Finns' confidence in the country's national defence has jumped since Russia invaded Ukraine, with 82 percent of respondents telling Helsingin Sanomat's survey they believed conscripts would be willing to take up arms should Finland be attacked. This is up from 67 percent in January, before the war in Ukraine began.
The past month has seen people in Finland warm to the idea of armed defence. Three-quarters of respondents said Finland should engage in armed defence, even in situations where the end result was unclear. Two months ago 56 percent of respondents held this view, indicating a nearly 20 percentage point leap in enthusiasm.
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Supply chain snags
Four weeks in, the war in Ukraine is impacting Finland's construction sector, according to business daily Kauppalehti.
The war is snarling supply chains while diminished supply is driving up the cost of steel, aluminum, glass and hardwood.
"Some materials come through wholesalers. While these products may not say 'Made in Russia', the dependence on Russia is surprisingly big," Jouni Vihmo, chief economist at construction lobby RT, told Kauppalehti.
Before the invasion, some 2,000 Ukrainians worked in construction. Most of these workers have returned home since the war broke out.
Second boosters?
Finnish vaccine experts are meeting on Monday to decide whether to administer a fourth Covid vaccine dose for older adults. At the moment Finland only recommends second boosters for severely immunocompromised individuals.
Lasse Lehtonen, Director of Diagnostics at the Helsinki and Uusimaa hospital district (HUS), told Hufvudstadsbladet that he believed a fourth vaccine dose would become available for the oldest segments of the population.
In February, Sweden recommended that people aged 80 or above receive a second booster shot to ward off waning immunity.