SUMMER RECESS

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24.6.2009
     
      The International Edition will be offline for the whole of the month of July. Today will be the last time we update the daily items before coming back online at the end of July. Weeklies will return shortly after we open up again.
     
Though there can be exceptions, July is not traditionally a very "hard" news month in Finland, either in politics or in business, as the country, too, is in recess, and Finland is more or less "closed" for the duration.
     
Many people choose to begin their summer vacation from the Midsummer weekend we enjoyed a few days ago, which signals a mass migration to the summer cottage, and a colossal increase in the grilled sausage and cold beer intake (and also in sales of mosquito repellent).
      Parliament rose already last week, on June 18th, and MPs will not sit in plenary session again until September 8th.
     
Finland’s politicians will be spending their time pressing the flesh at the country’s countless summer festivals rather than pressing voting buttons in the debating chamber.
      While the world will continue to turn, and news will doubtless be made, we hope that on the Finnish front at least it will be possible to enjoy the short Finnish summer in peace and to return refreshed in late July and August.
     
     
We thank all our readers for their attention and for the feedback we have received over the year, and wish everyone a pleasant summer season, with weather as glorious as it is today.
     
      IntEd Editorial Staff


Links:
  Finnish Meterological Institute - at least the weather looks promising for the next few days

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