Clear News | Wednesday 22.4.2026

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Artificial intelligence in municipalities

First, news about artificial intelligence in municipalities.

Artificial intelligence makes municipal services more efficient.

The municipality of Konnevesi has experimented with artificial intelligence in road grant decisions.

The mayor Mika Pasanen is satisfied. It saves a lot of working time.

Approximately 80 road municipalities are applying for grants.

It previously took almost 3 months to process applications.

Applications are now processed and transferred for payment within a week.

Artificial intelligence makes municipal services more efficient.

Artificial intelligence is also used in public administration, for example in recording doctor visits and monitoring agricultural subsidies.

The Finnish Research Institute Sitra says that we need to learn to utilize artificial intelligence more.

Now economic news.

Finnish airline Finnair reported today how its first year has gone.

The first half of the year, January-March, was better for Finnair than last year. Finnair made a profit of over 3 million euros.

More passengers have arrived on Finnair’s Asian routes.

The reason is the war in the Middle East, which has closed many companies’ routes to Asia.

The first half of the year, January-March, was better for Finnair than last year.

Finnair’s situation is of interest to Finns because the war in the Middle East has significantly increased the price of fuel.

Finally, news about contaminated beach plots in Kaarina.

This is Harvaluoto in Kaarina, Southwest Finland.

In Harvuoluto, coastal plots with contaminated soil have been sold to people.

The cause of the pollution is a sawmill that was still operating in Harvaluto in the 1980s.

Soil contains dioxin and furan, which are poisons.

That’s why the city of Kaarina has imposed a construction ban. Even trees are not allowed to be cut down to prevent toxins from rising into the air.

In Harvuoluto, coastal plots with contaminated soil have been sold to people.

The buyers were unaware of the pollution.

The responsibility for cleanup remains with the owners of the plots, because the polluter, i.e. the sawmill, can no longer be held responsible.

Still a weather forecast.

There will be a little rain in the north on Thursday.

Elsewhere it doesn’t rain, so it’s dry.

The sun is shining in the south.