Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has given the Centre Party and the Greens until Thursday morning to find common ground in a row that has brought budget negotiations to a standstill, Finland's largest circulation daily Helsingin Sanomat reports.
The Greens had been eager to continue Wednesday's climate measure negotiations into the night, however the Centre Party was not as keen, according to Minister of the Environment and Climate Krista Mikkonen (Green), Iltalehti writes.
"Yes, the discussions took place in a good spirit and in a civilised way, but no consensus was found," Mikkonen, who has been acting as the Greens' chief negotiator, told the tabloid on Wednesday evening.
The Finnish government's goal is for the country to be carbon neutral by 2035 and in order to ensure this, annual greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced by 11 megatonnes. The row over how to implement this, however, is yet to be resolved and ministers are now racing against the clock for a common consensus to be reached.
You can read more about the details of the row here.
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New defence report addresses threats of coming decade
Finland's latest national defence report is due to be published on Thursday, upon its submission to Parliament, Helsingin Sanomat (HS) writes.
This is only the second report of its kind, the guidelines of which will extend to the end of this decade.
The report aims to ensure that Finland's defence capability is in line with changes occurring in the country's operational environment, that is, the land, sea, air, space, and cyber networks where the Finnish military has a presence.
According to interviews carried out by news agency STT, cyber attacks and the corresponding responses, as well as various threats posed by hybrid and information interference are at the forefront of the new report.
Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen (Cen) and Commander of the Defence Forces Timo Kivinen will present the report at a press conference on Thursday afternoon.
Chief Physicians criticise government's Covid strategy in letter
Chief physicians from five hospital districts have issued a "harsh" letter in which they call for an improved pandemic strategy from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, tabloid Ilta-Sanomat (IS) writes.
In the letter, written on the last day of August, the physicians expressed concern over the amount of resources and effort focused on contact tracing and isolation decisions at the expense of primary healthcare provision services.
"The current large-scale quarantine and testing guidelines are causing congestion in healthcare services which in turn has detrimental effects on healthcare on all fronts," the letter read according to IS.
The health experts further argued that the current coronavirus strategy did not reflect the changed pandemic situation, IS reports.
THL and local physicians have not been listened to enough in the decision making processes, the chief doctors added. In their view, the core issue at hand is "the slowness of the preparation of a national strategy and the inability to listen to experts in the fight against communicable diseases," according to the letter which was read by IS reporters.
The letter rounds off with a seven-point list of suggestive measures that the government should adopt in their Covid strategy, mainly focusing on the efficacy of testing and revision of quarantine guidelines.