Finland’s government has chosen Juha Martelius to serve as the new head of the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo), beginning from 1 April. Martelius will continue to work as State Secretary to Interior Minister Mari Rantanen (Finns) until the end of March. Martelius himself is a member of theContinue Reading
The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) has taken a new approach in its ongoing standoff with the government by placing a personal ad in the Sunday edition of newspaper Turun Sanomat, among other papers, directly addressing Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP). The ad is a plea from SAK’sContinue Reading
Finland’s Minister of Climate and the Environment, Kai Mykkänen (NCP), was on a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine on Friday. Mykkänen went to the war-torn country to discuss the environmental damage that the war has caused, according to a ministry press release issued on Friday afternoon. Other anticipated discussion topics includeContinue Reading
Sweden’s recent Nato membership is also a significant leap forward for Finland’s defence, said Finland’s Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP), describing the current security situation in the Nordic region. On Saturday, Häkkänen visited Enontekiö in Finnish Lapland for Nato’s Nordic Response combat exercises and met with Swedish Defence Minister PålContinue Reading
The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), which has been organising political strikes since last autumn, announced new walkouts on Wednesday. It said that a new wave of industrial actions will begin next Monday, and continue for up to two weeks. Details of some strikes are to be announcedContinue Reading
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) has invited representatives of key labour and employer organisations to discuss the future of Finland’s labour market model. The talks will be held on Friday, at the PM’s official residence Kesäranta. The discussions will review a government move to ensure that future proposals by theContinue Reading
Euroopan on tehtävä enemmän oman turvallisuutensa eteen, painottaa Puolustusvoimain komentaja Timo Kivinen. Euroopan maiden täytyy Kivisen mukaan nostaa puolustusbudjettejaan ja kasvattaa puolustusteollisuutensa kapasiteettia. Puolustusteollisuuteen tehtävät investoinnit ovat Kivisen mukaan myös edellytys Ukrainan pitkäjänteiselle tukemiselle. ”Minusta näyttää siltä, että Nato-maiden yhdessä hyväksymä kahden bkt-prosentin puolustusmenotaso ei tule riittämään kattamaan kaikkea sitä,Continue Reading
The Nordic Response 24 military exercise led by Norway begins on Monday in the northern parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway. The 12-day drill is significant for Finland as in addition to being the largest exercise the Finnish Defence Forces has ever joined abroad, it’s also the first time FinlandContinue Reading
Nordic Response 24, hosted by Norway on 4‒15 March 2024, is the Finnish Defence Forces’ most important international exercise of the year. Twelve Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters and approximately 250 airmen will take part in the exercise. The key objective of Nordic Response 24 for the FinnishContinue Reading
Finland’s GDP was down by 0.7 percent for the period of October through December from the previous quarter, reports Statistics Finland. Adjusted for working days, GDP was 1.8 percent lower during the final quarter of 2023 than a year earlier. For the whole of last year, GDP contracted by 1.0Continue Reading