16 knife wounds to the body – a man in his twenties received a 4.5-year sentence for attempted manslaughter in Lahti

Two men were also convicted of assault. The assault took place in the centre of Lahti in October.

Päijät-Häme District Court has sentenced a 20-year-old man to four and a half years imprisonment for attempted manslaughter.

The district court also sentenced two other young men to three-month suspended prison sentences for assault in connection with the same act of violence. The convicted men are currently aged 18 and 20.

The man convicted of attempted manslaughter will have to pay the victim more than €15 000 in damages.

According to the district court, the trio had beaten the victim by pouring it on the ground, hitting the man in the face and kicking him at least once.

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The small municipality’s economy collapsed with the reform of the social services and now it sells almost everything it can: ‘We took a big hit’

The municipality of Myrskylä in Uusimaa has, in its own words, become a paymaster in the social welfare reform. Many other municipalities in Finland are in the same situation.

The centre of Myrskylä in the north-eastern part of Uusimaa is like any other small municipality in Finland. At the junction of two roads you can see a pharmacy, a shop, a library, a health centre and a bank.

The rural idyll is overshadowed by the municipality’s bleak financial situation.

In the light of the financial figures, Myrskylä is one of the municipalities in Finland that was left with the role of payer in the social welfare reform.

When social and primary health care and rescue were transferred to the well-being of the welfare areas, the principle of the reform was that the amount corresponding to the municipalities was cut.

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Lahti Kisapuisto artificial turf to be replaced next summer – the contract has been suspended twice, but now a contractor has been found

The renovation of the Kisparkisto will cost Lahti almost 760 000.

The artificial turf in Lahti Kisapuisto will also be ready for renewal next summer.

The city has finally found a contractor for the project after having to suspend the tender twice during the winter. In early January, the tender was suspended for a day following a complaint to the Market Court.

Since then, the tender has been revised again and now the contractor has been selected by decision of the official authority as Saltex Infra Oy. The work will cost the city just under €757 000, compared with the €700 000 the city had earmarked for the project.

The amount will renew the artificial turf, the elastic layer, the heating piping and the irrigation system. The aim is to do the work by Midsummer.

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The strike that started overnight will soon be visible on bread shelves, says the Vaasan chief shop steward

Two thousand workers in the bakery sector are affected by industrial action. The strike will last for the rest of the week.

The overnight strike in the bakery sector is likely to affect the availability of bread in shops as early as tomorrow.

– Today you will probably find our bread in the shops, but tomorrow it will probably be more limited,” he says.

– These are the two biggest players in the bakery sector in Finland and there will certainly be shortages in their products.

“The range is shrinking”, says the bakery boss

The strike applies to two thousand bakery workers in 150 bakeries across Finland. In addition to the Vaasa bakery, the strike includes employees of Fazer and Lantmännen Unibake.

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District court jailed two men on suspicion of aggravated robbery and deprivation of liberty in Lahti

The police also suspect the men of threatening the plaintiff in the case.

Police suspect two men of aggravated robbery, deprivation of liberty and threatening a person on trial in Lahti.

On 7 March, Häme police arrested two men from Lahti at the scene of the incident in the Paavola district, the release said.

The suspects are aged 29 and 34. The victim is a 26-year-old man from Lahti.

The act is being investigated as gross robbery, for example, on the basis of artificial equipment. They are suspected of having a threat of a lawyer in order to prevent the legal process.

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Shame slows down help-seeking in intimate partner violence

For example, last year, more than 300 clients of the Lahti emergency and shelter home used outpatient services offering counselling.

The number of people seeking help for intimate partner violence is increasing.

For example, people often go to emergency and shelter services at an earlier stage than when an acute crisis is present.

– People have identified the violence and can go for counselling. Then it may be that in outpatient services we find that it is not safe for the client to be at home.

Suni believes that shame is still raising the threshold to use services. He also hopes that, for example, authorities will recognize insecurity in homes better and earlier.

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Yle in court – prosecutor: four men robbed and killed a resident, then burned down the house

The four men are charged with manslaughter, among other offences. Two others are also charged with money laundering.

The trial of the murder in Kujala in Lahti in early August begins today at the Päijät-Häme District Court.

Four men are charged with manslaughter, aggravated robbery and aggravated assault. The men have been in custody since September.

The case also accuses two other people, a man and a woman, of money laundering. All the accused are from Lahti.

The accused is suspected of having gone to the apartment of the victim and the property of the victim using violence. According to a police investigation, the suspects set the dwelling on fire before leaving.

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Pelicans’ women’s team secured promotion to the Mestika

In Sunday’s qualifying match, the team from Lahti defeated Saipa by a clear margin.

In hockey, the Pelicans women’s team has secured its promotion to the second highest level in Finland, the Mestika.

On Sunday, the team beat Saipa Lappeenranta 4-1 in a qualifying match at home.

The match was attended by just over 300 spectators.

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The logs would qualify, the house is not – the association has sold the old monitoring house for two years, in the nearby village the corresponding euro was sold for the euro

In the countryside, associations have to be stopped because there are not enough residents to run them in the villages. Many associations often own large buildings that are difficult to sell.

– There the crowd decreased, and they felt that the building was difficult. The village association has volunteers of different ages and the opportunity to keep the building at the villagers, says Ahola.

Payment is offered to goods instead of money

In Saarijärvi, the Lakomäki Regional Youth Club has been on sale for two years – without success.

The log building over one hundred square meters is located on a hectare plot near the Pyhä-Häk National Park. The price of the house is € 25,000.

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Central Finn concentrates the folding and dismissed 14

The layout of the paper magazines will be done in the centers in Kuopio, Joensuu, Lahti, Jyväskylä and the Uusimaa region.

Keskisuomalainen Group concentrates the production of its paper magazines on five folding centers and dismisses 14 people at the end of the conversion negotiations. Initially, the need for reduction was up to 19 people. For some of those under the threat of dismissal, new work was found during the negotiations.

The layout of the paper magazines will be done in the centers in Kuopio, Joensuu, Lahti, Jyväskylä and the Uusimaa region.

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