will kick off their 2024 tour at Ice Rock (CH) January 04th 2024 and eleven freshly announced shows across their home country Their 2024 live itinerary also includes an extensive US tour festivals (including Summer Breeze Brasil and Wacken Open Air) April 26 – 28 2024 BR São Paulo – Summer Breeze Brasil [TICKETS] Open image viewerThe South Ostrobothnia Rescue Department responded to the bakery's fire in Alavus Image: Jari ElonenYle News6.1.2024 12:23•Updated 7.1.2024 10:42A large bakery belonging to the brand Töysäläinen burned beyond repair during an intense fire between Friday night and Saturday morning in Alavus Chief of the South Ostrobothnia Rescue Department described the scene as "inconsolable," attributing the unusually severe blaze to large quantities of flammable materials including deep-frying oil and packaging materials initial reports suggest the fire originated from the production area The emergency call came in just before midnight on Friday the bakery personnel were not on site when the fire was detected firefighting efforts faced severe challenges rescuers' clothing turning into ice blocks and the need to bring equipment indoors to thaw Additional units were sourced from as far as Lapua and Jalasjärvi both over 60 kilometres away from the bakery Firefighting efforts at the site are anticipated to continue into Saturday afternoon The bakery owned by the baked goods producer Elonen made rusks — twice-baked breads (also known as korppu in Finnish) — and gingerbread cookies Elonen estimated that the financial losses will amount to more than 10 million euros Update 07.01.2024 A previous version said the bakery burned down Additional information on the financial loss was also provided in the update Users with an Yle ID can leave comments on our news stories. You can create your Yle ID via this link. Our guidelines on commenting and moderation are explained here HELSINKI FINLAND JUser: :_load: Unable to load user with ID: 58 a nursing home operated in Alavus by Attendo was shut down temporarily due to insufficient staffing levels on Friday by the Regional State Administrative Agency for Western Finland THE REGIONAL State Administrative Agency (AVI) for Western Finland has temporarily shut down a nursing home operated in Alavus a leading provider of outsourced care services in the Nordics Attendo on Friday said the facility was shut down on grounds of insufficient staffing levels “Intensive work to rectify the issues will continue in order to guarantee the safety of customers. We take resident safety very seriously,” assured Tiina Talonen said the service provider has carefully examined the operations of its facilities over the past two weeks in order to be able to address any shortcomings “We apologise for the mistakes in our operations and the concern and trouble they have caused to residents and their families,” he added Attendo said it has already recruited more than the necessary number of new staff to guarantee patient safety in the wake of the inspection by AVI Roughly 50 elderly people in “exceptionally bad condition” moved into the nursing home after it began offering round-the-clock care and less intensive residential care services to elderly people on 8 January 2019 Helsingin Sanomat on Friday revealed it has acquired a copy of the decision made by AVI for Western Finland saying it shows that six residents of the facility had died by the end of January No further details were provided about whether the deaths were possibly caused by malpractice or negligence The newspaper also wrote that as many as 10 employees resigned from the nursing home between 8 January and 5 February Hoivakoti Ulrika, a nursing home operated in Kristiinankaupunki, Western Finland, by Esperi Care, was shut down temporarily in late January by the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (Valvira) Aleksi Teivainen – HTSource: Uusi Suomi Advertisement inquiries and other after-sales issues: info@helsinkitimes.fi Helsinki Times is the first and only English language newspaper providing news about Finland in English A weekly print edition of Helsinki Times was published from March 2007 up until Feb Helsinki Times is an online-only publication and other groups and individuals interested in Finland from all around the world © Helsinki Times All rights reserved.  Terms of Use | Privacy Policy Open image viewerMany veterans' services and facilities are winding down in Finland Image: Hanne Leiwo / YleYle News4.6.2024 14:48•Updated 4.6.2024 14:59Finland's War Veterans' Association (Sotaveteraaniliitto in Finnish) is preparing to end its operations at the end of this year The closure will be decided at the association's annual general meeting on 6 June in Lahti The association will hand over its tasks to the Tammenlehvän Perinneliitto which is another association dedicated to supporting veterans of the Second World War the War Veterans' Association has focused on supporting veterans' physical and mental wellbeing The Tammenlehvän Perinneliitto was founded in 2003 a symbol associated with war veterans and one that adorns many of their graves the association has 23 different member associations dedicated to different types of military and veteran support There are around 1,800 veterans of Finland's wars in 1939-45 still alive. Last year, a different veterans association for frontline veterans (Rintamavateraaniliitto in Finnish) ceased its own operations Users with an Yle ID can leave comments on our news stories. You can create your Yle ID via this link. Our guidelines on commenting and moderation are explained here.