Ilta-Sanomat is among the papers carrying a review of a voter survey which indicates that only 29 percent of voters have confidence in Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's (NCP) government, while 54 percent rate their confidence in the government as low.
IS writes that the poll, commissioned by the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA, also showed that despite low confidence in the government, a majority, 62 percent, believe that its fiscal measures to balance the state budget should be continued.
The poll found that 50 percent favour spending cuts as a means of balancing the state finances, while 38 percent are in favour of tax increases.
However, those polled were also pessimistic about the near future.
A majority believes that social conflicts and confrontations will increase, the healthcare system will deteriorate and industrial labour relations will worsen.
According to EVA Managing Editor Sami Metelinen, this pessimistic outlook explains the decline in confidence in the government.
EVA polled 2,018 people between the ages of 18-79 in October.
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SDP still in the lead
Confidence and support seem to be two different things, considering that the latest monthly poll by Helsingin Sanomat shows that if parliamentary elections were held now combined voter support for the governing parties would be 43.9 percent.
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) is still the single most popular political party in Finland, according to Helsingin Sanomat's poll.
Based on the poll, the SDP has the backing of 22.5 percent the electorate. That is a slight 0.3 percentage point decline since the paper's October poll.
Support for the prime minister's National Coalition Party, and the other main governing partner, the Finns Party, both increased slightly. The poll suggests that 19.8 percent of respondents would now vote for the NCP, while 16.3 percent would vote for the Finns Party.
The poll was conducted between 14 October and 15 November, interviewing 2,622 people by telephone.
144 Tb/s gone
The importance of the C-Lion1 submarine telecom cable between Finland and Germany that was damaged on Monday has been downplayed, according to University of Jyväskylä Cybersecurity Professor Tapio Frantti.
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom and the telecom operators Elisa and Telia, which use the cable, said on Monday that the outage had not affected their customers' connections. Finland's Centre for Security of Supply, for its part, stated that the country is not dependent on a single cable connection.
"Of course it will have an impact when we have 144 terabits per second of capacity gone," Frantti told Iltalehti.
"This capacity for data transmission is equivalent to 144,000 people losing a single gigabit connection," he pointed out.
The C-Lion1 is Finland's only direct fibre optic connection to Germany. Fibre links are still in use from Finland to the Baltic States and Sweden, and from there on to Central Europe.
So, the paper writes, the loss of a single cable does not stop data transmission, but slows it down. Even if all the cables were cut, there would still be some traffic passing via satellite.
The impact of a single damaged cable depends on how many fibres run through it. According to Frantti, C-Lion1 is one of Finland's most important cross-border data cables.
The break has slowed data transfers not only in Finland, but also in Sweden and the Baltic countries, which are now handling more traffic.
However, IL points out that the slowdown is not noticeable if you only use the internet for everyday things like reading the news or shopping online.
Flags out for the kids
Keskisuomalainen is among the papers reminding readers that Wednesday 20 November is World Children’s Day, which is aimed at the promotion of children's rights.
The day marks the date in 1989 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which has been ratified by 196 countries.
World Children’s Day is not an official flag day, but it is included in the Finnish State Calendar, making it an established custom that the flag is flown in the same way as on those days mandated by law.
Snow, sleet, rain
A snowstorm began moving into southern parts of the country early Wednesday and it is expected to hit central and eastern areas later in the day, reports Iltalehti.
Driving conditions will be hazardous in the south, with a mix of snow, sleet and rain in the forecast.
Southern inland areas are likely to see 5-15 centimetres of snowfall during the day.
Electricity companies are warning of possible power cuts in large parts of central and eastern Finland.
The Helsinki Regional Transport Authority has cancelled some commuter train departures and says some bus services, particularly in sparsely populated areas, may be cancelled due to poor weather conditions and snowfall.
Passengers are advised to follow service updates via the HSL app and the Journey Planner.
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