Clear News | Friday 8.5.2025

Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Water. White-fronted geese. Weather forecast.

German President’s visit to Finland

First, news about the meeting between the presidents of Finland and Germany.

German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Finland on Thursday.

He met with President Alexander Stubb at the presidential palace.

The presidents’ spouses were also present.

The presidents discussed European defense and NATO.

The US announced last week that it would reduce the number of troops in Europe.

However, Stubb and Steinmeier believe that the US will need bases in Europe in the future as well.

German President Steinmeier visited Finland on Thursday.

The presidents said it was right to share NATO’s costs more evenly than now.

The goal is for Europe and the US to pay the same amount for defense.

Water

Now some news about water.

Water levels have dropped in many places in Finland.

The reason is that rainfall has decreased.

In North Savo, the water utility in Joroinen has asked people to save water.

Low groundwater levels can also make crop production difficult if there is not enough rain in the summer. Problems can also arise elsewhere in Finland.

Water levels have dropped in many places in Finland.

There are also low water levels in Lapland.

For example, the level of Lake Kemijärvi has been low for many weeks.

Due to low water levels, the Kemijoki hydroelectric power plant has reduced its flow to ensure that water enters the lake.

White-fronted geese

Finally, nature news.

There are now more barnacle geese in Finland than ever before.

There are currently over 500,000 geese in Finland.

Most of the geese are now in North Karelia. There are over 200,000 geese there.

There are also tens of thousands of geese in Northern Savo.

The migration of white-fronted geese began on May Day.

There are currently over 500,000 barnacle geese in Finland.

About half of all geese of this species are now in Finland.

Saturday weather

Still a weather forecast.

It will be dry on Saturday, meaning it won’t rain.

However, there are a lot of clouds.

There are especially many clouds in the north.

The sun shines occasionally in the south.

The temperature is about 15 degrees in the south, about 10 degrees in the north.