Helsingin Sanomat covered billionaire Elon Musk promoting a Finnish presidential debate in English hosted by Aalto Management on the social media website X (formerly Twitter).
On Wednesday, Aalto Management, an organisation of Aalto University students, will host a presidential debate for the upcoming election early next year, which will be streamed live on X.
Musk has one of the largest followings on the social media site X, which he bought last year when it was known as Twitter.
Alexander Warén, Aalto Management's head of communications, told HS that the organisation's board wanted X to partner with the event, as this would allow the debate to reach as many people as possible internationally.
"There is a person close to the board who was in direct contact with Elon Musk," he told the newspaper, adding that Musk shared a post announcing the debate himself without being prompted by the group.
Warén noted that neither Musk nor anyone outside the university played a role in the organisation or content of Wednesday's debate.
The debate will be broadcast live on X on Wednesday at 6pm entirely in English and feature presidential candidates Alexander Stubb (NCP), Pekka Haavisto (Green), Olli Rehn (Centre), Mika Aaltola and Harry Harkimo (MN).
Candidates not appearing at the debate include Jussi Halla-aho (Finns), Li Andersson (Left) and Sari Essayah (CD), among others.
Tight squeeze
Tabloid Iltalehti dove into the perception that parking spaces seem smaller than they were in the 1990s.
While the spots themselves have not shrunk, the cars using them have grown and legislation has not kept pace with the trend.
More than 40 percent of new cars registered today are SUVs, increasing the tight squeeze.
"These [parking spots] tend to be two metres wide. According to the Road Traffic Act, the width of a parking space should be 2.4 metres and its length 5 metres. When the width of an SUV's body is 2 metres and the side mirrors add 40 cm, that's a lot of effort to get the car in," said Hanna Korpela, a parking expert from parking app EasyPark.
According to the Finnish Crash Data Institute (OTI), Finnish car parks see an accident five times an hour, every day of the year. In total, this means that insurance companies reimburse motorists for around 42,000 parking-related dents and dings each year.
Hibernal Halloween
Tuesday's snowy weather continued overnight into Wednesday, especially in Tampere, where local newspaper Aamulehti covered the storm.
The paper noted that snow, sleet and rain covered the region and made driving conditions dangerous, highlighting that the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) issued a rare red traffic weather warning until 11am on Wednesday.
Meteorologist Petri Hoppula from the FMI told AL that the Tampere area could get up to 30 cm of snowfall, an increase from Tuesday's forecast.
The FMI also issued a slippery-conditions warning for pedestrians in Pirkanmaa.
Updated at 10:16 01.10.2023 to add candidates not appearing at debate.
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