Gameday in Nokia

In the afternoon Pyrintö women's team had a match against BC Nokia in their home court. The game was very exciting and even. In the second period Pyrintö had already 10 points lead, but in the end BC Nokia won by 69-66.

Clocks have been turned back one hour and we returned to standard time.

In June, a citizens' initiative to eliminate Finland's participation in daylight saving time was handed over to the second deputy speaker of parliament, after receiving more than 70,000 signatures.

This past Thursday, the parliamentary transport and communications committee recommended to the government that Finland should actively push the EU to abolish its directive on daylight savings time, after considering the citizen's initiative.

The committee justified the recommendation by saying that turning the clocks causes short-term sleeping disorders, reduced performance at work and can also lead to serious health problems. 

Many Finnish lawmakers point out that their hands are tied, however, as the country is bound to European Union standards as a Member State.

A similar bid to do away with the time change has been proposed for consideration at the European Parliament and each of Finland's 13 MEPs has signed on to support it. The Commission had decided to analyse the impact of the time change more closely.


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