Chinese manufacturer BYD has delivered 76 electric buses to public transport operator Nobina for use in the Finnish capital Helsinki. This completes the order for a total of 119 vehicles. The new fleet includes BYD's new 15-meter low-floor model, which made its European debut in the Finnish city
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Finland aims to improve mobile network reception on trains Monday 26 April 2021 | 13:09 CET | News The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications said it held a round table meeting on 14 April to discuss network capabilities on passenger trains. It was attended by representatives of the VR Group, DNA, Elisa, Telia Finland, the Finnish Federation for Communications and Teleinformatics FiCom, transport and communication agency Traficom, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority HSL, and the Digirail project. At the event, the state and companies agreed that a joint plan for the development of network capabilities would be drawn up this year.
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Finland aims to improve passenger railway mobile network reception Monday 26 April 2021 | 13:09 CET | News The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications said it held a round table meeting on 14 April to discuss network capabilities on passenger trains. It was attended by representatives of the VR Group, DNA, Elisa, Telia Finland, the Finnish Federation for Communications and Teleinformatics FiCom, transport and communication agency Traficom, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority HSL, and the Digirail project. At the event, the state and companies agreed that a joint plan for the development of network capabilities would be drawn up this year.
79,094 lab-confirmed infections as of Saturday 3.4 (up by 422 since Friday)
846 deaths attributed to coronavirus as of Thursday 1.4 (up by 2 since Wednesday)
264 people in hospital, 52 of them in intensive care as of Thursday 1.4
971,827 people (17.5% of the population) had received at least one vaccination dose as of Saturday 3.4
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3.4 16:51 Speaker condemns MP s threatening mask mandate tweet
Speaker of Parliament
Anu Vehviläinen (Cen) has condemned a threatening tweet sent by MP
Ano Turtiainen and said she intends to bring the matter before Parliament when MPs return from the Easter holiday.
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Heavy snowfall, especially in southern and southwestern areas, is expected to continue into Wednesday.
Snow falling outside Helsinki Central train station on Tuesday morning.
Image: Silja Viitala / Yle
A snowstorm has led to power outages and hazardous driving conditions across southern and southwestern Finland on Tuesday.
The blizzard has also extended to western and central parts of the country, but significantly less snow has fallen in these areas.
The Finnish Meteorological Institute has issued a series of weather warnings in relation to dangerous driving conditions, especially in the south and southwest.
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A cyclist pushing a bike through the blizzard next to Senate Square in Helsinki.