Tag: Juha Sipilä
Slush replaces Marin after criticism from the interviewer
The arrangement had aroused concern and criticism in other political parties and the public. “Slush is an event that highlights companies with a high participation fee. The Prime Minister is absolutely allowed to defend the interests of Finnish companies, but it is questionable why he participates specifically with this company. Jouni Ovaskavice-chairman of the center’s […]
Leaked "Uber files" the exhibition company lobbied for Finnish taxi reforms
Leaked internal records have shed new light on ride-hailing company Uber’s close ties to high-ranking executives around the world. The documents show, among other things, that the company systematically broke laws to establish its business in new markets. The internal documents were first released to the British newspaper The Guardian, which then shared the files […]
APN podcast: When skin color is a weapon in online chat
This week, APN is exploring online social forums and the polarized debate that often occurs there – and racism. Yle’s journalist Veli-Pekka Hämäläinen found that stories where an immigrant could be charged with a crime were more likely to arouse passions online. Hämäläinen watched six sex crime stories in which the perpetrator was an immigrant […]
Experts: Finland’s nuclear project "directly supports the production of nuclear weapons in Russia"
Two professors told Yle that Fennovoima’s nuclear power project, which is partly owned by Russian companies, involves major risks related to the Russian nuclear industry. The project uses a Russian state-owned Rosatom reactor, which also produces Russian nuclear weapons. "If we invest in Russia’s nuclear power in this current structure of Fennovoima, we will directly […]
HS: The government of Prime Minister Marin is losing popularity
However, the government is still unusually popular, given previous iterations of the study over the past 10 years. It itself is the only government to have received a higher approval rating in the study, performing better than 48 percent in the previous three iterations of the study. Helsingin Sanomat estimates that the factors explaining the […]
The order of Finnish political parties remained unchanged in the HS survey
Support for the Social Democrats rose 0.9 points to 19.4 percent, the best result in a poll since April 2021. Basic Finns, on the other hand, are projected to get 18 percent of the vote after a rise of 0.2 points in popularity. . Read more: YLE opinion poll: City Center, Social Democrats, losses (4.11.2021) […]
About 30 immigrants have arrived in Finland via Belarus, says Ohisalo
Border security has recently become a hot topic of discussion in Finland. According to news reports, Belarus has transported people intending to join the European Union to the Polish border. Die Welt, one of Germany’s leading dailies, has also written that the main destinations for migrants are Finland and Germany. On Thursday, Ohisalo said that […]
Decision of the court The Chancellor of Justice illegally concealed information about the change of minister to the bank
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Yle’s interest in a case concerning a request for information on the transfer of a former minister to the board of a Swedish bank while he was in office. The court ruled on Monday that the Chancellor of Justice’s decision to conceal documents related to the then Minister of […]
Decision of the court The Chancellor of Justice illegally concealed information about the change of minister to the bank
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Yle’s interest in a case concerning a request for information on the transfer of a former minister to the board of a Swedish bank while he was in office. The court ruled on Monday that the Chancellor of Justice’s decision to conceal documents related to the then Minister of […]
Finland sets up a Sámi reconciliation commission to investigate the injustice of indigenous peoples
Government of the Prime Minister Sanna Marin The SDP has set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate the historical injustices suffered by the indigenous peoples of Finland. The task of the committee is to identify and assess historical and current discrimination against the Sámi, including the assimilation policy of the Finnish state and […]
Budget talks will continue on Thursday; The Center and the Greens are arguing over climate taxation
Negotiations on a five-party government budget framework were due to end on Wednesday, but the prime minister in the late afternoon Sanna Marin (SDP) said they will continue on Thursday. Meanwhile, he asked the leaders of the two government parties to reach an agreement on emissions taxation, which he said was the last remaining area […]
The court fined the man 480 euros in the case of ex-Prime Minister Sipilä
The Helsinki District Court has sentenced a 38-year-old man to pay 80 income-related contributions "daily fines" – in his case, EUR 480 – for the case of the former Prime Minister Juha Sipilä (Cen) outside Parliament buildings last January. The incident was recorded with closed-circuit surveillance cameras and it appeared that the suspect had followed […]
The Finnish police force is being cut
The partners of the government coalition are due to start formal negotiations on the budget, known colloquially as "budget bar"- There has been a lot of discussion this week about police funding. The Ministry of Finance’s draft budget proposes EUR 794 million for the Finnish police in 2022, which is less than the EUR 806 […]
The Bank of Finland’s economist warns of a decline in cost competitiveness
Finland may lose its competitive advantage compared to other neighboring regions after the coronavirus crisis, warns an article published by the Bank of Finland on Wednesday. According to an adviser to the Bank of Finland Lauri Kajanoja, the price of labor in Finland rose in 2019-2021 relative to the euro area average. If the price […]
News Finn: Marin is Finland’s most popular prime minister in this century
The Head of the Government of Finland, Sanna Marin (SDP), is by far the most popular prime minister in the country this century, says the results of a study conducted by the news group Uutissuomalainen. About one in three respondents considered Marin to be Finland’s best prime minister in the 2000s, and he received widespread […]
NCP "regrets" choice of words on the immigration policy proposal after the counterattacks
The National Coalition Party (NCP) has announced "I’m sorry" the terminology used in the nine-point proposal on immigration and integration policy, after criticizing the proposed measures and the term used by the party. The document titled Differentiate social security for immigrants and native Finns (roughly translated "Differentiation of social security for immigrants and Finns") included […]
