Sun, 06 Dec, 2015 12:04:21 AM FTimes-STT Report, Dec 6  File Photo – Lentikuva. The nation will celebrate the Independence Day on Sunday with festivity and joy and show due respect to the war veterans.
The country achieved the liberation in 1917 from Imperial Russia. Today is a public holiday.
Meanwhile, the Independence Day parades and demonstrations in South-Finland are likely to face miserable weather.
According to the on duty meteorologist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, rain accompanied by fierce winds is forecast more or less throughout the day all over southern Finland.
Independence Day celebration candle in Helsinki on Saturday. Photo – Lentikuva. The temperatures in the south will rise to almost ten degrees.
Movement by sea could also prove to be uncomfortable on Independence Day, as wave and storm warnings have been issued for the eastern Baltic Sea.
In the northern parts of Finland, weather should be more favourable. In north of Oulu, mild sub-zero temperatures are expected, and the sun may peep out in places where it still rises.
Most of the business centres including super markets and chain shops will remain closed while the public transport will maintain the holiday schedule.
President Sauli Niinistö and first lady Jenni Haukio at a the Independence Day reception at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on 6 December 2014. File Photo – Lentikuva. The small shops not bigger than 400 square metres and stalls in round the clock refueling stations, however, will remain open.
President Sauli Niinistö and first lady Jenni Haukio will host the Independence Day Reception at the President’s Palace.
The invitees are people from different strata including members of the government, lawmakers, sen-ior civil servants, members of the diplomatic corps and people from different strata of the country.
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