TV | Clear News | 18.11.2025

Asylum applications. Confederation of Finnish Industries. Teemu Pukki. Wednesday’s weather.

Asylum applications

First, news about asylum applications.

The processing of asylum applications for 2023 is still ongoing.

Approximately 1,300 asylum seekers entered Finland across the eastern border in 2023.

More than 200 asylum applications are still awaiting processing.

The law states that an asylum application must be processed within 6 months.

The Finnish Immigration Service says that processing is slow because there were many applicants.

The processing of asylum applications for 2023 is still ongoing.

The remaining decisions will be made by the end of this year.

Many asylum seekers have already left Finland because the application process has taken a long time.

Now for the labor market news.

Minna Helle has been elected as the new director of the Confederation of Finnish Industries, EK.

Helle is the first woman to become the leader of EK.

He will start work in April.

The current leader of EK, Jyri Häkämies, will then retire.

Minna Helle has been elected as the new head of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK).

EK is the largest employer organization in Finland. It influences many working life rules in Finland.

Minna Helle is currently the CEO of Technology Industries.

Previously, he has been, for example, a national mediator and the director of Tehy’s advocacy.

Finally, sports news.

Football player Teemu Pukki played his last national team game yesterday.

The game was a great farewell game for Pukki. He also scored a goal in the game.

Pukki also gave Niklas Pyyhtiä a great pass, from which Pyyhtiä scored.

Finland defeated Andorra 4-0.

Footballer Teemu Pukki played his last game for the national team yesterday.

Pukki was happy after the game.

“What an amazing experience. I got the goal I wanted and the win.”

Pukki played for the national team for almost 17 years and a total of 133 national team games.

Still a weather forecast.

Wednesday will be mostly dry, meaning it won’t rain.

It is mostly cloudy.

Cloudiness may be patchy in Lapland and the south.

The temperature is between -2 and -10 degrees, in Lapland even -20 degrees.