Clear News | Tuesday 17.2.2026

Nurses’ strike. Work burnout. Ice speedway. Laskiainen. Wednesday’s weather.

Nurses’ strike

First the strike news.

A work stoppage, or short strike, has begun at a private social service. The strike will last 3 days.

The strike involves staff from care homes and nursing homes in Northern Finland.

Staff from youth homes and shelters across the country are also on strike.

A strike has begun in the private social services sector, lasting 3 days.

Nurses will return to work on Friday.

The reason for the strike is a dispute over wages.

Now for some news about workplace well-being.

Work burnout

Well-being at work is often improved through the wrong means, experts say.

Occupational health physician Eira Roos says that recreation days, exercise benefits, and employee bicycles alone do not improve well-being at work.

They do not prevent a person from becoming exhausted.

Approximately 25 percent of people are at risk of burnout at work.

The cause of burnout is often that the work is poorly organized or the management is poor.

Well-being at work is often improved through the wrong means.

Experts say that the most important way to improve well-being at work is to change the structures and arrangements of work in the workplace.

Ice speedway

Now sports news from Varkaus.

Here, an ice track is being prepared for a motorcycle race.

The European Ice Speedway Championships will be held in Finland for the first time. They will be held next weekend in Varkaus.

Ice speedway is a race on an ice track with these motorcycles. The tires have long spikes.

Finland’s first European Ice Speedway Championships will be held in Varkaus.

Top drivers from nine different countries will participate in the race.

Laskiainen

Finally, a word about the Laskiani.

Today is Shrove Tuesday.

Sunday was Ash Wednesday and today is Ash Wednesday.

In church tradition, the period of Lent begins after Lent.

The season of Lent ends with Easter.

Today is Shrove Tuesday.

One of the traditions of Laskiainen is downhill skiing.

Laskiainen dishes include pea soup and Laskiainen buns.

In the old days, the summer harvest was also predicted during the waning moon.

Wednesday’s weather

Still a weather forecast.

On Wednesday, it will be cloudy in almost the entire country, meaning it will not rain.

The sun may shine in the south.

The temperature is about -10 degrees.

It is colder in the north and there may be some snow.