As reported by YLE the Elisa-owned tower collapsed in the early hours of Sunday (July 28) The telco said that the incident led to disruption for its mobile phone network in areas of Hämeenlinna and Janakkala Both Elisa and the Häme Police Situation Center said the cables anchoring the tower were cut The police have opened an investigation into the incident there appeared to be no natural cause for the tower falling "Its supporting cables have been dealt with in such a way as to cause it to fall," said Mäkinen Vandalism to network infrastructure is not uncommon, as suspected copper thieves toppled a 488-foot rod cell tower in Oklahoma earlier this year Last week, five Zimbabwe nationals were sentenced to 10 years in prison for the theft of solar batteries and copper cables in the Northern Cape Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia The visitriihimaki.fi website uses Google Translate The joint regional economic cooperation between the City of Riihimäki and the municipalities of Hausjärvi Janakkala and Loppe will begin in early 2026 The aim of the cooperation is to implement two significant investments in the region annually and create a thousand new jobs by 2030 the municipalities will intensify cooperation in planning and land use and create joint business areas in the region we strengthen the attractiveness of the area and create a solid foundation for the growth of existing businesses and the creation of new ones Businesses are not interested in municipal borders a good location and a functional operating environment and that is exactly what we are building together," says Jouni Eho Janakkala and Loppi have collaborated over the years in both economic policy and tourism marketing: the tourism cooperation between Riihimäki Hausjärvi and Loppi was launched under the name Visit Riihimäki in the summer of 2021 and the South Häme employment area shared by the four municipalities began operations at the beginning of 2025 "Close business cooperation is a natural continuation of previous cooperation All municipalities have different strengths so we have no need to compete with each other On the contrary: we are stronger together," says Janakkala Mayor Riikka Moilanen Janakkala and Hausjärvi form an area that combines a logistical location advantage a vibrant countryside and a high-quality everyday environment The area provides a strong foundation for sustainable growth and smooth cooperation The goals of the new regional business cooperation are being implemented by Riihimäen Tilat ja Kehitys Oy (RTOY) a business company wholly owned by the City of Riihimäki in close cooperation with the municipal management and organizations responsible for vitality development The progress and goals of the cooperation are monitored by a regional management group which includes political decision-makers in addition to the civil service management of the four municipalities Janakkala and Loppi is home to over 60 people The municipalities are located in the Finnish growth corridor along the main railway and along Highway 000 leading from Helsinki to Tampere Discussions on regional business cooperation began in the fall of 2024 as well as the chairmen of the municipal boards and councils launched a preliminary study on the cooperation a consulting firm specializing in regional development attracting business investments in particular and the strategic planning of land use that supports this work were seen by the municipalities as topics where they wanted to intensify cooperation The regional management group invited the municipality of Janakkala to participate during the study The boards and councils of the city of Riihimäki and three other municipalities approved the regional cooperation agreement at their meetings in March and April Read previous news (March 2025): Riihimäki City Council took note of the regional agreement Read previous news (March 2025): Riihimäki City Council decided to launch vitality cooperation with neighboring municipalities Read previous news (March 2025): The City Council will discuss the vitality cooperation agreement between Riihimäki, Loppi, Hausjärvi and Janakkala on March 10th. 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Open image viewerAn aerial photo shows the approximately 50-metre tower was lying on the ground on Monday morning Image: Dani Branthin / YleYle News29.7.2024 12:40A mobile phone tower belonging to service provider Elisa collapsed in Janakkala early Sunday According to the Häme Police Situation Centre The case is being investigated as aggravated vandalism According to Detective Chief Inspector Marko Mäkinen there did not appear to be any natural cause behind the tower toppling "Its supporting cables have been dealt with in such a way as to cause it to fall," Mäkinen said Open image viewerA close-up of the supporting cables Image: Harri Oksanen / YleMäkinen said a police technical investigation visited the site on Sunday According to Elisa's Security Director Jaakko Wallenius at the moment it is not possible to say exactly why the tower fell but the possibility of vandalism cannot be ruled out the tower's supporting cables had been snapped Wallenius said this case is exceptional since cell towers and their anchor cables are regularly inspected Image: Harri Oksanen / YleOn Sunday night Elisa reported disruptions in its mobile phone network in areas of Hämeenlinna and Janakkala the situation has affected the functionality of voice data and SMS services in their mobile phone network has been confirmed at a pheasant farm in Janakkala in Tavastia Proper The disease had been found earlier in wild birds near the farm and after last weekend mortality among pheasants raised at the farm grew rapidly It is the first time in Finland that the bird flu has spread from wild birds to a place where poultry is raised The discovery of the disease affects regional transport of poultry and poultry products in a restricted zone Ten pheasants who had died on their own were delivered on Monday to the Finnish Food Authority where the bird flu infection was confirmed The farm itself has about 1,000 pheasants which the Finnish Food Authority has ordered to be put down the Finnish Food Authority is setting up a three-kilometre safety zone and a 10-kilometre monitoring zone About 