Another new apartment building planned for Lahti’s Asemantausta – the city is getting half a million euros for the plot

Another new apartment building planned for Lahti’s Asemantausta – the city is getting half a million euros for the plot

Close -ups include apartment buildings in a residential area in Lahti.  There is an empty plot next to one apartment building.
A new apartment building is under construction in the Strong-Jussi residential area.

Hartela buys an apartment building plot in the Vahva-Jussin area. The company has built in the area before.

The City of Lahti is selling an apartment building plot in the Vahva-Jussi residential area to Hartela. Planning Director Juha Helminen has decided that the city will sell the plot to Asunto oy Lahden Vahva-Jussin Taime for €577 500.

Hartela has built apartment buildings on the former Stark site before. In January 2025, the City of Lahti and Hartela South Finland signed a preliminary agreement for two plots in the area, and the company committed to purchase one of them by the end of 2025.

The buyer has paid EUR 514 500 of the purchase price when the preliminary contract was signed. The remaining EUR 63 000 of the purchase price for plot 13 will be paid in full at the signing of the deed, the decision states.

The plot for sale has an area of \u200b\u200b563 square meters and can be built with an eight-storey house.

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It’s wrong for an artist not to own his art, says rapper Ibe – that’s why he won’t go back to a record label

Free from intermediaries

IBE leans on the wall with eyes closed.

In Ibe’s opinion, it is wrong for an artist not to own his own art. That’s why the rapper will never return to the label again.

– I don’t think that’s the right way to support an artist,” says Kärki.

These are his thoughts in the midst of change. Less than a week earlier, an announcement was made about the closure of the record label Skorpion. Kärki has been both an artist and a shareholder.

– We were an independent record company, but a record company always works like a record company,” says Kärki.

– It’s pretty big value questions that who owns music, who has the rights to what and how much someone deserves.

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The spring migration of white-tailed deer has started

The spring migration of white-tailed deer has started

White geese fly above the field.
White-fronted geese in Pöllönvaara, Kontiolahti 1.10.2024.

The occurrence of White-fronted Geese is concentrated in south-western and southern Finland.

The spring migration of White-fronted Geese nesting in Finland has started earlier than average. According to BirdLife Finland’s Tiira bird information service, the first two White-fronted Geese were spotted on Friday 7 March in Ruissalo, Turku.

The largest migration wave was experienced last Sunday, when more than 3 000 migrating White-fronted Geese were counted at several sites. The largest number, 3 630 migrating geese, was counted in the Kivikko area of Helsinki.

The largest single aggregation was counted this week on Monday at Kanteleenjärvi in Pukkila, where 8 000 White-fronted geese spent the night.

Last Saturday, 12,500 east -east white geese were lowered in Falsterbo, the southern tip of Sweden.

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Spring temperature record broken: 22,9 degrees Celsius

Spring temperature record broken: 22,9 degrees Celsius

The blue anemone blooms in the yard.
Wednesday saw record high temperatures for spring.

According to the current forecast, the warmth will continue into Easter, at least for the start. On Good Friday, temperatures in south-western and southern Finland could reach 23 degrees. Then the weather will start to cool down again.

It is unlikely to reach record temperatures yet, as the record for April is 25.5 degrees Celsius, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute. This was recorded in the city of Jyväskylä in April 1921.

*Updated 16.4. at 16.32: Updated up-to-date information on the highest temperature of the day.*

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The revision of the General Law is moving forward: The government wants more transparency in Yle’s operations

The revision of the General Law is moving forward: The government wants more transparency in Yle’s operations

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The revision of the General Law is moving forward.

The aim of the change is to make the operations of the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation more transparent.

The Government’s proposal to amend the General Law has been submitted to Parliament.

The amendment implements the legislative changes outlined by the Parliamentary Working Party on Universities. It also introduces procedures and criteria for the selection and dismissal of executives of public service broadcasters in line with the European Media Freedom Regulation.

The amendment now submitted to Parliament would increase Yle’s obligations to publish information on its activities and finances to the public. In future, the Board of Directors would monitor compliance with the obligation of transparency and the efficiency of Yle’s use of funds.

After the change in the law, the selection of the responsible supplier would be based on the experience of the person to be selected in relation to the responsible vendor’s task and experience in editorial work and the management of the editorial organization.

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