TV | Clear News | Monday 1.9.2025

Budget negotiations. Thumb drug. Modern circus. Weather.

Government budget meeting

First, news about politics.

The government has met to decide on next year’s budget.

The government plans to make additional adjustments of approximately one billion euros.

The government had already decided on adjustments of 9 billion euros earlier.

Adjustment means that the government makes savings. The goal is that taxes are not increased.

The governing parties have already reached an agreement on the main points of the budget.

The government has met to decide on next year’s budget.

The budget meeting lasts 2 days.

The meeting will also discuss the Finns’ fundamentalist views on immigration.

The leadership of the Finns Party has criticized immigrants in TV interviews.

Thumb drug

Now the news about drugs.

The use of the drug methamphetamine has increased in Finland.

Authorities say that the use of thumb has increased a lot.

Thumb is a transformation drug. Its official name is alpha-pvp. Thumb is a highly addictive drug.

Many people with substance abuse problems are in worse shape than before because of their thumb.

For example, in Helsinki, around 100 thumb patients visit the emergency rooms of HUS healthcare each month.

The use of the drug methamphetamine has increased in Finland.

Interior Minister Mari Rantanen says that Finland has failed in combating illegal drugs. Rantanen says that the powers of the police may need to be increased.

Contemporary circus performance Tempo

Finally, cultural news.

A new contemporary circus performance has been completed in Finland.

The show was designed by Finnish magician Kalle Nio.

The choreographer is Brazilian Fernando Melo.

The show is called Tempo. It deals with time.

Melo’s choreography shows the performers defying gravity.

The movements are demanding. The performers must not falter. Otherwise, the atmosphere of weightlessness will be broken.

A new contemporary circus performance has been completed in Finland.

The first night of the Tempo performance was at the Helsinki Festival.

Tempo may also be performed abroad.

Tuesday weather

Still a weather forecast.

On Tuesday the weather will be breezy, meaning it won’t rain. The sun will generally shine.

The temperature is around 20 degrees in the south and also over 15 degrees in the north.