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Susanna Tapio returned to the tourism and restaurant industry when forced by the corona, but thousands of others did not
Up to 20,000 employees left the tourism and restaurant industry. Especially the upcoming pre-Christmas season and winter will be challenging for companies due to the labor shortage. There are people who come into the field, for example, from the care sector, but the employment of many inexperienced employees ends already during the probationary period.
After the Verneri storm, almost 1,500 households are still without electricity
Just under 1,500 households were still without electricity as a result of the Verneri storm as of six o’clock Thursday morning. According to the power outage map, the most customers without electricity were in Central Finland at that time.
Fingerprints collected from passport owners could lead to solving dark murders
Ukraine’s attacks in Crimea were significant, according to an expert
Two big attacks have been carried out on Russian bases on the Crimean peninsula in the past week. Aleksanteri Institute Visiting researcher Ilmari Käihkö estimates that Ukraine implemented them either by bringing explosives to the site or by using short-range drones. One way or another, the attacks caused damages of up to billions of euros. Käihkö considers Ukraine’s new way of warfare and the political message related to the attacks to be even more important.
Wilma Murto jumped to become the European champion and broke the Finnish record
Murro became the first Finnish track and field gold medalist in eight years. Murto also improved the Finnish record in the EC final by no less than 13 cents.
The heat and thunderstorms continue
On Thursday morning, it is still raining in Eastern Lapland. In addition, there will be showers and thunderstorms in the middle parts of the country. In the afternoon, it will clear up in the north, and a front with showers and thunderstorms will move over the southern and eastern parts of the country. In the north, the afternoon is mostly cloudy and in western Lapland it is also sunny. Even in the south, the sun appears between the deaf. The temperature varies from the warm readings in the south to around 15 degrees in Northern Lapland.