Clear News | Thursday 2.7.2026

Party support. Russian borders. Healthcare. Weather

SDP still leads in party support poll

First, a news about politics.

Yle published a new party support survey.

The most popular party is still the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has long been the most popular party in Yle’s opinion polls. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) is in the opposition, meaning it is not in the government.

The ruling party, the National Coalition Party, lost support. However, it was the second most popular party.

The governing party, the Finns Party, was third. It increased its support.

Yle published a new opinion poll.

The opposition Center Party was the fourth most popular party in the survey, and the Left Alliance was the fifth most popular party.

Russia closes border crossings

Next news about Russian actions on the border.

Russia closed border crossings on the borders with Finland, Estonia and Latvia.

Russia closed border crossings that allow travel by train.

For example, Russia closed the Louko border crossing, through which freight trains passed to Vainikkala in Finland. Now the Vainikkala border crossing has also been closed.

In Finland, all other border crossings to Russia were closed in 2023.

Russia is closing border crossings on the borders with Finland, Estonia and Latvia.

Three border crossings between Estonia and Russia are still open and can be crossed by car.

Study: Occupational health can be expensive for the state

Finally, some news about healthcare.

A study conducted in Sweden shows that access to a private doctor can increase the cost of public healthcare.

In Finland, many employees have access to a private doctor for occupational health care.

The study finds that in occupational health care, doctors easily refer patients for further examinations. Further examinations are carried out in public healthcare.

Therefore, public healthcare spending may increase.

In Finland, the major employee and employer organizations SAK and EK say that people’s health is well taken care of in occupational health care.

Friday weather

Still a weather forecast.

There will be occasional rain and thunderstorms. The rain can be heavy.

The sun is also visible from time to time. The temperature is around 20 degrees.