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TV | Clear News | Tuesday 16.12.2025

Ukraine peace talks. Finnish income. Christmas stew. Wednesday’s weather.

Ukraine peace talks

Initially, the topic is Ukraine.

The peace talks in Ukraine have made progress.

The situation in Ukraine was discussed for two days in Berlin, Germany, with Ukrainian, US and European leaders present.

President Alexander Stubb says a peace agreement is closer than ever before.

According to Stubb, it is important that the United States wants to support Ukraine.

The peace talks in Ukraine have made progress.

However, Russia was not involved in the Berlin negotiations.

Income of Finns

Then news about Finnish income.

The residents of Espoo Westend had the highest income in Finland last year.

The average annual income of Westend residents was 58,000 euros.

Outside the capital region, an affluent area is Oulu’s Hiukkavaara, which is visible here.

The average annual income of residents there was over 40,000 euros.

You can check the income using your postal code on Yle’s income calculator. It can be found at yle.fi.

The residents of Espoo Westend had the highest income in Finland last year.

Christmas stew

Finally, the topic is charity.

The traditional Christmas pot collection has started again.

The Salvation Army uses Christmas raffle to raise money for, for example, poor families with children and pensioners.

The money is used to buy food or gift cards.

Heikki Naski is a volunteer pot watchman in Kotka:

– This puts you in a good Christmas mood. Is this where Christmas begins? This is where Christmas begins.

The traditional Christmas pot collection has started again.

The Salvation Army Christmas cauldron can be found, for example, at a market square, shopping center, or in front of a large store.

Wednesday’s weather

Still a weather forecast.

The weather continues to be mild.

It rains in many places in the western part of the country.

It is mostly dry in the east and north.

The temperature varies between +7 degrees in the south and about -10 degrees in the north.