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The front page of Yle features domestic news, including a report on the resolution of a disruption in Kela's IT systems, a positive forecast for the lingonberry and blueberry harvest, and updated inflation figures for August. International news includes reports on rising death tolls from floods in…

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Kela's IT disruption is over ↗

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Kela announced that a disruption in its IT systems, which affected both electronic services and customer service, has ended. Services are now operating normally.

Inflation slowed to 2.4% in August ↗

Finland's EU-harmonized inflation slowed to 2.4% in August, down from 2.5% in July, according to preliminary data from Statistics Finland. The biggest year-on-year increase was in transport.

Rescue services' automatic initial alerts to end ↗

The way rescue services notify about incidents will change, with media no longer automatically receiving initial alerts for medium and large-scale operations. Reporting will depend more on the discretion of rescue authorities.

Most pensions accumulated by 54-year-olds last year ↗

According to the Finnish Centre for Pensions (ETK), the most new earnings-related pension was accumulated by 54-year-olds last year, with an average of 57 euros. This was the last year that those aged 53-62 accumulated pension at an increased rate.

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