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Over the past few weeks, suspicious drone sightings have been made near infrastructure sites in various parts of Finland, reports Ilta-Sanomat.

According to the paper, sightings have been made, often at night, by members of the public in Mikkeli and Savonlinna in the eastern part of the country, and at Mynämäki in the southwest.

Leena (no surname given), who was staying at her cottage in Mynämäki in the Southwest Finland region, told IS that she and her husband spotted a drone in the middle of the night from their terrace. While sitting there, the couple noticed a drone flying from the direction of a neighbouring cottage.

"We were very surprised to see that a few moments later it flew over us again in the same way. It was pretty low both times. All we could see were the lights," Leena said.

According to Leena, there are transmission lines owned by the Caruna power company near the cottage.

Rene in Savonlinna, also reported drone sightings near a large power line close to the Russian border. What makes the sighting so unusual is that the drone flight took place in the dark at midnight, according to Rene.

He says there have been similar sightings in the area before, especially shortly after Finland joined Nato. He said he reported the sightings to the authorities.

In addition, there have been drone sightings in Mikkeli in recent weeks. Sirpa, who has a cottage at Haukivuori in Mikkeli, told IS that she had also seen a drone.

A rail line is located nearby, with regular timber and freight shipments.

The Caruna power utility told Ilta-Sanomat that it has received reports of "several sightings" of anomalous activity near its electricity networks over the past year.

According to Jarmo Ström, the company's operations manager, in addition to drone sightings, some of Caruna's remote sites have even been broken into. Other suspicious activity has also been seen near electricity distribution points.

Ström declined to give IS details of the dates or the exact number of break-ins. He did say that since the start of Russia's war against Ukraine, Caruna has stepped up its own surveillance around electricity its power network.

The Finnish Border Guard has not commented these drone sightings.

"The Border Guard does not comment publicly on individual sightings made by its own surveillance operations or reported by the public, unless they require wider security communication measures," Kimmo Ahvonen, head of the Border Guard's communications unit, told IS.

The Eastern Finland Police Department, on the other hand, confirmed that the police have received and are receiving a steady stream of sightings of various drones in their area.

80 years since Moscow Armistice

Savon Sanomat is among the papers carrying a brief STT news agency item which notes that Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Continuation War, Finland's 1941-1944 conflict with the Soviet Union.

The war between Finland and the Soviet Union officially ended on 19 September 1944 with the signing of the Moscow Armistice, although a ceasefire had already come into force on 4 September.

Under the terms of the armistice Finland ceded to the Soviet Union not only the Karelian peninsula, the outer islands of the Gulf of Finland and the Salla-Kuusamo area, which had been lost in the Winter War, but also the Petsamo area and leased the Porkkalanniemi peninsula to the Soviet Union for 50 years.

In addition, Finland was obliged to pay new war reparations. The agreement required Finland to pay a total of 300 million US dollars in reparations over six years. The payment period was extended to eight years at the end of 1945.

The Moscow Armistice also obliged the Finns to remove the remaining Germans troops in Finland, leading to the Lapland War, September 1944 – April 1945.

Homeowners' costs skyrocket

Homeowers' expenses in Helsinki rose by more than 40 percent between 2020 and 2024, according to the economic and business daily Kauppalehti.

The property owners' association Kiinteistöliitto, the Finnish Real Estate Federation, provided the paper with a breakdown of its recent report that showed a sharp rise in costs of home ownership for all items measured, with the exception of the price of electricity.

A calculation based on a 90-square-metre flat in the capital found that annual homeowners' expenses went up 1,407 euros between 2020 and 2024, which is more than 117 euros per month, around 43 percent over the period.

The calculation includes property taxes, district heating, water, electricity and waste costs, but excludes private services such as management, accountancy and cleaning.

According to the federation's chief economist, Jukka Kero, the rise in recent years in Helsinki can be attributed in particular to increases in district heating, property tax and water costs.

"In 2022 and 2023, during the inflationary boom, private service companies also started baking increases into the prices charged to housing associations. Construction costs have also risen by almost 20 percent since the beginning of 2020. This is reflected in renovation costs for housing associations of all sizes," says Kero.

Lottery vs inheritance

Large numbers of Finns believe that winning the lottery is a more acceptable way to get rich than inheriting wealth, according to a study reported by Maaseudun Tulevaisuus.

A survey of more than 3,000 respondents by Danske Bank found that winning the lottery was cited by 29 percent of respondents as the most acceptable way to get rich. Entrepreneurship came second, with 22 percent of respondents saying it was the most acceptable path to riches.

Getting rich through inheritance was considered acceptable by only 18 percent of those polled.

The survey also shows that more people (39 percent) think that winning the lottery is the most likely way they will ever get rich compared with those (37 percent) who believe they can build wealth through regular savings and a frugal lifestyle.

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