A legal battle over swimming ladders in a lakeside terraced house in Kuopio’s Saaristokaupunki has concluded with a court ruling ordering their removal. The Northern Savo District Court determined that the housing company’s decision to allow the construction of the ladders violated the principle of equal treatment under the Housing Companies Act.
A tractor accident in Kitee, North Karelia, on Tuesday evening left a man trapped under the arm of a front loader after the vehicle tipped over. The North Karelia Rescue Department received an emergency alert at 19:37, responding to an incident in a private yard area. According to the
The Finnish housing market remained subdued in June, with prices for old share-ownership apartments falling by 3.9 percent nationwide compared to the previous year, according to data from Statistics Finland. The decline in prices did not stimulate market activity, as transaction volumes also dropped significantly. Compared to the
The District Court of Central Finland has sentenced a 43-year-old man to 11 years in prison for multiple sexual offenses against three minors, committed between 2015 and 2025. The verdict, issued in the spring, was only published in the summer. The man has appealed the decision to the
Posti’s repeated delivery failures have caused serious disruptions for at least two healthcare-related cases in Finland, including a Helsinki resident left without vital medical supplies and a private medical clinic facing spoiled lab samples due to delayed transport.