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In Päijät-Häme, building fires caught fire last year less than a long time

In Päijät-Häme, building fires caught fire last year less than a long time

The disabled mall will return to Liipola, Lahti.
The disabled Liipola shopping mall in Lahti burned down in January 2025.

About 1,500 people were involved in accidents last year.

The number of building fires decreased last year to Päijät-Häme to a level ten years ago.

According to the rescue service, there was no fire death in the province last year.

Last year, there were more than 200 tasks arising from the building fires or their risk.

The rescue service was alerted last year for a total of nearly 4,000 rescue missions. Almost 1,500 people were involved in accidents.

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The smart board resembles a resident to eat – such home aids students are planning in Lahti

The smart board resembles a resident to eat – such home aids students are planning in Lahti

Accessibility should already be taken into account in the design of buildings, but the criteria are not fully met. According to the Disability Association, the disadvantages should be addressed more closely.

A smart board to be attached to the door that regulates the function of the apartment and reminds me of meals. This is one example of students’ ideas tested in Lab University of Applied Sciences Housing Laboratory.

Lab received partial financing from the ESSI project to develop unobstructed housing solutions. The school did the preparation and tests with users and companies. It is now hoped that ideas will arouse interest and end up in production.

Riga Savolainen and Daniel Rasmussen present three different door handles.
Riga Savolainen and Daniel Rasmussen present the door handles that make it easier to open the door. The handles work other than hand grabbing. The keys can be attached to the magnet during opening.

In control and attitudes problems

Accessibility in housing and construction in Finland is based on several laws, regulations and regulations that promote equality for all citizens.

Accessibility should be taken into account in the design of buildings and facilities, both indoors and outdoors. Planning creates the conditions for an accessible environment. Legislation ensures the minimum requirements for the dimensioning of the premises.

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A snowy street can capture a poorly moving person’s home – plowing robots are hoped for a relief for winter maintenance

A snowy street can capture a poorly moving person’s home – plowing robots are hoped for a relief for winter maintenance

Close -up is ice, sandy hassle and water on the street.  There is snow next to the street.
The variable weather of the Finnish winter and the requirement for accessibility is not an easy equation.

Everyone should have an equal opportunity to move, but snow and slip may completely prevent you from leaving.

Winter conditions and poorly managed streets cannot be a barrier to people’s equal access to work or hobbies. This is the outline of the Equality Ombudsman.

In his view, it would be important to develop new ways to solve the problems caused by winter weather conditions in Finland more enthusiastically. One example is different applications that can be used to check the movements and routes of plowing equipment in real time.

– Such applications should become more common.

There is a large snowstorm along the street and snowy trees.  In the background you can see modern apartment buildings and urban buildings.  Cars have been parked on the edge of the road.
Snow piles make visibility difficult and take parking spaces, sometimes accessible parking spaces. Illustration.

For example, the map service of the City of Lahti shows plowing and lounging and slipping movements.

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Pelicans goalkeeper Jasper Patrikainen leaves Norway

Pelicans goalkeeper Jasper Patrikainen leaves Norway

Oula Palve Gör Mål Mot Pelicans.
Jasper Patrikainen has played over a hundred league matches in the Pelicans field. Archive photo from December 2023.

The Lahti club and the goalkeeper, who had fallen into the tail end, terminated their contract over the weekend.

The Lahti Society reported on Saturday that the contract of its own breeder had been terminated by agreement. Patrikainen’s ice time has been low this season, or 10 matches in the domestic league.

The Norwegian club Stavanger Oilers said on their website on Saturday that he had signed a contract with Patrikainen.

The Pelicans are second in the league. Lahti has lost seven league games in the tube, most recently twice in the Häme dominant matches against HPK.

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Lahti searched for the lost all night-revealed to be a false disappearance notification

Lahti searched for the lost all night-revealed to be a false disappearance notification

The close -up is a police car parked at the intersection of the streets.
The search for a police and a voluntary rescue service was revealed to be invented. Illustration.

Police suspect the person who made the notice of the disappearance of a false danger report. The ex-spouse reported to be lost was with his friend all night.

On Friday, Häme police received a report of the lost person at 9pm. The person was searched throughout the night with several police patrols and a voluntary rescue service, Vapepa.

In the end, it turned out that the relationship had made and missed the announcement had ended earlier. The missing was reported with his friend all night.

In this case, the person who made the declaration of disappearance is suspected of making a false danger. This results in a fine or a maximum of one year in prison.

