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The leader of the Freedom Association is seeking from Pro Lahti to the Lahti Council – Pro Lahden Aaltonen: \”It’s a bit like a patrol\”

The leader of the Freedom Association is seeking from Pro Lahti to the Lahti Council – Pro Lahden Aaltonen: \”It’s a bit like a patrol\”

The picture shows a person dressed in a black suit, a white collar shirt and a blue tie.
Niko A. Kauko was a candidate for municipal elections in the Finns in Lahti in 2021. He received 56 votes.

Founded three years ago, the Freedom Association is divorced from the EU, the euro and NATO.

The main goal of the party is to remove Finland from the EU and the euro. In addition, it opposes Finland’s NATO membership. Nor does it believe in the climate change caused by man.

Pro Lahti is a group of non -party -political units with three delegates during the term of the term. Each candidate has its own electoral association.

Pro Lahti's election ad, which says 'Lahti energy must not be sold!'.
Pro Lahti has 54 candidates on the joint list of the electoral association.

According to Niko A. Kauko, the rules of the Freedom Association prevent the candidate of the other party, but Pro Lahti is not a party.

– Pro Lahti focuses solely on municipal policy, Lahti, while the Freedom of Freedom in Finland is more broadly. They are both political tools that Finns can use as a platform to improve society, but there is no cooperation between them, Kauko says.

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Many Päijät-Häme regional election candidates are ready to set their own municipal services over the benefit of the entire area

Many Päijät-Häme regional election candidates are ready to set their own municipal services over the benefit of the entire area

Meeting of the Päijät-Häme Welfare Regional Council.
A new regional council will soon be elected to Päijät-Häme. Archive photo of the meeting in February 2024.

Jarmo Kähävaari (co.), Who has influenced both the regional council and the city council, believes that the choice can be very difficult, but the decision -maker must look at the whole.

Some of the Päijät-Häme regional election candidates are ready to place their home country before the area in social services.

The YLE electoral machine asks the candidates if they are ready to compromise on social care services in their home community in the interest of the entire welfare area. 60 % of the candidates who responded would not put the interests of the welfare area ahead of their home country.

You can look more closely at the election machine how the candidates have responded and justified their answers.

Wellbeing areas may need to cut local services due to savings pressure. However, the regional council does not decide on the municipality of its own, but for the whole of Päijät-Häme. Any candidate is also voted in the area, regardless of the home town.

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Antti Tyrväinen is seeking Pelicans’ salvation with a 14 -year -old recipe – radio silence with Joker Juhamatti Aaltonen

Antti Tyrväinen is seeking Pelicans’ salvation with a 14 -year -old recipe – radio silence with Joker Juhamatti Aaltonen

The man sits in the hockey stand watching the field events.  There are empty benches in the background and players on the ice.
Pelicans striker Antti Tyrväinen after training 7.4. 2025 in the Lahti Ice Hall.

Antti Tyrväinen has also played in the previous Pelicans League qualifier in 2010-2011.

The Pelicans, who won the Finnish silver medal in the previous two seasons, advertise on their website that Tuesday 8.4. The most important match of the Lahti club in the 21st century begins.

Then the Lahti hockey pride maintained its position in the SM League by overthrowing the Sport’s earnings or out series with a 4-0 win. At that time, Tyrväinen put together 3 to 2 games.

– Last week I said to the guy that I think this (league qualifier) \u200b\u200bis really sweet to experience it myself. Big games and pressures, you have to take the right kind of energy. One has to enjoy the fact that Lahti and certainly Helsinki will have a full and hard mecca.

In the Playout series against the Jukurs, the Pelicans took the opening game with two goals by Tyrväinen, but after that the Mikkeli team took the series.

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Construction of Laune Skate Place starts in Lahti – the area off all summer

Construction of Laune Skate Place starts in Lahti – the area off all summer

A skateboard tire hits a hole in the skate park asphalt.
The colors of Laune’s skateboard use brand colors in the city of Lahti. Illustration.

The skateboard is expected to be completed by the end of October. The opening will be celebrated next spring.

The construction of Laune’s new skateboard will begin on Thursday, April 10.

A central park is being built an area where you can skate

Also roller skating, stunt bikes and sitting.

Initially, the old skateboard and roller skating course will be dismantled. Old materials are reused as much as possible.

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Trump’s customs decisions are confused – CEO: The US Customs is completely confused

Trump’s customs decisions are confused – CEO: The US Customs is completely confused

Topi Paananen, CEO of Peikko Group
Topi Paananen, CEO of Pekko Group, sees nothing but molten madness behind Trump’s decisions. \”Nobody benefits from them.\”

The CEO of a family business in Lahti does not spare his words when describing US President Donald Trump’s customs decisions.

US export duties and the instability of the situation confuse Lahti export companies.

The company has operations in Canada and to some extent in China.

– At the moment, the US Customs is completely confused. We have not been able to tell us whether a customs fee is 25 or 50 percent of, for example, the goods departing from Montreal towards the Colorado site. According to current information, Customs is up to 72 % of China’s deliveries.

The family -owned company manufactures the joints of the building elements and the structures to be cast and wind energy solutions.

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The district heating network is studied with a helicopter and it is not a waste of money

The district heating network is studied with a helicopter and it is not a waste of money

A gray building where the canals are crossed.  The building is gray metal and has tanks on its side.  There is a barrel next to the building.
With the help of helicopters, Lahti Energia charts the condition of its district heating network regularly.

