THE RE-OPENING of Finnish borders is unlikely to take place according to the exit strategy devised by the government, estimate sources interviewed by YLE.The Finnish government has set May as the target for resuming business travel within the European Union and June as the target for lifting internal border controls for travellers from other parts of the Schengen Area.

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YLE: Finland likely to postpone re-opening of borders until later in summer

THE NATIONAL POLICE BOARD has launched an inquiry into the problems linked to pre-trial investigations into human trafficking and associated crime in Finland, reports Helsingin Sanomat.

National Police Board to probe issues with human trafficking investigations

A NUMBER of Finns are suspected of impairment of the environment in three partly overlapping cases linked to companies engaged in illicit waste trafficking between Finland and Estonia, reports the National Bureau of Investigation (KRP).All of the suspicions arose following criminal complaints submitted by Finnish Environment Institute (Syke).

Firms and individuals suspected of waste trafficking between Finland and Estonia

Representatives of key political parties in Finland have told the Finnish News Agency (STT) that multiple candidates have opted out of standing in municipal elections due to the prevalent toxic online culture, which includes lengthy political debates that often turn ugly and hate speech directed at decision makers.

Online hate speech deters candidates from participating in municipal elections

CRIMINAL ORGANISATIONS have sought to install people affiliated to them in positions at prisons in Finland, indicates a survey by the Criminal Sanctions Agency (Rise).“We have detected isolated cases where people affiliated with these groups have applied for work at prisons. This survey at least did not find that anyone has secured a job, but the affiliations were always detected during the recruitment process,” Jari-Pekka Holopainen, the warden…

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Survey: Gang-affiliated people have tried to get jobs at Finnish prisons

THE UNVACCINATED SEGMENT of the Finnish population will have a key role in determining whether or not the coronavirus epidemic rears its head yet again in Finland, reports YLE.The Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) on Saturday reported 110 new laboratory-confirmed coronavirus infections, signalling an increase of over 100 per cent from the previous week.

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Finns have lowered their guard against coronavirus, says chief physician at HUS

MEMBERS of the Finns Party stopped their collective tirade against the recovery and resilience facility of the European Union in the Finnish Parliament on Saturday.“That’s exactly how it went. I personally didn’t have anything more to say, but I had been able to say everything I wanted the night before.

Finns Party MPs end days-long debate about EU recovery facility

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