Clear News | Friday 16.10.2026

Fuel subsidy. National school exams. Night shifts. Weather.

The government reached an agreement on fuel subsidies

Now about the price of gasoline and diesel.

The government wants to curb the rise in gasoline and diesel prices. The government reached an agreement on an issue it had been discussing for many weeks.

Agriculture, forestry and heavy transport receive the most fuel subsidies.

Private car owners’ payments will decrease because vehicle tax will decrease. There will be no significant changes in the price of gasoline.

You can deduct more from your travel expenses in taxes, as the upper limit increases to 7,800 euros.

The government wants to curb the rise in gasoline and diesel prices.

It will cost the state 60 million euros. The money will be taken from road maintenance.

National exams may be introduced in schools

Now about the learning outcomes of schools.

National exams may be introduced in schools, according to a proposal by the Parliamentary Audit Committee.

Finland wants to find out why the Pisa results have deteriorated. Pisa is an international study that measures the skills of schoolchildren in different countries.

Finland used to be at the forefront of research. The results have deteriorated significantly for about 20 years now.

National exams may be introduced in schools. They are intended to be administered in all schools in Finland.

You have to wait on night duty

Now about the night shift.

A Yle report shows that patients have to wait a long time in the hospital’s night shift. The wait can be as long as more than 6 hours.

The wait time for night duty in many welfare areas is 5–6 hours.

The patient has to wait a long time in the hospital’s night shift.

The longest queues were in Turku, Kuopio and Espoo. The shortest queues were in Jyväskylä, where the time elapsed was just under 5 hours.

Patients say the waiting time is too long.

Weather

Still a weather forecast.

The sun will shine in the west and north tomorrow afternoon.

It is raining in the south and east.

The temperature in most parts of the country is between 5 and 10 degrees.