We will briefly cover the news and topics of the day.
What do Macron and Le Pen think about Europe?
In France, the decisive second round of the presidential election is coming today. Incumbent president Emmanuel Macron campaigning for continuity. Right-wing populist Marine Le Pen has appealed in the run-up to the elections, in particular to citizens’ financial concerns.
How would the candidates reform the economy, how would they react to asylum seekers and Islam? What about climate change, Russia or the European Union? We will map out the answers in this story.
Ukraine has been at war for two months
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 and fighting in the country continues. Russia’s latest attack in eastern Ukraine has so far not yielded significant results, according to the British intelligence service.
It is difficult to obtain reliable information on the progress of the fighting. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on Saturday that its international military observers had been arrested in eastern Ukraine. The organization has not specified how many of its members have been imprisoned.
The feeling of insecurity has increased in the service industry
In the service industry, many people find their behavior more unfriendly than before. According to a survey by HR service company Barona, many in the industry are burdened by heightened customer behavior and even intimidation.
Poet Essi Leppänen: There is not enough talk about loneliness, even if it kills
Cultural guest Essi Leppänen paints verbal pictures of the lonely and the fallen. He believes that loneliness is a public illness whose root causes are under construction. Economic inequality, shame and fear of being thrown into a corner and make us forget that we are interdependent.
Sunday is sunny
Slightly cooler air flows to Finland from the north. Today, however, it is still largely sunny and the temperature is around 10 degrees during the day. At night it is frosty all over the country and in the early part of the week the weather cools down.