Radio | News week in plain Finnish | Tuesday 26 November 2024

Fatherland. The floods. Gingerbread. Weather.

Patria

First, the topic is the defense industry.

The Finnish company Patria is developing a new type of armored vehicle.

Patria manufactures defense equipment. Its vehicle will have a lot of new technology.

New technology is needed so that the vehicle can, for example, repel drone attacks.

Patria’s vehicle runs well even in thick snow.

Patria is developing a new type of armored vehicle.

The intention is that the armies of many European countries will start using Patria’s vehicle.

Patria is involved in cooperation that receives support from the European Union. The EU wants to develop Europe’s own defense industry.

Floods

Then the news about the floods.

There are floods in the Tampere region and Western Finland.

Streets have been submerged, and floodwaters have cut off highways.

In addition, water has entered school yards, for example.

In Ostrobothnia, there are fears that the floods will worsen. The water level of Ostrobothnia’s rivers is rising.

There are floods in Finland now.

The cause of the floods is the weather. The warm weather melts the snow and at the same time it rains.

The traffic is also very slippery because of the weather. These pictures are from Oulu.

Gingerbread

Then the topic is gingerbread, i.e. pepper.

Peppers belong to Finnish Christmas.

The most popular pepper mold is heart-shaped.

Many people bake before Christmas because they want to smell peppermint at home.

This factory produces the baking paper that bakers need.

Director Per-Henrik Hagberg says that the factory’s rush starts when it snows for the first time. That’s when people notice that Christmas is coming.

Peppers belong to Finnish Christmas.

However, gingerbread is not a Finnish invention.

The oldest pepper molds are 5000 years old. They have been found in India.

Gingerbread came to Finland from Germany about 300 years ago.

Wednesday’s weather

Another weather forecast.

In the south, the weather is cloudy. Sometimes it rains. There is also fog in some parts of the country. The temperature is between 0 and +6 degrees.

In the north, the weather is clear, i.e. there are no clouds. There is much more frost than today.