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
The government led by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) won a vote of confidence in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon. The vote followed an interpellation over the labour market situation, which was submitted by three left-leaning opposition parties: the Social Democrats, the Left Alliance and the Greens. The second-largest opposition party,Continue Reading
Finland has seen two major political strikes in the past few weeks alone, as trade unions voice their opposition to the government’s planned labour market reforms and cuts to social security benefits. In a survey carried out by Taloustutkimus, Yle asked respondents which of the government’s planned reforms they wereContinue Reading
Helmikuun aikana puolustusvoimien reservistä eronneiden määrä on noussut niin suureksi, ettei kaikille tahdo riittää vapaita paikkoja siviilipalvelusvelvollisten täydennyskoulutukseen. Reservistä eroavien aalto käynnistyi helmikuun alussa, kun puolustusministeri Antti Häkkänen (kok) kertoi Kyrönmaa-lehdelle ryhtyvänsä toimiin, ettei reservistä voisi enää erota. Myöhemmin ministeri pehmitteli puheitaan ja kertoi, ettei reservistä eroamista estäviä toimia nytContinue Reading
Alexander Stubb on Sunday said he had received an invitation to Kyiv following a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference this weekend. In Munich, Zelensky pressed partners for more military assistance. Asked by the press if the west had failed in backing Ukraine, Stubb said,Continue Reading