Finland’s electricity pricing system led to consumers paying more than they should have during the second half of 2022, according to an Aalto University professor. The energy crisis cost Finnish households an additional five billion euros, according to a study by Yle’s investigative journalism unit MOT. Between July and DecemberContinue Reading
Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) said in Kyiv that Finland should discuss whether its old Hornet fighters could be sent to Ukraine. Speaking to reporters in Ukraine on Friday, Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) said that Finland should discuss the possibility of sending some of its ageing Hornet fighters toContinue Reading
Some of the funds will be used to help the estimated 17.5 million people in the country needing help, including with food as well as education and nuclear safety support. Finland is planning to send a 29 million euro humanitarian aid and development support package to Ukraine, the Finnish MinistryContinue Reading
The head of the Swedish delegation in Brussels told reporters that progress is unlikely before Turkish elections, scheduled for 14 May. The latest round of trilateral talks between Finland, Sweden and Turkey over stalled applications by the two Nordic nations to join the Nato military alliance concluded on Thursday eveningContinue Reading
Saamelaiskäräjälain uudistus kaatui perustuslakivaliokunnassa. Eduskunnan vaalitauko alkaa ensi viikon perjantaina, joten kiistelty uudistus ei etene tällä vaalikaudella. Perustuslakivaliokunnan puheenjohtajan Johanna Ojala-Niemelän (sd.) mukaan aika loppui kesken. – Valiokunta piti asiaa hyvin tärkeänä, mutta näki, ettei tämän aikataulun puitteissa ole valmiutta antaa mietintöä, Ojala-Niemelä sanoi kokouksen jälkeen. Asiasta äänestettiin valiokunnassa. ValiokuntaContinue Reading
Finland’s conscription policy should treat all genders equally, according to responses from the Social Democrat (SDP) and Green parties to an Yle security policy survey sent to party leaders. Other parliamentary parties would keep conscription as it is, with female military service carried out on a voluntary basis, although theContinue Reading
“Being Norwegian is just like being Finnish, but without the drunkenness.” This is how the popular Norwegian social media account helgi.and.erlend describes the differences between the two Nordic nations in a video captioned “Gotta love the Finns”. In the background of the video, as if to emphasise the point, aContinue Reading
Finland is to decide this week on how it will participate in a European project to deliver Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine to help defend itself against Russia. Yle has learned that the government will meet on Thursday to consider a proposal on the issue from the Ministry of Defence.Continue Reading
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö meets on Wednesday with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Störe. The foreign and defence ministers of all three countries, including Pekka Haavisto (Green) and Mikko Savola (Cen) from Finland, will also participate in the mini-summit. The three-way Nordic conference willContinue Reading
The prime minister of Sweden has warned against delinking his country’s Nato membership bid from Finland’s, after the alliance acknowledged for the first time that the two might have to join separately owing to Turkey’s obstruction. Ulf Kristersson said in an interview that for strategic reasons, the two membership applicationsContinue Reading