Clear News | Friday 30.10.2026

Google. STT. Rice pies. All Saints’ Day. Weather.

Police are investigating Google

First, news about the police investigation.

The police are investigating whether the environment was damaged at the Google data center construction site in Muhos.

The crime code for the police investigation is environmental degradation.

The police have received several requests to investigate Google’s actions in Muhos.

Google cut down hundreds of hectares of forest in the area where it plans to build a data center.

However, the law states that forests cannot be cut down until an environmental impact assessment has been carried out in the area.

The evaluation is still ongoing in Muhos.

Then news from the media industry.

The news operations of the Finnish Information Agency, or STT, are ending.

STT will cease operations in March. Almost 90 people will be left without work.

STT’s finances have been poor for a long time.

When STT ceases to operate, Finland will be left without its own national news agency, which is rare in Western countries.

Then we’ll talk about food.

Finns eat more rice pies than before.

Rice cakes are popular because they are easy to buy at the store for a snack or lunch.

The growing popularity of rice cakes is also visible in bakeries.

For example, Fazer’s bakery in Lappeenranta produced a total of 152 million pies last year.

The bakery says that sales of rice pies have been growing for a couple of years now, as Finns are eating more snacks than before.

Rice pie was originally a festive dish that was developed in Eastern Finland in the 17th and 18th centuries.

More news about tomorrow’s holiday.

Tomorrow, Saturday, All Saints’ Day is celebrated in Finland.

On All Saints’ Day, we remember loved ones who have already died.

Tradition includes taking candles to graves.

Still a weather forecast.

On Saturday, the weather will be mostly sunny, meaning it won’t rain. The day will be cloudy.

Temperatures vary between 2-9 degrees.

The wind is weak.