prime minister Sanna Marin (SDP) and key government ministers must unveil more information on their coronavirus exit plan at a press conference beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, a leading daily reports Helsingin sanomat newspaper.
The board met Tuesday night at the Estates House to discuss changes to plans to remove restrictions. The proposal had been sent for comment from other officials and organizations over the past week.
The Minister of Science and Culture will also perform at the event Annika Saarikko (Cen), Minister of Justice Anna-Maja Henriksson (SPP), Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo (Green) and Minister of Education Jussi Saramo (Left).
Immediately after the press conference, the government must begin negotiations on the budget framework for the remainder of the election term. According to HS, negotiations are likely to be difficult.
The document mentions three main disputes: the level of expenditure and loans, employment measures, in particular how to reduce the unemployment rate, and climate issues, in particular the taxation of the use of peat as a fuel and the role of peat entrepreneurs. The rural center of the archipelago is of particular concern.
The government aims to phase out the use of highly polluting peat as part of a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035.
MT: Closure of the Kemi plant to overshadow the budget negotiations
Agriculture daily Future of the countrysideAccording to the farmers’ organization published by MTK, the negotiations will be overshadowed by Tuesday’s announcement of a large factory closure in northern Finland.
Forest products giant Stora Enso announced that it will pull the plug to the Veitsiluoto pulp and paper mill in Kemi. It is causing an immediate loss of almost 700 jobs and a huge impact on the local economy, and is one of the biggest industrial stoppages in Finnish history.
According to the newspaper, the center has considered resigning from the five-party coalition government if it does not agree on adequate measures, for example in employment in the less populated areas of the country, including in the north.
This would mean that the government would lose its majority in parliament.
According to the Rural Future, it is also possible that the smaller Left Alliance may leave the Cabinet if it considers the agreed employment measures, for example, too strict. Left-wing walking left the other four governing parties a small majority of the razor out of 101 seats in the 200-seat constituency instead of the current 117.
In a lighter way, the rural newspaper also has a nostalgic Photo Report about the club, which is intended for Finnish vintage enthusiasts. Valmet tractors, now better known internationally as Valtra machines. The Old Valmets association operates in Nurmijärvi in southern Finland, but it has members all over Finland as well as in Sweden and Germany. President of the club Kimmo Kirveslahti says there are many women among the 1140 members of the association.
Valmet (short for state metal factory) was founded 70 years ago. Its tractor subsidiary Valtra was spun off in 2003.
AL: Don’t put them in wool yet
Tampere spreadsheet Morning paper warns its readers not to change to summer tires or put on woolen clothing yet. According to the magazine, the average temperature in Central Finland may rise to 13 degrees Celsius, but it will halve in the next few days.
Over the weekend, mercury can sink to almost zero as conditions become cloudy and humid. Friday will bring rain and snow to the Pirkanmaa region, while on Sunday it is forecast that there will be up to 6.5 cm of snow in Tampere.
The magazine also reports that last year, global wine consumption fell to its lowest level in nearly two decades.
It cites a report by the Paris-based International Vine and Wine Organization that drinkers around the world dropped 23.4 billion liters of wine last year, about three per cent less than a year ago, and the lowest total since 2002, mainly for restaurant and bar closures.
Restaurants reopened this week in many parts of Finland after six weeks of closing, but with early closing times and other strict conditions that make a sharp rise in wine sales unlikely to be here from here, at least for now.
Source: The Nordic Page