40 places keeping pet birds or poultry are in the latter zone The Finnish Food Authority restricted transfers of poultry and poultry products regionally at the end of January because the disease was detected in wild birds and declared a restricted zone around the area where the disease was discovered It is likely that bird flu exists in other parts of the country as well although confirmed cases so far are limited to Southern Finland The Finnish Food Authority is urging poultry farms to upgrade their protection against disease to prevent bird flu infections from spreading throughout the country Poultry and all other domesticated birds should be kept inside or should be protected from contact with wild birds to keep the virus from spreading to areas where they are raised Owing to the bird flu situation a ban on keeping poultry out of doors took effect on 8 February this year Mass deaths of birds must be reported to a municipal veterinarian or provincial veterinarian without delay or more than ten birds of other species are found dead can be seen as mass deaths suggesting possible bird flu Individual large predatory birds found dead should also be reported If symptoms are noticed in poultry or other birds held in captivity the matter should immediately be reported to a municipal veterinarian an official veterinarian will examine the birds and have them sent to the Finnish Food Authority Individual wild birds that are found dead can also be sent to the Oulu branch of the Finnish Food Authority The Finnish Food Authority especially hopes to get waterfowl and predatory birds as samples The bird flu virus is not easily transmitted to humans and being infected usually requires close contact with a wild bird There are no known cases in Europe of the transmission of H5N8 type avian influenza to humans Good production hygiene combined with the fact that poultry meat is heated before it is used as food ensure that it is not possible to be infected by bird flu from foods that are sold in Finland and processed according to instructions There is no need to alter food habits because of bird flu +358 29 520 4436 (Animal Health and Medication)Head of Unit Tuija Gadd +358 29 520 4183 (Avian Virus Diseases and Diagnostics)Director Marjatta Rahkio E-mails take the form: firstname.lastname@ruokavirasto.fi Avian influenza in Finland Box 100FI-00027 FINNISH FOOD AUTHORITY Contact information Feedback Data protection statement Accessibility statement Site terms HELSINKI FINLAND JUser: :_load: Unable to load user with ID: 42 The burial site suggests both pagan and Christian influences An ancient burial site unearthed in Janakkala may shed new light on life in Finland a thousand years ago The rare discovery comprises two swords and bones that belonged to a large man a researcher from the National Board of Antiquities praises the experienced amateur archaeologists who discovered an iron spearhead and an axe blade in the field with a metal detector at the end of October and called in professionals to carry on with the investigations you could detect the outline of a rectangular coffin which together with the way coffin was laid in east-to-west orientation suggests a Christian influence,” explains Vanhatalo are pagan with one of them dating from the Viking era from around the 9th century to mid-11th century researchers found a newer 120-cm sword originating from around the age of the crusades Vanhatalo’s guess is that both swords were placed in the grave at the same time with the deceased man The older sword may possibly be a family heirloom that had already undergone cremation as it showed signs of burning The researchers believe the man may have been a squire not only because of the swords but also because he was over the average height of the time “It all matches with the way squires looked elsewhere in Scandinavia,” comments Vanhatalo MERJA 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Terms of Use | Privacy Policy jewellery and large grave field discovered in southern FinlandA local resident in Janakkala came across a Viking-era sword while clearing undergrowth in his forest leading to the discovery of more artifacts and an extensive Iron Age grave field Open image viewerA landowner in the Häme region found this Viking-era sword when his billhook struck something metallic as he was clearing brush in the woods Image: Reijo HyvönenYle News1.11.2022 14:50In mid-October Reijo Hyvönen a member of a regional history association in the Häme region (known as Kanta-Hämeen menneisyyden etsijät) received a message and a photograph from a couple of landowners he knows in Janakkala after finding a complete sword while working in the forest I asked if I could come and see the sword and visit the discovery site to see if there might be something else there," Hyvönen told Yle Open image viewerHyvönen found an iron axehead close to where the sword was discovered Image: Reijo HyvönenMore items from the Viking AgeHyvönen recognised right away that that the find was a Viking-era sword A quick survey at the site also revealed a Viking-period spearhead and an axehead The Viking Age in the region is often considered as falling between 780 and 1050 AD He estimated that the sword would probably be from 1000-1100 AD Open image viewerThe sword also led to the discovery of a tortoise brooch Image: Reijo HyvönenHyvönen contacted an archaeologist he knew at the Finnish Heritage Agency the agency's archaeologist in charge of the Häme region to visit the site where the artifacts were found A Heritage Agency test excavation team investigated the area on 26 October "They dug four test pits and they found a number of fine Viking-era objects," said Hyvönen Hyvönen and the excavation team were thrilled by the discovery the finds are part of a large cremation grave field It indicates that around 1,000 years ago there was a large settlement and a lot of activity in present-day Janakkala Open image viewerArchaeologists excavated a Viking-era spearhead first sighted by Reijo Hyvönen Image: Reijo Hyvönen"There are probably not many such extensive areas in the region at least based on the metal detector signals," said Hyvönen been partially disturbed by past forestry operations The area of the finds has now been demarcated as a protected site but there