While pointing out that there have been cases elsewhere in Europe of sabotage verified, or are at least likely to be linked to Russia, the Uutissuomalainen (USU) news group reports that Finland's intelligence service has yet to confirm any such incidents in this country.
It notes that Helsingin Sanomat carried a report a couple weeks ago, saying that the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) believes Russia was not involved in damage to an underwater cable in the Gulf of Finland on Christmas Day. Supo has not, however, commented officially on the matter.
"Damage to cables is under investigation by the National Bureau of Investigation, and they are responsible for providing information in this regard," Supo special investigator Lotta Hakala told USU.
However, Supo chief Juha Martelius did comment on the matter in an interview with Finnish commercial network MTV a week ago.
"In these cases in the Baltic Sea, it is undoubtedly entirely possible that there is a state actor behind it, but it may be impossible to get definitive clarity on it legally," Martelius said.
According to Hakala, Supo and the National Bureau of Investigation have a common view of the cable incidents.
Incidents involving unauthorised access and damage at water towers in Finland received received a lot of publicity last summer. According to Hakala, it is now quite certain that Russia was not behind these.
"Some of them are under preliminary investigation by the police, but our view is clear that there were no sabotage attempts by Russian proxies," Hakala says.
It is likely that the water tower incidents were cases of ordinary vandalism, says USU. That may also have been the case with the collapse of a mobile phone tower in Janakkala over the summer, but that incident is also still under investigation.
Condolences to Sweden
Tuesday's school shooting at an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden continued to be front page news throughout Finland on Wednesday. According to reports, 11 people were killed, including the perpetrator, and 15 injured.
Helsingin Sanomat is among the papers reporting that Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) presented his, and the nation's, condolences late on Tuesday evening.
Writing in Swedish on X, Orpo stated,
"I and the whole of Finland mourn the shocking act of violence in Örebro. We join our neighbour Sweden in its sorrow. School must always be a safe place. My thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones, as well as with others who have been affected by the incident."
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Street smarts
The economic and business daily Kauppalehti writes that Europe is still at a loose end about how to deal with Donald Trump.
The EU began the week with discussions on how to strengthen defence, and also possible US tariffs and how to respond to them.
In a morning editorial, Kauppalehti notes that Prime Minister Petteri Orpo argued that instead of starting a trade war, Europe should negotiate with Trump. Not all EU leaders were as conciliatory in their statements.
For Finland, taking a line that respects the US is raw realism, but the EU also has a lot to lose if it starts escalating the situation unnecessarily. Emotions should be kept in check, advises KL.
The paper says that doing business with Trump also requires street smarts, and there are lessons to be learned from Mexico and Canada.
Trump is a deal-maker who uses tough language and makes big demands up front. But the situation can be calmed down by surprisingly small, even paltry concessions that Trump can frame as a victory for himself, writes Kauppalehti.
The paper says that Europe could, for example, promise to buy more of liquid natural gas and arms from the US, which it would have to acquire from there anyway.
In Kauppalehti's view, even in the face of unfair competition from China, the EU and the US could easily find mutually beneficial joint solutions.
Purra on perversion
Ilta-Sanomat organised a panel Tuesday for political party leaders as a part of its coverage of the run-up to municipal and regional elections.
During that event, Finns Party Chair and Minister of Finance Riikka Purra was asked to elaborate on a section of her party's election platform that states, "The basics must be respected in primary school - education, not perversion, a growing child needs more than tofu".
Asked what the party means by "perversion", Purra replied, "Don't you know what perversion is? It is, for example, giving minors tasks where they have to write a sexual fantasy about a classmate. It is, for example, giving instructions to primary school children on how to engage in sexual acts of any kind with very graphic imagery, for example, or with detailed instructions."
In addition to Purra, the newspaper's election debate was attended by Petteri Orpo of the National Coalition Party, Antti Lindtman of the Social Democratic Party and Antti Kaikkonen of the Centre Party.
The SDP's Lindtman said teachers should be trusted to know how best to organise teaching. He pointed out that the president of the teachers' union OAJ had expressed surprise at the Finns Party's "perversion" rhetoric.
Centre Party chair Kaikkonen dismissed the "perversion debate" by saying that, in his view, teachers in Finnish schools act responsibly, apart from some possible individual excesses.
"I just cannot believe that these kinds of perversions are part of any curriculum," Kaikkonen said.
Flags fly for a poet
Flags are flying on Wednesday in honour of Finland's national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg.
Most papers carry a nod to J.L. Runeberg Day, which is celebrated each year on 5 February, the day on which Runeberg was born in Pietarsaari in 1804.
A journalist, teacher and poet, Runeberg is best remembered for his heroic poem Fänrik Ståls Sägner (The Tales of Ensign Stål). He also composed the lyrics to Finland's national anthem. He wrote his works in his mother tongue, Swedish.
Johan Ludvig Runeberg's works played an important role in the development of Finland's national identity, and the celebration of his works and life began during his lifetime.
Runeberg died in Porvoo in 1877.
In addition to flags flying and the awarding of a national poetry prize, the day is marked by bakeries producing special seasonal Runeberg tortes flavoured with almonds and arrack or rum.