Parliament is undergoing a historic reform of social and health care
Government of the Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) won on Wednesday when Parliament approved its plan to reform Finland’s social and health care services Sote, after a process that has frustrated successive governments over the past decade. The government won the vote by a margin of 105-77 on Wednesday afternoon and not abstained. Seventeen Members […]
Trade unions: Employment measures are budget cuts
In fact, structural employment measures aimed at strengthening public finances are budget cuts and not alternatives to the cuts as presented, according to a report by two major Finnish trade unions and the social and health care umbrella organization SOSTE. The Confederation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK, the Central Organization of Personnel STTK and SOSTE […]
Conditional punishment for Soini attack attempt
A man who tried to hit a veteran politician Timo Soini a plastic bottle imposed a seven-month suspended sentence for the assault attempt and other charges in the Eastern Uusimaa District Court on Tuesday. The attack took place in March 2019, when Soini, then Foreign Minister of the former Prime Minister Juha SipiläCen’s administration greeted […]
Soini’s attacking company will be given a 7-month suspended sentence
A man who tried to hit a veteran politician Timo Soini a plastic bottle imposed a seven-month suspended sentence for the assault attempt and other charges in the Eastern Uusimaa District Court on Tuesday. The attack took place in March 2019, when Soini, then Foreign Minister of the former Prime Minister Juha SipiläCen’s administration greeted […]
The parliamentary committee approves the basic Sote solutions and demands corrections
Finland’s long-term reform of health and social services, known as sote, took a decisive step forward on Friday when a central parliamentary committee said the government’s proposal did not violate fundamental or constitutional rights. "Basic solutions are not constitutionally problematic," Chairman of the Constitutional Affairs Committee Antti Rinne (SDP) said at a news conference on […]
Wednesday newspapers: tax evasion taxis, "dark" food delivery, vaccine research supports redistribution
Tabloids Iltalehti starts with a report tax authorities of taxi companies. According to the paper, the number of taxi carriers has exploded in Finland since the liberalization of the market Juha Sipilä The (Cen) government paved the way for some unscrupulous actors in 2018. Marko Myllyniemi, Vero, Director of Supervision and Control of the Tax […]
Taking determined action to develop the EU will benefit the Member States
In recent years, some EU Member States have acted in a way that has violated the rule of law. The adoption of these measures will weaken the foundations of the Union. Finland has strongly said no to the neglect of common values and promoted the rule of law both during the EU Presidency in 2019 […]
Parliament’s security chief admits a leaked video of an alleged attack by a former prime minister
Parliament’s security director has admitted leaking media surveillance video about alleged beating of a Member Juha Sipilä (Cen) near the Houses of Parliament earlier this year. Parliament closed the study and issued a report on Tuesday. The report includes Parliament’s Director of Security Jukka Savola confirmed that recordings of the incident had been captured by […]
Prosecutors to consider allegations of alleged assault on the former prime minister
Helsinki police have completed a preliminary investigation into the alleged beating of the former prime minister Juha Sipilä (Cen). The suspected assault took place in early January near the center of Parliament in central Helsinki. According to the information received at that time, the passer-by approached and then pushed Sipilä by walking along the protective […]
Police are conducting an investigation into the former prime minister’s alleged attack
Helsinki police have completed a preliminary investigation into the alleged beating of the former prime minister Juha Sipilä (Cen). The suspected assault took place in early January near the center of Parliament in central Helsinki. According to the information received at that time, the passer-by approached and then pushed Sipilä by walking along the protective […]
Paper: A passer-by is suspected of beating former Prime Minister Sipilä
There have been reports from the former prime minister and current member of parliament Juha Sipilä (Cen) was beaten in front of the Parliament building in Helsinki last week. According to Iltalehti, someone approached and then pushed the former prime minister Juha Sipilä (Cen) as he walked in front of the guardrails in front of […]
Covid-19 has been well controlled by Åland, but the side effects on the economy are devastating
Åland’s employment rate is traditionally one of the highest in Europe. The labor force participation rate is almost always over 80% and unemployment is rarely over 4%. Former Prime Minister Juha Sipilä said in Parliament that if Finland as a whole had the employment rate of Åland, we would both have a balanced state budget […]
Social Distance Skills, Environmental Issues and Moomins in Korea: Finland in the World Press
Finland’s plans to expand battery production also received news this week, and some expressed concern about the environmental impact of increased mining. The government’s new “battery strategy” will ensure the creation of a number of new mineral mining sites that environmentalists say could threaten sensitive ecosystems. Elsewhere, however, Finland was praised for its progress in […]
Suomen Kuvalehti: The state-owned development company Vake paid the trustee EUR 100,000 a year
In just over a year, the Finnish state-owned development company Vake paid 100,000 euros to the advocacy agency Rud Pedersen, the current newspaper Suomen Kuvalehti reported. The company was founded in 2016 by a three-party coalition government led by the then prime minister Juha Sipilä (Cen). According to the publication, half of the amount was […]
Yle: The government is considering new job search requirements for the unemployed
In order to increase employment, the Finnish government is working to implement a program that requires people receiving unemployment benefits to apply for or participate in a maximum of four “job opportunities” each month, according to Yle. Each of these “opportunities” is not necessarily limited to just looking for a job, but also, for example, […]
