On the last day of advance voting in the European elections, Helsingin Sanomat runs an opinion piece asking if young people are going to vote this time.
In 2019, less than a quarter of 18-24 year olds cast a ballot in the European election. But is the changing world situation going to have an impact on that?
Young people who grew up in a world where peace was taken for granted have seen their assumptions shaken in recent years with war and instability returning to Europe and radical right-wing parties gaining support.
That has horrified some young people, and delighted others. But will it prompt them to vote?
The HS piece suggests that protest, rather than politics, is the preferred option for many. Politics moves slowly, and multiple crises are progressing too fast for those concerned about them to wait to vote.
The paper also publishes a poll suggesting that the SDP and the Christian Democrat-Movement Now electoral alliance are set to gain one MEP spot each.
According to the poll, those places would come at the expense of the Greens and the Swedish People's Party.
The All Points North podcast examined the issue of voter apathy in the European elections last week. Listen to the episode via this embedded player, on Yle Areena, via Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
Mosquito preferences
The long school holidays started this week, and that means Finns' thoughts are very much turning to summer. So we can expect to see plenty of stories about symbols of summer in the coming days and weeks, and what bigger symbol of summer is there than the good old Finnish mosquito?
Ilta-Sanomat looks at whether the irritating bloodsuckers favour certain people over others, and finds that yes, they do.
So if you feel particularly victimised at the cottage, you can try to influence some of these factors.
Sweating can attract unwanted mosquitoes, and they use carbon dioxide concentrations to identify their targets — so holding your breath might help.
Pregnant women are known to be an attractive target, and research has indicated that some species of mosquito may prefer certain blood types.
But really, the best way to avoid mosquito bites is to avoid places where there are lots of mosquitoes.
Markkanen recuperation
Iltalehti has bad news for basketball fans in Finland: Lauri Markkanen is going to miss this summer's matches with the Finnish national team, which is known as the 'Wolf Pack or 'Susijengi'.
Markkanen has been carrying a shoulder injury for months, and now says he wants to ensure he is healthy for the upcoming NBA season.
It's a crucial one for him, as he is set to negotiate a new contract with the Utah Jazz starting in 2025. It could multiply his current 17 million dollar annual salary — but only if he has a healthy, successful season.
That's a shame for Finland, who will play Olympic qualifiers in Valencia this summer, but Markkanen says that after extensive consultations, the risk of long-term injury problems was deemed too great.
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