Finland’s great week of security discussions and decisions will continue on Wednesday with a visit by the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Johnson will visit Finland on Wednesday, and Finnish leaders will decide on applying for NATO membership on Thursday.
Tampereen Aamulehti is one of several newspapers The story of STT a visit that borrows a leading defense policy scholar Charly Salonius-Pasternak saying that the visit is “symbolically important and will be interpreted as important”.
The story also tells of British Wall Secretary Ben Wallace’s comment last week that it would be “impossible to imagine” that Britain would not help if Finland or Sweden were attacked even if it is not a member of NATO.
In recent weeks, successive countries have provided similar certainty as Finland considers the risks and benefits of applying for a Western military alliance.
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Spooky labor dispute
Helsingin Sanomat has analysis Tuesdayโs presentation in a municipal labor dispute, suggesting that both parties may be dissatisfied with the plan – and nurses may reject it.
Wage increases are proposed for municipal employees for five years above the limit agreed by industrial employers. This provides an improvement over other workers that nurses and nursing workers demand, but clearly falls short of the 3.6 percent annual salary increase required by nurses in addition to the normal increase.
Industrial employers were appalled by the proposal, HS says, as it would increase pressure on them to agree to lower wage agreements.
Traditionally, the export sectors have agreed on an increase, which is seen as the upper limit of other wage agreements, but in this agreement their agreement would be the minimum required by other sectors. The leaders of the industry associations were therefore lazy about the proposal.
At the same time, the proposal clearly falls short of the demands of nurses. Since they have not yet used their most feared weapon – setting a date for mass divorce – HS suggests they might reject the deal.
If other sectors accept it, they will be left to fight alone.
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Children’s condition
Ilta-Sanomat has shaking from the organizers of fitness and pattern competitions to start childrenโs running competitions.
So far, the competitions have only started at the age of 16, but the Finnish Fitness Association plans to start events for 12-year-olds in 2023.
While they include a dance and weightlifting section, there is also a stage section where judges evaluate and score childrenโs bodies.
The association says this is a necessary step to “keep children interested in sport.” However, the former fitness model told IS that the idea was bad.
Jutta Larm told IS that she would be horrified if her 12-year-old children participated in these events.
"If they started talking about training and competing in fitness competitions, I could never allow it. What kind of crazy would put their kids like that?" said Larm.
He said no one should start assessing childrenโs appearance at that age and is at risk of causing eating disorders.
Organizers told IS that they would work to prevent eating disorders by closely monitoring competitors โbody mass index.
Larm rejects this idea by saying that fitness training involves a strict diet and there is no way to ensure that children do not suffer from eating disorders.
Source: The Nordic Page