TV | Clear news | Wednesday 17 January 2024

Early voting. Shoplifting. Tourist wedding in Lapland. Weather.

Early voting for the presidential election

First, news about the presidential election.

Early voting for the presidential election has begun.

Early voting locations opened this morning. Early voting continues until Tuesday.

Early voting takes place before the actual election day, which is Sunday, January 28.

There are 9 candidates in the presidential election this time.

If none of them gets more than half of the votes, a second round of presidential elections will be held. Only the 2 most popular candidates make it to the second round.

Early voting for the presidential election has begun.

All adult Finnish citizens can vote in the presidential election.

Information about the presidential election in plain language can be found at the websites and.

Shoplifting

Then the subject of shoplifting.

Shoplifting has increased.

Customers steal from stores more than before.

Customers try to take, for example, alcoholic beverages and expensive meats past the cash register.

Customers can also deliberately weigh e.g. fruit and loose candies incorrectly.

Self-service checkouts can also be misused. Therefore, in many stores they are only open if they can be monitored.

Shoplifting has increased.

They cause costs of one billion euros every year.

That’s why shoplifting increases prices, which means we all contribute to paying the bill.

Tourist wedding in Lapland

Finally, we go to Lapland.

Many tourists want to get married in Lapland.

So does this couple from Britain.

The wedding couple says that in Lapland they had their dream wedding, a real white wedding.

Many tourists want to get married in Lapland.

The popularity of weddings in Lapland’s landscapes has grown.

Even a big bill doesn’t hurt. Weddings and trips can cost up to 100,000 euros if there are many people involved.

Weather

Another weather forecast.

On Thursday, it will snow in many places and the wind will be strong.

In Lapland it is cloudy and quite sunny.

The frost is 3-20 degrees, the coldest is in the north.