Shaking Thursday Evening Magazine puts the wife of the former prime minister against the current prime minister, Sanna Marin (SDP).
The tabloid quotes a Facebook post Päivi Lipponen, a former Member of Parliament and the wife of a former Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen, who criticized Marin for delivering food – mostly breakfast items – to him and his family at the official prime minister’s residence in Kesäranta.
The price of this benefit is about 300 euros a month, Iltalehti writes.
"We would never have thought that the state would pay for our meals," Lipponen wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
According to Iltalehti, Marin discussed the issue on Tuesday after the European Council summit. "This practice has been the same for previous prime ministers," he said.
Iltalehti writes that this is a tax. The paper argues that the price of food should be classified as a taxable benefit. The Prime Minister’s Office says it is part of the Prime Minister’s tax-free housing benefits.
"I want to be sure of how the Prime Minister’s meal benefit is treated for tax purposes. I will file a tax return when it is clear. I hope the matter is clarified quickly," Marin told Iltalehti.
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Legal drama in Viking Sally’s assassination attempt
The third day of the trial of the alleged murder and attempted murder of a German couple by ferry Viking Sally in 1987 began dramatically, according to Hufvudstadsbladet in Swedish.
When the District Court of Southwest Finland briefly discussed the second possible suspect, it moved to hear a Danish witness via a video link.
However, a surprised Danish judge appeared on the screen and told the court that it had called him accidentally, HBL says.
The court later heard that the defendant, a Danish national born in 1969, had behaved threateningly against the applicants and their lawyers, Timo Engels.
According to HBL, there was another surprise in the store because the accused’s ex-wife said she would not testify against her as expected due to health problems.
Defendant ‘s lawyer Marina Kronström called the decision a big surprise and said it was a setback for the prosecutor, HBL writes.
The Swedish-language trial will continue on Thursday.
Advance voting has begun, but bring your own pen.
Advance voting on the municipal elections began on Wednesday, and the Tampere local elections Morning paper has asked the expert what the vote will be like during a pandemic.
Official advice to voters is to bring their own pens into the polling station to minimize the risk of the coronavirus spreading, it is written.
"We recommend a ballpoint pen if the voter wants to use the same pen to enter the number on the ballot paper and sign the ballot paper. When signing, a ballpoint pen is always better," Tampere Electoral Commissioner Katja Korhonen said Aamulehti.
However, pencil lovers don’t have to worry. Filled and signed banknotes are also valid, the magazine says.
Pens are still available at polling stations and special measures are being taken to reduce the risk of infection.
"The Ministry of Justice and THL have provided hourly cleaning of surfaces and equipment," Korhonen told the magazine.
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