkouutiset Thursday 26 October 2023
Countermeasure trial. Eastern border fence. Forest Board. Horse riding accident. Winter road restrictions. Weather.
Countermeasure trial
The trial of the data breach in the office has started. Vastaamo was a company that gave people psychotherapy.
In the lawsuit, Aleksanteri Kivimäki is accused of first breaking into Vastaamo’s customer information. Prosecutors say that after the data breach, Kivimäki brutally blackmailed tens of thousands of people. Kivimäki also published Vastaamo’s customer information on the internet.
The prosecutors demand that Kivimäki should be given a 7-year prison sentence.
Aleksanteri Kivimäki says that he has not committed the crimes he is accused of.
Eastern border fence
A fence is being built on Finland’s eastern border. The construction of the fence will start in April.
First, the fence will be built in Southeastern Finland near the border crossings for Imatra, Vaalimaa and Nuijamaa. When the fence is finished, it will be about 200 kilometers long in total. The entire fence will be ready in 2026.
The Border Guard has already built a small fence at Imatra. The Border Guard says that there are good experiences with this test fence.
The purpose of the fence is that you cannot easily cross the border between Finland and Russia without a permit.
Forest Board
Forest company Metsä Board may lay off employees.
The change negotiations concern a total of approximately 1,100 people at Metsä Board’s Finnish cardboard factories. There will probably be layoffs next year and they will last 3 months.
Metsä Board says that too little cardboard is being bought now. Therefore, the company may have to lay off employees.
Horse riding accident
In Espoo, a young woman died in an accident at a horse stable. A woman in her 20s died when she fell off a horse on Tuesday. The rider was wearing a helmet.
The cause of the accident is being investigated.
Winter speeds
On many highways, the speed limit will change today, Thursday. In winter, the speed limit on almost all roads in Finland is 80 kilometers per hour.
The speed limit on motorways in winter is 100 kilometers per hour.
Weather
It will snow a little in Lapland on Friday. There will also be sleet or snow showers on the south coast. Elsewhere in Finland, there is trouble.
The temperature is on the plus side in the southern part of the country. There is frost in the central and northern parts of the country.