{"id":268052,"date":"2026-01-28T09:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/268052\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:06:08","slug":"wednesdays-papers-early-retirement-freezing-wind-and-no-such-thing-as-a-free-inbox-yle-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/268052\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s papers: Early retirement, freezing wind, and no such thing as a free inbox | Yle News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-5vja16 kEtdKx kmuxyA yle__article__paragraph\">Can you retire if you&#8217;ve never worked?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mies makoilee s\u00e4ngyll\u00e4 ja selailee puhelinta.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/39-124932565dc5b4ed1ef8.jpeg\" class=\"aw-1l9m598 hKVVvP\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Open image viewer<\/p>\n<p>Mental health problems are the leading reason for seeking disability pensions, reports Helsingin Sanomat. Image: Henrietta Hassinen \/ Yle<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\">A striking number of young people in Finland are applying for disability pensions before they have even entered working life, reports <a class=\"aw-iao6s4 iHOxEa yle__article__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hs.fi\/politiikka\/art-2000011776722.html\" role=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Helsingin Sanomat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\">That&#8217;s according to the findings of a study published in a report by public sector pension insurer Keva.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\">According to the report, only about 20 percent of under-30s who applied for a disability pension or vocational rehabilitation on mental health grounds had actually been employed before submitting their application.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\">Mental health problems are the leading reason for seeking disability pensions and earnings-related rehabilitation in Finland&#8217;s public sector.<\/p>\n<p>When blades freeze<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\"><a class=\"aw-iao6s4 iHOxEa yle__article__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kauppalehti.fi\/uutiset\/a\/8a4708f2-ac44-4bf2-832b-55a5f097fdc6\" role=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kauppalehti<\/a> explains how a weather phenomenon is driving up the price of spot electricity in Finland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\">In many areas, ice has built up on turbine blades at wind farms. Combined with weak winds, the situation has slashed output from the country&#8217;s wind fleet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\">Forecasts suggest conditions will deteriorate further on Wednesday. On Tuesday, spot prices climbed to nearly 40 cents per kilowatt-hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\">Icing on turbines is a routine winter hazard in Nordic countries, but its severity this season has been worse than in previous years. Blade heating systems can mitigate the problem, but the responsibility for such measures has largely been left to the wind power industry itself.<\/p>\n<p>Goodbye Gmail?<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\">More and more Finns are looking for alternatives to Gmail and other American digital services, according to <a class=\"aw-iao6s4 iHOxEa yle__article__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hbl.fi\/2026-01-27\/manga-finlandare-valjer-bort-gmail\/\" role=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hufvudstadsbladet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\">According to Petteri J\u00e4rvinen, an IT expert who has been <a class=\"aw-iao6s4 iHOxEa yle__article__link\" href=\"https:\/\/yle.fi\/a\/74-20206417\" role=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sounding the alarm over US tech dependence<\/a>, it is time to abandon the idea that email should be free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\">&#8220;Stop being stingy,&#8221; he told the daily, suggesting that users should be prepared to pay a few euros a month for an email account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\">&#8220;If we are not willing to pay, we will inevitably end up in the laps of Google or Microsoft. If we want European alternatives, we must be ready to pay a few euros per month.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"aw-1gybjub aw-1p7kakr kEtdKx cEmitX yle__article__paragraph\">People pay for bus tickets and countless other services, J\u00e4rvinen noted, so why should email be an exception?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Can you retire if you&#8217;ve never worked? 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