are apparently no plans to conduct further research at present due to the limited resources of the Finnish Heritage Agency Open image viewerA horseshoe brooch, chain and spiral ring from a recently examined cremation burial in Janakkala. Image: Reijo HyvönenProsperity and defenceIn the autumn of 2013, a warrior's grave was found in Janakkala, perhaps unique for including not only a spearhead and axe, but also two very different swords - one dating to the Viking Era and one typical of the period of the Crusades This burial was dated to around the year 1300 Swords were a high-status item and are an indication that the area was a prosperous one during the Iron Age it tells us something about Häme's warlike past "An ordinary warrior's weapons were usually spears or axes These swords show that here there was a readiness to defend their territory They were willing to fight to protect their home ground." Open image viewerAt Tervakoski School in Janakkala (pictured), girls' anxiety doubled between 2021 and 2023, according to the THL's school health survey. Image: Jani Saikko / YleYle News14.5.2024 14:15Anxiety levels among Finnish teenagers have increased since the Covid pandemic according to the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) When the THL's national school health survey revealed that as many as half of eighth and ninth-grade girls in Finland suffer from anxiety one school decided to take matters into its own hands Middle school girls at Tervakoski School in Janakkala reported exceptionally high anxiety levels Nearly 54 percent of girls at this Häme region school said they experienced moderate to severe feelings of anxiety represented a doubling since the 2021 school health survey The results propelled school staff into action After talking to the 8th and 9th-grade girls assistant principal Sami Piironen came away with the impression that their anxiety mainly revolved around two themes: schoolwork and pressure about their appearance Discussions with pupils further revealed that social media fuelled the pressure to conform to certain beauty ideals Piironen noted that these 14 and 15-year-olds have faced many worries — from the pandemic years to the ongoing war in Ukraine Since the school health survey results showed that many students skip breakfast the school decided to get down to basics and start offering free oatmeal before classes at 7.45am Another measure introduced to improve well-being was initiating weekly relaxation breaks in the school's gym The school also established a girls' support group and assigned pupils a support counsellor they could call if they needed help with their homework or wanted to chat The support group focuses on simple life hacks This includes reminding teens to take breaks when studying or heading out for a run before cracking the books ahead of a big exam The group also encourages girls to have conversations with their families so that they become used to verbalising their feelings and asking for help at home emphasised that anxiety is also a normal part of life then we're talking about an anxiety disorder but you also have to learn to tolerate a certain amount of anxiety as a normal part of life It's something that comes and goes," she said Users with an Yle ID can leave comments on our news stories. 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Police are investigating the cause but do not suspect a crime to have been involved Open image viewerImage: Yle Uutisgrafiikka13.3.2016 19:06•Updated 13.3.2016 20:06A 3-year-old girl has been found dead in Turenki in Janakkala after going missing on Sunday Timo Repo from the Häme police department says the child was found near her home in a nearby river "We found her with a Rescue Department boat," Repo says The girl went missing on Sunday morning and was found deceased later in the afternoon the Rescue Department and volunteers numbering more than a hundred people helped look for her Police do not suspect a crime to have been involved The ancient grave site appeared to be that of an early crusader buried with two swords from different eras Open image viewerArchaeology hobbyists were surprised to stumble upon the remains of a medieval swordsman apparently kitted out for battle in the afterlife Image: Simo Vanhatalo / Museovirasto14.11.2013 16:32•Updated 14.11.2013 20:39The well-preserved grave contained an uncharacteristically large 12th-century sword as well as what appeared to be a Viking-age blade that may have been part of a cremation ceremony The amateur historians were using a metal detector in a field in Hyvikkälä which had showed signs of pre-historic settlement the metal detector picked up a spear tip and an axe blade the hobbyists broke off their work to alert the National Board of Antiquities (NBA) Upon further investigation the find turned out to be both rare and valuable Researchers found a grave dating back to the Crusade-era 12th century The cadaver had been extremely well preserved allowing researchers to use new techniques to harvest information that would not have been previously possible in other words this traveller had two swords to accompany him on his journey into the afterlife the swords originated from different historical periods the smaller of which was a Viking-era artifact There is now speculation that it may have been in a fire it may have been an heirloom that was in a cremation fire from the crusade or medieval era roughly,” said the NBA’s researcher Simo Vanhatalo an array of tools had been provided for the dead traveller The remains indicate that the dead adventurer was a strapping 180 cm tall man who also carried his own 120-cm sword dating back to the period of the Vikings or Crusades Researchers expect that further analysis will reveal the identity of what appears to be a nobleman who lived about one thousand years ago “Now it’s possible to try these new forms of analysis We have put out enquiries to try and find out where the man was from And of course we can use regular radiocarbon dating to determine when he died His head is still encased in sand and we haven’t touched it We need to have experts to see that we do this right This skull has been extraordinarily well-preserved so we have lots of research material in terms of the skeletal structure,” Vanhatalo added