Newsweek in plain Finnish | Sunday 16.8.2026

Police action in stopping a moped. Medical experiment on pensioners. Facebook post by MP Peltokangas. Start of school.

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Police action when stopping a moped

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Moped enthusiasts gathered at Helsinki’s Citizens’ Square this Saturday to demonstrate in favor of the moped hobby. Photo: Sasha Silvala / Yle

There has been a lot of news about the police’s actions when they stopped a moped in Tuusula. This week, a little more information about the events became available.

Dozens of young people gathered in Tuusula on mopeds last Saturday.

The police noticed a moped with no license plate.

The police tried to stop the moped, but it sped away at high speed.

The police car pushed the moped into the ditch.

The moped driver was a young boy. He was injured when the moped crashed into a fence.

Many experts say that the police’s actions were exceptional when the police pushed the moped off the road with a car.

Now a high authority is investigating whether the police broke the law.

The police are investigating the moped driver’s actions.

Medical experiment for retirees

Anonymous person’s blood pressure measurement at the doctor’s.

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People over 65 can access a private doctor for almost the same price as a health center. Photo: Esa Huuhko / Yle

This week, the news also talked about a medical experiment on pensioners.

In the experiment, people over 65 can see a private doctor cheaper than usual. A visit costs only about the same as at a health center.

However, Finns over the age of 65 have used this opportunity only slightly.

Kela says that only about 10 percent of people over 65 have used the service.

Kela estimates that the experiment has attracted particularly well-off and educated pensioners.

Therefore, it has not yet made it easier for all pensioners to access care.

The government wants to continue and expand the experiment.

Physiotherapy will also be included in the trial.

Member of Parliament Peltokangas’s Facebook post

Photo collage of Mauri peltokangas and Petteri Orpo, both in close-up and with a serious look.

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Finns’ Party MP Mauri Peltokangas and Prime Minister (Kokoomus) Petteri Orpo. Photo: Emmi Korhonen / Lehtikuva / Henrietta Hassinen / Yle

This week, the news also talked about political writing.

Finns Party MP Mauri Peltokangas wrote a text on Facebook that attracted a lot of attention.

Many people say the text is racist.

Many people believe that Peltokangas’s writing is directed at SDP Vice Chair Nasima Razmyar.

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo says that Peltokangas’s writing is not factual. Orpo says that a member of parliament should not write in such a way.

Orpo says that the Finns Party should address the issue in its own parliamentary group.

Starting school

several schoolchildren walking towards the school building with backpacks on their backs.

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School started in Kouvola, Ingrian Islands, on Wednesday. Photo: Pyry Sarkiola / Yle

Schools started this week in different parts of Finland.

However, school did not start everywhere on the same day.

In many cities, school started on Wednesday or Thursday.

However, school started in Tampere last week.

The Finnish National Board of Education says that around 50,000 children started school this autumn. That is around 2,000 fewer children than last year.

The start of school also means that there are many children on the road, for whom mobility is new. Therefore, drivers need to be careful.