News week in plain Finnish | Sunday 12.4.2026

US-Iran negotiations. Swedish ships and air traffic. Number of jobs. Military drone in Iiti. Artemis II lunar flight.

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USA and Iran

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US Vice President J.D. Vance briefed the media on the negotiations. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin / AFP

The US and Iran held peace talks this week in Pakistan. The talks failed to produce an agreement.

US Vice President J.D. Vance says Iran did not accept US demands. The US insisted that Iran not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.

Iran says the US is demanding too much.

The US has threatened Iran with severe strikes if Iran does not open the Strait of Hormuz to oil ships.

Swedish ships and air traffic

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Swedish ships save fuel when they slow down. Photo: Mimmi Nietula / Yle

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has significantly increased the price of oil because the closure has stopped oil shipments.

In Finland, shipping companies Viking Line and Tallink Silja announced this week that they are slowing down the speed of their Stockholm ships because the price of fuel has risen significantly.

Slowing down reduces the ships’ fuel consumption. At the same time, the travel time to Stockholm will be slightly longer.

Some airlines have begun to reduce flights because fuel prices have risen and fuel stocks are dwindling.

Experts warn that a shortage of jet fuel could reduce summer holiday flights.

Job openings

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Jobs increased in many sectors. Photo: Saara Paasikivi / Yle

This week we received good news about the number of jobs. The number of vacancies has increased.

It has been over 3 years since the previous increase.

The job search service Duunitori reports that there were over 30,000 job openings in March.

The most jobs were created in the installation, maintenance and industrial sectors.

Job vacancies decreased in service sectors, for example in restaurants and tourism.

Military drones

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Iitti is between Lahti and Kouvola. Photo: Saara Paasikivi / Yle, Mapcreator, OpenStreetMap

Another military drone was found in Finland on Saturday. It had crashed into a forest in Iiti, Päijät-Häme.

The plane was carrying a warhead containing explosives.

The warhead had detached from the aircraft, but it had not exploded. Finnish authorities safely detonated the warhead.

Police say that the military drone in Iitti is similar to the drones found in Kouvola about 2 weeks ago.

The Iitti drone is also perhaps a Ukrainian drone.

Artemis II Moon Flight

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The Orion capsule landed in the ocean. The flight was a success. Photo: Bill Ingalls / Nasa / AFP

The US Artemis II lunar mission returned to Earth over the weekend.

Four astronauts landed in the Orion capsule in the ocean off the coast of California.

The flight was demanding, but it went well.

Artemis II made history. It flew around the Moon and took humans further from Earth than ever before.

Artemis II flew more than 400,000 kilometers from Earth.

This was a news week in plain Finnish. See you again, let’s hear from you!