We tell the news and topics of the day quickly.
This is how the United States would come to the rescue if Russia lands on the coast of Finland
The compatibility of the defense forces with the Western alliance has been drummed up as a catalyst for Finland’s NATO membership. The visit of the USS Kearsarge, one of the world’s largest landing ships, to a military exercise in Finland showed that there is still a lot to learn.
Raitase gets EC gold, Mäkelä gets EC silver
Later on Friday night Kristiina Mäkelä increased Finland’s medal tally to three when jumping with an SE result of 14.64 European Championship silver.
Pole vaulter Wilma Murto previously reached the European Championship with a race record and SE score of 485.
Young Lions to the World Cup final
Finland’s under-20 national ice hockey team has advanced to the finals of the World Cup. Finland beat Sweden 1–0. Finland plays against Canada on Sunday.
Finance Minister Saarikko hopes for moderate salary solutions
Minister of Finance, chairman of the centre Annika Saarikko hopes for moderate wage solutions from the labor market. According to Saariko, it is important that Finnish know-how is not priced out of international competition. Saarikko is Ykkösaamu’s guest on TV1 and Radio 1 from 10.05 am.
Many Westerners have forgotten the danger of polio
Polio has been so well eradicated, especially in Western countries, that in a way it doesn’t even exist anymore for many. That’s why the news from New York about the poliovirus findings was startling. According to a Finnish expert, sometimes “pockets” of unvaccinated people appear in different parts of the world, one of the reasons for which can be vaccine resistance.
Heterocouples often want the priest to speak gender neutrally at the wedding
More hetero couples than ever want their church weddings to be gender neutral. In practice, the couples want to remove from the priest’s speeches the sentences that define marriage as between a man and a woman. The wish has been expressed by others, among other things Minna Kalliokoski-Aries and Sami Kalliokoski.
– We think love belongs to everyone, and it is by no means just a matter between a woman and a man, says Kalliokoski-Oinas.
Widely sunny day, thunderstorms in Lapland
The weather today is dusty and sunny in most of the country. There is heat in a wide area. It is cloudy in Lapland, with rain and thundershowers in many places.