"There it is," PM-to-be Petteri Orpo (NCP) proclaimed late on Thursday evening, as he announced that negotiators had agreed on a government programme, following 44 days of strenuous government formation talks.
The announcement confirmed that Finland's next administration will consist of the National Coalition Party, the Finns Party, the Swedish People's Party and the Christian Democrats.
"We’ve got a carefully drafted programme. We wanted to take the agreements pretty far so that we can implement quick changes in Finland," Orpo said, according to Aamulehti.
"The fact that we spent so much time on this will pay off in terms of the government's ability to act and its longevity," he added.
On Friday morning, most papers weighed the content of the coalition's agenda, a rule book and guide for their term in office.
Tabloid Iltalehti reported that its journalists have already seen the yet-to-be-published documents.
According to the paper, measures that Orpo's government plan to introduce include: tightening the conditions for issuing permanent residence permits to foreigners, boosting police force officer numbers by 10 percent and opening up the country's monopolised gambling sector to private businesses.
The topic of immigration became a key bone of contention during negotiations. Iltalehti wrote that the new coalition will be taking a firmer stance on the issue, with the Integration Act tweaked to place added focus on obligations and responsibilities of 'newcomers' rather than their rights.
"Work-based residence permits in Finland are based on the right and obligation to work. Controls will be stepped up and abuses circumvented. Work-based immigration must strengthen public finances," the government programme reads, according to the tabloid.
Representatives of the four parties said the government programme would be released to the public on at 5pm on Friday.
Kaikkonen to raise Sweden in Nato meeting
The defence ministers of Nato's member states are meeting for a second day in Brussels on Friday, in preparation for the alliance's upcoming July summit in Vilnius.
Finland's Minister of Defence, Antti Kaikkonen (Cen), has plans for Friday's meeting, according to Ilta-Sanomat.
"What is certain is that a lot of issues will remain to be resolved in Vilnius," he told the paper.
Kaikkonen said he intends to raise the issue of Sweden's lagging Nato membership application with the Turkish and Hungarian defence ministers, adding that the matter is one of Finland's top priorities.
Turkey and Hungary are the only two Nato member states yet to ratify Sweden's membership application.
"I think it is within the realm of possibility that Sweden could become a member in Vilnius. But it is equally possible that we may, unfortunately, have to wait even after that. I don't see what anyone would gain from that, but we'll see how that develops," Kaikkonen noted.
The stalling of Sweden's membership application by Turkey has been linked to Ankara's aim to obtain F-16 fighter jets from the US, IS noted.
Swimming season starts 'safe'
As Finland braces for a heatwave this weekend, the country's coastal and lakeside beaches are set to become busy.
"Now it's pleasant to swim but, most importantly, it is also safe," newspaper Ilkka-Pohjalainen writes, adding that some 95 percent of public swimming waters are currently of excellent or good quality.
In total, there are just over 300 public beaches in Finland, of which around 80 are located along the coast and 225 inland.
Vaasa-based health engineer Maarit Kantola was one of the people to evaluate the quality of five public beaches in Vaasa.
"Legislation requires that water samples are taken from the largest beaches a few weeks before the bathing season officially starts on 15 June," she told the paper, adding that samples showed a low bacterial concentration, as is typical in early summer.
However, according to the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), this summer may see unprecedented blooms of toxic blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, in Finnish waters.
People and animals – especially small children and dogs – can become very ill from touching, swallowing or even breathing in water droplets containing the toxic algae.
Edited to clarify government programme reporting.
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