Radio | Clear news | Thursday 2 November 2023
The problems of companies. Popularity of the parties. Attack on websites. Appearance of soldiers. Weather.
Problems of companies
Many Finnish technology companies have big problems. Foreign customers of Finnish companies do not buy enough products. That’s why companies make too little profit.
Some technology companies have already said that they are reducing employees. For example, Nokia, Fiskars and Vaisala are cutting employees.
Companies in the machine industry and the metal industry in particular have problems at the moment.
It is bad news for Finland. Machine industry and metal industry companies are important to the Finnish economy.
If the foreign customers of the companies do not soon start buying more Finnish products, unemployment may increase.
Popularity of the parties
SDP is now the most popular party in Finland, according to Yle’s new survey. SDP’s popularity rose a lot in October.
About 24 percent of Finns now support SDP.
In the parliamentary elections, the Koomum was the largest party, but its popularity has decreased. The Coalition is now the second most popular party.
About 20 percent of Finns now support the coalition.
The popularity of basic Finns did not change much in October. It is the third most popular party.
SDP’s support can be increased by the fact that the government intends to weaken unemployment security, for example. SDP has criticized many of the government’s plans.
Attack on websites
Pro-Russian hackers attacked the website of the Bank of Finland on Thursday. The website was not working normally.
Because of the attack, the Bank of Finland blocked the use of websites from abroad.
On Wednesday, hackers attacked the website of the tax administration.
Pro-Russian hackers said they carried out both attacks.
Attacks on Finnish websites have increased since Russia attacked Ukraine last year.
Appearance of soldiers
Military organizations want to change the army’s appearance requirements.
Military organizations hope that army soldiers can have beards and mustaches in the future.
The army leadership says that the army’s appearance requirements may be changed in the future.
Nowadays, men have to have short hair in the army. The beard and mustache must be shaved off. Female soldiers may have long hair,
Weather
It may rain a little rain or snow on Friday. It may rain more in the south on Friday evening. The temperature is between +7 and -12 degrees. It is coldest in the north.