Radio Selkouutiset Thursday 9 November 2023
Middle East. Fur farm. Confectionery. Graduate students. Ahtisaari. Weather.
Middle East
UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk says that the terrorist organization Hamas and Israel have both committed war crimes.
The human rights commissioner says that Hamas and other Palestinian groups
7. The atrocities committed in October and the holding of hostages are war crimes.
According to the human rights commissioner, Israel’s punishment of all Palestinians and the forced evacuation of civilians are also a war crime.
Fur garden
A large part of Finns do not want the fur farm to continue in the same way as it is now.
80 percent of Finns would stop fur farming or make it more comfortable for the animals.
More than half of the respondents supported a complete ban on fur farming.
More than a thousand Finns answered the survey about fur farming.
Sweets
Several salmiakki and licorice candies made in Finland contain a substance called Matriini, which is banned in the EU.
Yle commissioned a laboratory study of 10 Finnish candies. Too much matrine was found in 6 candies.
Matrine is in licorice extract, which is the raw material of candies.
It is not known for certain whether matrine is dangerous. That’s why the EU has banned matriline just to be sure.
High school students
About 4,300 new high school students will graduate this fall.
A total of almost 44,000 students took part in the matriculation exam. A large number take the exam in several parts.
The results of the fall matriculation essays have been announced today. The names of the new students can be found at.
After matriculation, a student can apply to a university, for example.
Ahtisaari
President Martti Ahtisaari will be made into a stamp.
Posti is publishing a mourning card from Ahtisaari to honor Ahtisaari’s memory. The stamp has only black and white colors.
The stamp will be released on December 15.
President Martti Ahtisaari died on October 16 in Helsinki. He was 86 years old.
Weather
The weather today is cloudy and mostly cloudy.
At night, a rain zone arrives from the south and the wind intensifies.
Tomorrow it will rain in the south, sleet and snow in the central parts of the country.
It will rain in the north tomorrow and the cloud cover will crack.