Iltalehti carries a story criticising the government's plans for motorists from both climate and consumer perspectives.
The story, based on a Talouselämä feature, details the ways the government is planning to make fossil-fuel-powered motoring cheaper.
From next year, one litre of petrol will cost around two percent less thanks to taxation changes, while the car tax itself will drop by around 28 euros a year for older vehicles.
In addition, the government has already agreed plans around the national distribution obligation for petrol retailers.
In effect they have dropped plans to force petrol retailers to raise the proportion of sustainable fuels they sell to 28 percent — effectively allowing them to cut the price to consumers of combustion engine fuels.
Experts say that these moves send the wrong signal to consumers, as megatrends in the auto industry are only moving in one direction.
"It sends a message that there will not be climate actions that increase costs in any way," said economist Marita Laukkanen from the VATT State Institute for Economic Research.
"It could be that many people decide to buy cars with internal combustion engines. And then the year 2030 comes quite soon and we will be forced to make some kind of big corrective measure with the national distribution obligation."
Finland has committed to halving emissions from 2005 levels by the year 2030.
Professor of transport and logistics Heikki Liimatainen from Tampere University says current policies could harm consumers in the long run.
"Once again people are being told that there is no need to change and fuel prices will not rise," said Liimatainen. "That's the wrong picture from the climate targets perspective, and it is also incorrect."
Grocers' diversity
Aamulehti has a look at the overlooked underdogs of Finnish food retailers, the ethnic food store.
The analysis piece focuses on AL's home city Tampere, noting that the number of east Asian stores in the city has increased dramatically as new developments in the city centre have increased footfall.
The paper interviews an Oulu entrepreneur who recently expanded to Tampere, and says competition is much fiercer in the southern city.
Profits might hold up despite that, however. AL looks at financials from the Armine firm, which runs the Alanya Market chain in the capital city region.
The company turned over eight million euros in 2022, turning a profit of 275,000 euros. That represents a 3.4 percent profit margin, around double the margin made by the company running the K-Supermarket at Tampere's Ratina shopping centre.
Alanya clearly sees a bright future, having signed on to take over the grocery concession at the eastern Helsinki outpost of the Stockmann department store.
Eagle owls lose out
Finland's men's football team had a disastrous international break, first losing 3-0 in Slovenia and then collapsing in a 2-1 defeat at home to Kazakhstan on Tuesday night.
Helsingin Sanomat's analysis gently points out that coach Markku "Rive" Kanerva's "rivelution", which saw Finland qualify for their first ever major tournament in 2021, may be running out of steam.
Under Kanerva Finland seems to create few chances, says HS, and they have not won a single game under Kanerva when the opposition scored first.
Tabloid Ilta-Sanomat sticks the knife in, outlining criticism from social media as fans look to a future without the current manager.
Even there though, there is an appreciation for what Kanerva achieved in taking Finland to the European Championship finals, with many of the comments hoping that the iconic coach is given the kind of appreciative exit he deserves.
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