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Clear news | Tuesday 2 January 2024

The President’s New Year’s speech. Music hall organ. Frost. Forecast.

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The President’s New Year’s speech

First, news about the president’s New Year’s speech.

President Sauli Niinistö has given a New Year’s speech.

Niinistö hopes that Europe will take more responsibility for its own about security. For example, arms production must be increased, that Europe is strong.

“It is needed to convince that Europe is strong.”

There is uncertainty in the world, but Finland’s security is good. Finland the army is fine. Finland is a member of NATO. Finland is about defense cooperation agreement with the USA. Finland has a long history of cooperation with the Nordic countries with. President Niinistö says that Finland is well prepared. Many countries may want to follow Finland’s example.

“The foundations were in good condition, even before NATO membership. Even so that the Finnish model is now getting a lot of attention. Finnishization may be a good goal for many in terms of overall safety.”

President Sauli Niinistö has given a New Year’s speech. The speech was Niinistö’s last.

At the end of the speech, Niinistö hoped that Finns are for each other fair, understand each other and respect humanity and trust.

Musiikkitalo’s new concert organ

Now news about culture.

The organ of the Helsinki Music Hall has been completed.

It took 6 years to build the organ. The organ has almost 8,000 organ pipes. The organ of the music hall is a modern concert organ. There are a lot of organs information technology. For example, the organ can be repaired remotely and played with a mobile phone.

The organ of the Helsinki Music Hall has been completed. The organ cost about 4.5 million euros. The organ is part of the architecture of the Musiikkitalo. For new ones more than 100 compositions have been composed for the organ.

Hard frosts

Finally, news about severe frosts.

It’s really cold in Finland now. In the north, it’s over 30 degrees below zero. Last night a winter record was set. The temperature in Ylivieska was -38 degree.

It’s really cold in Finland now. Cold weather hinders work on construction sites. You can’t do many jobs because it’s too cold.

The cold weather has also caused problems for train traffic.

Weather

Another weather forecast.

The weather is cold all over the country. In the south, it is about 20 degrees below zero. In the north, it is about 30 degrees below zero.

Cloudiness is variable. The sun is shining in the west.