Flight mapping also provides information on parts of the network that require repair in the future.

Lahti Energia charts the condition of its Kaukolampi network with helicopters and thermal cameras from the beginning of the week. Flights are made in Lahti, Hollola and Asikkala.

Work can cause air noise. On average, pipeline mapping is carried out every two years. It provides information on possible pipe crops and sites requiring repair. One inspection costs around € 20,000.

The Rosian says that thermal cameras also survive points where, for example, the thermal insulation of the pipe is starting to be on its way. Then the repair can be started before the pipe breaks. That too saves money.

Droons have also come to help in recent years. They are helpful in finding a problem with smaller areas. For example, a Rosistian mentions pipe leaks where the leak is known, even with a few hundred meters. In this case, the droon can quickly find an accurate place.

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The Lahti World Cup organizer has complained about recovering government grants to the Administrative Court

The Lahti World Cup organizer has complained about recovering government grants to the Administrative Court

The Salpausselkä race audience looks at the performer, dancing and waving Finnish flags.
Recovered government grants were awarded to the Salpausselkä 100th anniversary competition, which was held in connection with the 2023 World Cup.

The Ministry of Education and Culture charges EUR 154,000 government grants for the Salpausselkä festive competitions. Salppuri Oy has appealed to the Administrative Court of recovery.

The Ministry of Education and Culture awarded a total of EUR 220,000 for the Salpausselkä competition and the international responsibility seminar. Grants were granted in 2022 for the organization costs of the events and for any loss of any loss from the race. The decision to recover was made in the ministry last summer.

According to Kolu, the net effect of recovery remains around € 123,000 because taxes have been paid according to the original grant. Salppuri Oy also has tax assets on the subject.

Salppuri Oy has made a letter of complaint to the Hämeenlinna Administrative Court to reasonable or even non-recovery. The Administrative Court has not yet made a decision.

The last installment will be paid during this month

Prior to the appeal, Salppuri Oy made an appeal to the ministry, but the recovery decision did not change. According to Kolu, installments have been taken into account in the income statement for the ongoing financial year.

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The Ministry will charge $ 154,000 in grants back from the Lahti World Cup organizer

The Ministry will charge $ 154,000 in grants back from the Lahti World Cup organizer

Thousands of people have gathered in large numbers to enjoy winter sports at the Lahti Salpausselkä Kisamonttu.
The Lahti World Cup organizer will be recovered from EUR 154,000

The Ski Association, which was in financial difficulties, experienced a new financial setback.

The Ministry of Education and Culture will recover grants from Salppuri Oy, which organizes the Lahti World Cup. According to information received by YLE, the Ministry will recover a total of EUR 154,000 last year’s grants.

Salppuri Oy is owned by the Ski Association and the Lahti Ski Club. Both own 50 % of the company.

The recovery of grants is rare. The amount is also exceptionally high, but also the Kuusamo Erä-Veikkoatu is recovered at € 102,142. In addition, the Vierumäki Country Club is recovered by about € 45,000, EUR 10,000 from the Finnish Curling Association, € 3,163 for the Squash Association and € 3,083 from the Hockey Association.

The Ski Association has recently been in financial difficulties. A year ago, the Ski Association said it had made a loss of nearly EUR 2 million at the Group level.

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Democracy is also implemented in the tube – such a voting enthusiasm was in the Lahti police prison

Democracy is also implemented in the tube – such a voting enthusiasm was in the Lahti police prison

Even in police prisons, you can vote if you wish. If necessary, the police may even transport the arrested polling site.

The election is also intended to ensure a voting option for those who are not able to reach the polling facilities themselves.

In addition to hospitals and nursing homes, the voting option is also offered in a police prison, or in the tube.

– It’s a bit annoying that no one wanted to vote. This opportunity is offered because everyone has equality as a Finnish citizen to vote and be heard with their own opinion, Koivisto says.

Pipe door at the Lahti Police Station Police Prison.
The Lahti police prison had the opportunity to vote in advance.

He has organized pipeline votes in the past. Going to the police prison is not scared.

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Search for Fine Arts Training at Polytechnic in Lahti – Teaching begins in the fall of 2025

Search for Fine Arts Training at Polytechnic in Lahti – Teaching begins in the fall of 2025

The close -up is a multi -storey office building with a glass facade and a red brick wing in the background.
There are 36 starting places in the Mukkula campus. In addition, 16 current first -year students will move from Lappeenranta to Lahti.

The number of primary applicants for Lab for fine art education in Lahti in the fall of Lahti almost doubled from last year, while the training was still held in Lappeenranta.

The Lab University of Applied Sciences, launched in the fall of 2025 at Lahti Lab University of Applied Sciences, has attracted a great deal of interest. At the end of last year, Lab University of Applied Sciences decided to transfer fine arts education from Lappeenranta to Lahti.

The spring joint application for the training program had over 164 applicants, which is clearly more than a year earlier. Last year, there were 92 applicants. The number of primary applicants for training doubled from 43 applicants last year to 84 applicants.

In Lahti, the first 36 students in the training program will begin their studies at the Institute of Design in the Mukkula campus in the fall.

According to Tytti-Lotta Ojala, the reasons for the growth of the number of applicants in the spring joint application have not yet been investigated.

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