Radio | Clear news | Monday 13 November 2023
Eastern border of Finland. Police surveillance. Pools. Finnish teacher of the year. Weather.
Eastern border of Finland
More people have come to the border between Finland and Russia, whose papers are not in order. For example, they do not have a visa to Finland.
On Monday, more than 20 people have come to the border without the necessary papers. During the fall, more than 100 of them have already arrived.
Among them are, for example, citizens of Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Somalia. They have come through Russia to the Finnish border, where they have applied for asylum in Finland.
Previously, Russia did not let anyone to the Finnish border without the necessary papers. It is not certain why Russia’s actions have changed.
Experts estimate that the reason is that Finland has become a member of the defense alliance NATO. Russia considers NATO to be its enemy.
Police surveillance
The police increase surveillance in Helsinki.
Monitoring will be increased over the next 3 weeks. The police especially supervise places where crimes and disturbances often occur.
There is more control than usual in public transport, for example in buses and trams. In addition, the police supervise places where young people gather.
The police increase surveillance, especially in the evening and on weekends. The police want people to feel safe in Helsinki.
Veikkaus jobs
Gambling company Veikkaus is reducing employees. About 200 employees will lose their jobs.
For example, Lotto, scratch cards and slot machine games are Veikkaus games.
Veikkaus has now decided that it will close 19 arcades by the end of this year.
In addition, Veikkaus will close the Tampere casino. The casino was opened in Tampere only 2 years ago. The beginning of the casino was difficult because of the corona.
Finnish teacher of the year
Selkouutiset has met Finnish Teacher of the Year Satu Lahtonen and Lahtonen’s students.
Satu Lahtonen currently teaches Finnish language, reading and writing at Konepaja adult high school in Helsinki.
You can get to know Lahtonen’s group on the Selkouutinen TV broadcast, which can be found at. There are also photos of Lahtonen’s group at the same address.
Weather
It has been very cold in Lapland. Early on Monday, it was as cold as 27 degrees in some places.
On Tuesday, the weather will get colder throughout the country and it will snow a little in the east. It is clear in places in the north.
The temperature on Tuesday will be between 0 and -5 degrees, in the north between -10 and -20 degrees.