Milk shelves empty, but beer remains – this is what’s on the shelves in Finnish shops now

We are monitoring the situation in stores across Finland. In the logistics sector, the strike started on Monday and will spread to stores on Wednesday. Both strikes will last for three days.

The strike in the retail sector started in the logistics sector on Monday morning and workers in shops will go on strike tomorrow, Wednesday. Both strikes will last for three days.

– The best advice is to work as normal,” says Luoto.

According to Luoto, there may be changes to the opening hours of shops. Stores may have to limit their opening hours either at the beginning or at the end.

Differences in stores depend on the type of workforce to run the trade.

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Erkki Nieminen, Lahti’s longest-serving councillor, has died

The 89-year-old municipal policy expert from Lahti was still a candidate in the spring elections.

He has served as a Lahti City Councillor for several terms since 1989 and has also held numerous other positions of trust, including in the Vitality and Employment Committee and the Päijät-Häme Regional Council.

Nieminen was educated as a Doctor of Education and Master of Political Science. He retired as Managing Director of Lahden Pysäköinti Oy, but continued to make a difference as a trustee.

Erkki Nieminen was also a candidate in this spring’s municipal and regional elections.

As the oldest delegate, Nieminen was honored to open the first meeting of the Päijät-Häme history in March 2022.

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Lahti gets its first accessible swimming beach this summer

The renovation will affect the use of Möysä beach and traffic arrangements. Work will start in April.

This summer, Lahti will have a barrier-free swimming beach, with the construction of an accessible ramp dock at Möysä beach.

In addition, a new barrier-free access road will be built from the parking area to the maintenance building and the beach. Work is expected to start in early April.

The accessibility upgrades are part of a larger renovation of the area. During the spring and early summer, improvements will also be made to the park areas and the car park, where two accessible parking spaces will be added. The beach will also get a new volleyball court and a local sports area.

A new stormwater filtering system will be built in the corner of the park. So far, stormwater has gone straight to Joutjärvi along stormwater lines.

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A stunning feat: Janne Ahonen and Toni Nieminen duel in the Salpausselkä – “Anything can happen”

Janne Ahonen and Toni Nieminen will be seen at the Salpausselkä races on Saturday 22 March. They are looking forward to the duel with trepidation, but also with excitement.

– I got a phone call. They told me that there was an idea like this. They asked me how they could get me involved. I said that I would go if Janne would go, Toni Nieminen told Urheilustudio.

– I was asked for such a challenge and was told that Toni has already agreed to do it, Janne Ahonen continued.

Toni Niemis feels great to be able to try jumping from the big hill in Lahti at the age of fifty.

– It’s amazing to get involved. I can pre -sense a frightening panic, but still enjoyment. The audience is waiting and anything may happen, Janne Ahonen says.

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Lahti man receives long prison sentence for attempted manslaughter

The court sentenced him to more than six years in prison for, among other things, two counts of attempted manslaughter against two different people.

The perpetrator had previously been sentenced to a suspended sentence for three assaults committed during 2020.

The attempted murders in question took place outside a restaurant in Lahti in May 2023 and in a private residence in October last year. The weapons used were a knife and a knife.

In the attempted manslaughter in May, the victim managed to dodge and repel several stab wounds directed at him.

The court held that the pits of about 10 centimeters were to kill and the act was done systematically. Evidence in the court was, among other things, emergency center information, surveillance camera recordings and messages sent by Koivula to the lawyer. In the past, Koivula had shocked a sharp -stabbing a Lahti man’s car and had caused the cost of repairing several hundred euros.

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Two men serve more than three years in prison for aggravated rape in Lahti

Consensual sex with one man turned into rape by two men.

In late January, Päijät-Häme District Court convicted two men of aggravated rape. Both men were sentenced to three years and four months in prison.

The two men are jointly and severally liable to pay compensation of €11 550.

There was also a third man who committed a sexual act. He received a five-month suspended prison sentence and will have to pay the victim compensation of €800.

The events began in April 2023 in Lahti, when the woman had gone to the apartment with two unknown men with unknown men. The woman had been with another man in consent in sexual intercourse.

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Children’s culture is talked about, but neglected in the budget – keeping subsidies unchanged is cutting back

Lahti is organising a children’s winter carnival in the old style, as the city wants to invest in children. However, the cuts in culture are still reflected in the cultural offer for children in Häme, too.

Lahti decided that the appropriations for children’s culture would not be touched. One proof of this is the ongoing Children’s Winter Carnival, which is being held for the 42nd time.

Lasting just over three weeks, the Children’s Culture Festival is an event built through a wide network of partners. The main target group is children and young people, both as audience and performers.

He estimates that in Lahti, a total of more than €100 000 is spent on children’s culture through various actors.

It is difficult to calculate the budget and subsidies for children’s culture, as cultural subsidies are granted to many actors. These include libraries, theaters, orchestras and museums that organize children’s events among others.

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Raute increased its turnover despite the downturn in the construction industry

Raute: The US administration’s statements on new tariffs have added to market volatility.

The Lahti-based wood technology company Raute increased its turnover and improved its profitability last year. Raute’s turnover grew by more than 40 per cent to just over €204 million. In the previous year, turnover was around €145 million.

The operating result improved from around EUR 2 million to almost EUR 14 million.

Raute received new orders worth more than EUR 120 million, including the expansion of a birch charcoal plant in Latvia. Two thirds of the orders came from Europe and about one fifth from North America.

According to Raute, the US presidential election postponed the company’s customers’ investment decisions, and statements on new customs fees have increased the market instability. Similarly, the Ukrainian war continues to affect market moods in Europe.

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Lahti region ranked in the top five – cooperation between universities and companies is a big attraction

Lahti improved its ranking by three notches in the EK’s biennial ranking of municipalities.

The Lahti region has improved its ranking in the ranking of municipalities by the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK).

The EK’s biennial ranking of municipalities measures the attractiveness of different sub-regions from a business perspective. The Lahti region was ranked fifth in the latest ranking, up from eighth two years ago.

The comparison uses both a survey for businesses and regional statistics on local economies and entrepreneurship. Business leaders’ assessments of the Lahti region’s business policy and treatment of businesses are higher than the national average.

Cooperation with universities attracts businesses

According to Vanhala, close cooperation between universities in the region, the LUT University and the Lab University of Applied Sciences and the companies has become an important attraction. However, attracting companies and labor into the area is the sum of many things.

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All social services in Lahti will soon be under one roof in Sammonkatu

The social services of Päijät-Häme will be brought together in one place. At the moment, they are scattered at several addresses. This is expensive and inconvenient for customers.

New premises have been found for the social services of the Päijät-Häme welfare area.

The Regional Director for Welfare will propose to the Regional Council on Monday that the Social Centre’s premises be located in a former furniture factory at 8 Sammonkatu in the Paavola district.

According to the proposal, the contractor and lessor will be a consortium of the City of Lahti’s premises company Spatium and the real estate investment company Staffia oy, Ryhmittymä Sammon8.

Another tenderer, Investors House Corporation, also participated in the tendering, but its offer did not meet the terms of the tendering.

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