Clear News | Tuesday 9.6.2026
Service export. Berry pickers. Baltic Sea. Weather
Finland sells more and more services
First, news about Finnish exports.
More and more services are being sold abroad from Finland.
Sales of services are now three times higher than they were 20 years ago.
Finland sells mainly games, software and data processing services abroad.
More and more services are being sold abroad from Finland.
Sales of Finnish goods abroad have not increased. Sales of goods have remained almost the same for 20 years.
Former director of a fruit company sentenced for human trafficking
Then the news about the mistreatment of berry pickers.
The former CEO of Finnish berry company Polarica and his Thai business partner were convicted of human trafficking.
There were 78 victims. They were Thai berry pickers.
The former CEO of the berry company, Jukka Kristo, was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. His Thai business partner, Kalyakorn “Durian” Phongphit, received a 9-month prison sentence.
The prosecutor believes the sentence was too light. The prosecutor plans to appeal the sentence. The convicted persons also plan to appeal the sentence.
The Baltic Sea is turning brown
Finally, news from the Baltic Sea.
The Baltic Sea is rapidly turning brown, warns a study.
Soil from plants and animals enters the open sea through rivers. This turns the water brown. Chief Jukka Seppälä from the Finnish Environment Institute:
– We have currently measured in the research vessel Aranda that the outermost part of the Baltic Sea in the Gulf of Bothnia is darkening by two to three percent per year.
Brown water is dark, and darkness affects marine life. When the water becomes dark, it is difficult for marine plants to survive.
The Baltic Sea is rapidly turning brown, warns a study.
Along with the soil, carbon also enters the sea and ends up in the atmosphere. This can increase Finland’s carbon dioxide emissions.
Wednesday’s weather
Still a weather forecast.
There may be thunderstorms on Wednesday, and it will rain in many places.
It’s windy in the south and the sun is shining.
The temperature is about 20 degrees.