Clear News | Wednesday 25.2.2026

Government savings. Employment. Trump’s speech. Lighthouses. Weather

Parties agree on future savings

First, news about government savings.

The next government will have to save money by 8…11 billion euros. All parties except the Left Alliance agree on the savings.

The parties’ goal is that Finland will not have to take on too much debt in the coming years.

The Finnish state economy is now in deficit by 4.5 percent. According to EU rules, the state economy may not be in deficit by more than 3 percent.

The Finnish state is therefore producing much less money than it spends. The parties have agreed that the next government will save up to 11 billion euros.

Foreign employment increased in Finland

Next, news about employment, or people at work.

In Finland, employment of foreigners has increased in the 2020s. At the same time, employment of Finns decreased.

Almost 90,000 new employees came to Finland in five years. Almost all of them are foreigners.

Foreigners are employed especially in the construction sector, the hotel and restaurant sector, industry, and the social and health sectors.

Katarina Bobotova from Slovakia runs a hotel in Lapland. She likes the peace of Lapland.

In Finland, employment of foreigners has increased in the 2020s. Employment of Finns has decreased.

Trump spoke to Congress

Then the news about the US president’s speech.

US President Donald Trump addressed Congress. The speech was about the state of the nation. The US president delivers the State of the Union address every year.

Trump’s speech lasted almost 2 hours. It focused on the economy and immigration.

Trump said he has succeeded in lowering taxes and creating new jobs for Americans.

Lighthouse Island was reached by ice.

Finally, about lighthouses.

This winter, the sea ice was durable, and many lighthouses could be reached on the ice.

People walked or skied across the ice, for example, to the Tankari lighthouse. The lighthouse is on an island, off Kokkola.

It’s not worth walking to the lighthouses now. The weather has warmed up and the ice may no longer be able to support humans.

Thursday’s weather

Still a weather forecast.

It will be rainy on Thursday.

It is raining or snowing all over the country.

In the west, the temperature is above zero.

It’s freezing in the rest of the country.