Tag: 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 […]
Rydman’s allegations of harassment subjugated NCP’s leadership "high pressure"the parliamentary expert says
The leadership of the Opposition Party (NKP) is under strong pressure to clearly state what kind of behavior the party accepts from its own MPs, a researcher at the University of Turku Markku Jokisipilä said Yle Radio 1’s Ykkösaamu program on Monday morning. Jokisipilä’s comments come after Helsingin Sanomat on Sunday published an article contains […]
Finland and Estonia will lease a floating LNG terminal after the cut-off in Russia
Finland and Estonia are jointly planning to lease a nearly 300-meter-long liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to secure gas imports following Russia’s recent cut-off. Russia stopped exporting LNG to Finland in May, threatening some industries, including the gas-based bakery, forest and oil industries. The floating LNG terminal will be docked in the South Harbor of […]
Finland signed a 10-year lease agreement for a floating gas terminal
Ministry of Employment and the Economy was revealed that the floating terminal will be commissioned next winter and will be located in the coastal area of Southern Finland. Excelerate Energia is committed to the project schedule, but admits it is challenging according to Saarikko. “Naturally, we will do our best to be ready to receive […]
Finland will replace Russian gas with the Baltic connection
The supply of natural gas from Russia to Finland ended on Saturday morning Olli Sipilä, CEO of the gas network company Gasgrid. Sipilä said that gas has instead started to flow to Finland from the Baltics and the transition has gone smoothly. "The Finnish system is currently in balance, commercially and physically. Of course, something […]
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 […]
The skill of silence and the manipulation of trust? Prosecution for the NATO debate in Finland
Indeed, when the anti-NATO perspective was set out, for example, in articles on 24, 25 and 27 April Erkki Tuomioja, Anna Kontula and Hassan Kaafi Halane the condition of each article was a lack of support or criticism from the person’s point of view. To the alleged opposition of the Somali community, they added the […]
The Ombudsman for Children demands funding for education at the Nordic level, reform of legislation
The Ombudsman for Children has called for a comprehensive reform of the Child Welfare Act and for a commitment between political parties to maintain education expenditure at the level of the other Nordic countries. The proposed reform of the law aims to improve the rights and status of children in Finland, the agency said in […]
Turnout in the provincial elections is a grim sign of democracy, the researcher estimates
However, the comparison with previous elections is challenging due to the unprecedented nature of the provincial elections, which select delegates to the provinces who will take responsibility for organizing social, health and rescue services in their territory in January 2023. “It’s dark for democracy that most people chose not to vote.” Sami BorgElection researcher at […]
A turnout of less than 50 percent would raise problems of legitimacy, the historian warns
When candidates and party leaders stumbled on the last day of campaigning on Saturday before Finland’s first provincial elections, a parliamentary expert warned of the risks of low turnout. Lack of public enthusiasm or understanding for the new type of election combined with the pandemic could lead to a record low turnout on Sunday. Markku […]
Q&A: What does the social and healthcare reform mean for you?
Ahead of regional elections planned for 23 January, we asked social and healthcare experts to answer questions from the audience on the upcoming reform of services in the sector. The elections will deliver new 'county councils' for 21 new regional authorities that will be in charge of healthcare, social care and emergency services in each […]
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 […]
Thursday’s newspapers: Marin maintains its popularity, more meat-free Helsinki, on slippery roads
Recent small media storms around the prime minister Sanna Marin (SDP) does not seem to have significantly affected his popularity. By fresh pollen On behalf of the Uutissuomalainen magazine group, Marin is by far the most respected party leader in the general public. In a poll of 1,000 voters, 22 percent chose Marin as the […]
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 […]
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 […]
The National Coalition Party creates a positive sense of community
Grandpa Vilho is looking forward to exchanging ideas with the visiting district nurse. Eveliina has signed her firstborn baby to bathe. Ritva hopes that after paying the taxes, more money will be left for everyday expenses. He hopes that the level of municipal taxes will not be raised. A functioning and just municipality is responsible […]
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 matriculation examination must be offered in English
The provision of basic education in English as the language of instruction has grown significantly. At the same time, the demand for English-language courses in high school has also increased. That is why it has become increasingly important to give students the opportunity to also complete a matriculation examination in English. This would serve in […]
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 […]
HS: The Finnish party has increased its lead over the Social Democrats
Although 2,462 respondents were asked to indicate their chosen party in the parliamentary elections, the results also show some political sentiment ahead of the June 13 municipal elections. Helsingin Sanomat on Friday wrote that the results will certainly certainly support Finns. Its support has not remained above the 21% mark in the first months of […]
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 […]
YLE: Social Democrats in the pole position in municipal elections in Finland
The Finnish market research company interviewed 2,468 people in a survey from 11 January to 2 February. Respondents were asked to reveal which party they would vote for in the municipal elections – instead of the parliamentary elections – if the elections were held today and the results compared to the results of the December […]
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 […]
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, […]