According to Hyyrynen, recording a false hazard report is rare in such cases. Police are continuing to investigate the case.

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Ville Skinnari leaves Lahti municipal policy

Ville Skinnari leaves Lahti municipal policy

Antti Lindtman (sd.) And Ville Skinnari (sd.) In the Parliamentary Chamber.  Ville Skinnari laughs.
Ville Skinnari has been a city councilor in Lahti since 2012. The picture is from the Parliamentary Chamber of September 2024.

Ville Skinnari (sd.), MP from Lahti, says he will skip the regional and municipal elections.

– Ville has been held and we waited for him to be there.

According to Laakso, Skinnari has been an important link between the city of Lahti and the state.

– This is a big loss.

Numerous positions of trust

He has been Lahti City Councilor since 2012.

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Lahti puts the skating fields again when freezing – some ski trails suffer from snowstorms

Lahti puts the skating fields again when freezing – some ski trails suffer from snowstorms

The edge of the skating rink with a yellow sign attached.  The sign says closed.
Radiomäki’s skating rink was closed on the last day of January.

The outdoor ice can be skated again next week. The ability to keep the tracks in good condition depends on snow.

The city of Lahti will start to get the skating rink in order early next week. The mild weather and rainfall have ruined the ice ice cream except for the ice cream ice. Now it’s about to be frosty again.

First, the largest school fields are renovated and then progress to smaller ones. The city will no longer continue to maintain the small ice fields of the playgrounds this winter.

The city will continue to drive ski trails if enough snow comes. The snow situation has been variable within the city.

For example, in Nastola, Villähte does not want to ski, but instead, the situation between Uusenkylä and Iiti has been good.

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Lahti is opposed to “Fazer tax”-fears that the tax increase will stop the plan to build a confectionery factory

Lahti is opposed to “Fazer tax”-fears that the tax increase will stop the plan to build a confectionery factory

The picture shows a large sandy field with rocks and large heaps on the surface.
Fazer has designed a chocolate factory for a business site in the picture in Kujala, Lahti. The picture is from August 2024. The plot is an agreement with Fazer until the end of 2025.

The Lahti City Government will give its opinion on the proposal for the increase in the VAT increase tax on confectionery and chocolate on Monday, February 3.

The city of Lahti strongly opposes the increase in confectionery tax it called Fazer. Next Monday, the City Government will give its opinion on the government’s confectionery tax proposal.

The government proposes that the value tax on sweets and chocolate be increased from 14 % to 25.5 %.

The proposal to be made to the City Government shall, inter alia, considers that the proposal is at odds with EU legislation, as EU State aid regulation prohibits tax measures that distort competition and trade between Member States.

In addition, tax changes are not believed to lead to a healthier direction, but to cheaper products made abroad and to higher total sugar consumption.

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The EUR 80 million of the municipalities passed from the state at Häme to freeze payroll payments in Häme

The EUR 80 million of the municipalities passed from the state at Häme to freeze payroll payments in Häme

The hand wipes the sink with a rag.
Employers are encouraged to wash unemployed jobseekers by paying aid for wage costs. Illustration.

It was known in the municipal employment areas that they would be transferred to wage subsidies and other charges granted from the state last year, but the amount of the amount surprised.

There has been a delay in paying wage subsidies. This is due to the transfer of the so-called payment debt to municipalities from the ELY Centers Development and Administration Center (KIHA). For example, in the employment areas of Hämeenlinna, Lahti and Southern Häme, payroll payments are delayed.

– We were prepared for the December payment applications for us to be processed. There were them there since last year, he says.

There have also been delays in the payment of start -up money, but this amount has already succeeded in dismantling the employment areas.

According to the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, the arrears transferred from the state to municipalities are around EUR 80 million in the whole country, of which 8 million will remain in the municipal account. The rest of the state will pay later.

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See the YLE counter how much an extra holiday would pay for you – a four -day working week is still an exception

See the YLE counter how much an extra holiday would pay for you – a four -day working week is still an exception

A large proportion of Finns could compromise on their salary if the workload was reduced. However, only a few are trapped in permanent four -dayness.

The four -day working week is desired in working life, but still quite rare.

Almost 40 % of Finns would, at least to some extent, be prepared to compromise on their salary, if the working time were reduced, the EVA survey of EVA will explain.

Still, few choose to shorten their work week permanently.

We found out why a four -day working week is not more popular.

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