The British Prime Minister landed in Finland on Wednesday to send a simple message: Britain would support Finland if it were attacked, regardless of Finland’s status as a member or non-member of NATO.
The message came the day before the president Sauli Niinistö and the Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) is expected to draw conclusions from the security debate that has taken place in Finland since Russia’s new invasion of Ukraine began in February.
Iltalehti carried opinion piece praised Niinistö ‘s efforts to educate the international media at a press conference when journalists asked questions that in the eyes of the columnist suggested that Finland should be concerned about Russia’ s reaction.
Niinistö’s answer was that Russia should "look at the mirror" if it wants to know what caused the growth of NATO-like feelings in Finland, and that was the headline of the day.
However, the magazine was pleased with the day’s events and said that Finland is now a British ally and has a great deterrent – and that Wednesday was a historic moment, as Johnson and Niinistö said.
Evening News goes a little deeperexamines the security notices himself and asked Mika AaltolaDirector of the Foreign Policy Institute, what the texts mean in practice.
"This is a major milestone," said Aaltola.
"Although not as binding as Article 5 of NATO, it is very important that" said Aaltola. "It is a declaration that clearly states that it is in Britain’s interests for Finland and Sweden to be protected."
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Nurses and solidarity
Talouslehti Kauppalehti continues the debate over the municipal labor dispute, which continues after the nurses have rejected an offer of five per cent pay increases for five years in addition to the increases agreed in the annual collective agreements.
This contract was offered to all the unions involved in the dispute, from librarians to teachers. Most unions said the agreement met their requirements.
But nurses said it fell far short of their demand for a 3.6 per cent annual increase in addition to the commonly agreed increases.
Kauppalehti is terrified the idea that municipal wage agreements would automatically be larger than the export sectors, as well as private sector employers and trade unions.
The magazine argues that public finances simply cannot afford to rise to this scale and that the hands of private companies cannot be tied in this way.
In contrast, JUKO, an organization representing teachers in negotiations, has done so said that nurses will no longer be able to be part of municipal contracts, as most of them will move to the new regional authorities from next year.
Recording of climate effects
Helsingin sanomat newspaper reports A new paper by the Finnish Climate Panel, which sets out the reasons for increasing logging in Finland, is unfounded and could accelerate the pace of climate change.
Increased logging is justified to create a carbon stock if the products are used for construction or other carbon storage and more forests grow on the farm.
However, the panel says there is a carbon shortage because new forests are growing slower than expected.
"Increasing the intensive use of wood products is not justified for climatic reasons," said Jyrki Seppälä About the Finnish Environment Institute.
Experts continue to recommend the moderate use of forest products in order for Finland to achieve its climate goals.
Finland’s goal is to be carbon neutral by 2035, but the measures taken so far have fallen short of the goal.
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Source: The Nordic Page