On Wednesday Finland's government postponed a press conference called to announce new measures to deal with increased numbers of asylum seekers from third countries arriving in Finland via Russia.
The delay was down to a last-minute move to stiffen measures to be taken.
That story dominates the news on Thursday, with Iltalehti reporting that the government will decide on closing border crossings before finally holding a press conference in the afternoon.
Finland suspects Russia is funnelling people to the border so they will claim asylum, as the numbers have increased dramatically since the summer, and the media followed up on those angles too.
IL went to the Joutseno asylum reception centre on Wednesday, meeting a man from Azerbaijan who said he had paid a Russian soldier 200 euros for assistance in reaching the Finnish border.
The soldier had then told him to leave Russia, as he would be forced to fight in Ukraine if he did not.
Helsingin Sanomat looks at social media videos aimed at asylum seekers looking to travel to Finland.
The videos claiming "Russia is opening the Finnish border" are available on TikTok and Facebook, in Arabic, and detail the locations of border crossings.
Russia's policy had been to check travel documents and prevent undocumented migrants from reaching the Finnish frontier. That has apparently changed in recent months.
Municipal money worries
Ilta-Sanomat has a story on the debts owed by Finland's 293 mainland municipalities.
The most-indebted council as measured by the amount owed per resident is Lestijärvi, in Central Ostrobothnia. The town owes some 19,080 euros per resident.
Next came Kajaani, with just over 18,500 euros of debt per resident, while Espoo was the third most-indebted council with more than 14,000 euros of debt per resident.
Overall Finnish local authorities owe some 42.4 billion euros, with the average debt per resident 7,850 euros.
The total debt figure is not as significant as future outlook and income streams, when evaluating municipal finances, according to experts interviewed by IS.
The only two councils regarded as crisis councils, according to the Finance Ministry's calculations, had debt well below average.
In 2023 Lemi (debt per resident 3,808 euros) and Pertunmaa (6,987 euros) were the only two to meet the criteria and enter a debt management programme with the ministry.
Honka sink without trace
Helsingin Sanomat reports on FC Honka, the Espoo football club about to disappear from Veikkausliiga, Finland's premiere division football league.
The team had a reasonable 2023 season, finishing fifth in the league and losing a playoff for a place in European competition. But then the problems started to come to light.
The club's first team entity has been named Esport Honka, after their main sponsor and owner, a firm that runs gyms.
However when Esport itself ran into financial difficulties, wages went unpaid and the club announced it would not seek a licence to play in Veikkausliiga in 2024.
Now HS is reporting that the team will not try to play in either of the next two levels either, as the repercussions of its financial problems play out.
They could potentially start in the fourth tier, as the club's reserve side has a league spot there. But that would entail a complex process of separating the two organisations' finances and ensuring every bill owed by Esport Honka has been paid.
Honka's difficulties mean that Espoo, the Helsinki suburb that is technically Finland's second-largest municipality, will be without representation in the top division of men's Finnish football or ice hockey in the coming season.
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