Page 13 - Li Andersson News Today

Li Andersson also reiterated her desire for remote learning to be a last resort in Finnish schools. 

Opposition National Coalition Party (NCP) candidates collected significant campaign donations from the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) and other business groups and individuals.

Yle fact-check: How true are party leader statements on immigration, employment? Yle continues to check statements made by political leaders as the campaign intensifies for Junes local elections. Finns Party leader Jussi Halla-aho and Christian Democrats chair Sari Essayah. Did the leaders of Finlands main political parties stick to the facts during interviews and debates in the lead up to local elections polling day on 13 June? Yle continues the fact-check series by examining statements made b...

A new analysis finds that election to a city council before turning 30 is an important step to national political prominence.

Political speeches are a key part of May Day in Finland.  Government leaders announced their budget deal on Wednesday. Image: Benjamin Suomela / Yle Difficult budget negotiations dominated May Day speeches this year, as Finlands political class took to their online soap boxes to address their supporters in a Covid-affected political tradition. Opposition parties criticised the governments plans to increase the state debt, while government leaders said they had protected the country by agreein...

79,094 lab-confirmed infections as of Saturday 3.4 (up by 422 since Friday) 846 deaths attributed to coronavirus as of Thursday 1.4 (up by 2 since Wednesday) 264 people in hospital, 52 of them in intensive care as of Thursday 1.4 971,827 people (17.5% of the population) had received at least one vaccination dose as of Saturday 3.4 THL reports on Covid-related fatalities and hospital patient statistics on weekdays 3.4 16:51 Speaker condemns MPs "threatening" mask mandate tweet Speaker of Parliam...

Officials have postponed local elections over Covid concerns, but primary schools remain open. APN asked Andersson if Finland has done enough to keep schools safe, as it has not introduced mass testing. "Testing in schools [in Finland] to date has not changed our picture of the situation so far," she told APN. With many pupils in the country learning remotely this school year, Andersson said the divide between different socio-economic groups was growing. "The issue we have had to tackle is the...

Morning newspapers analyse the state spending budget for 2021. The state spending projection for 2021 is 13.1 percent higher than last year. Image: Miro Johansson Finlands largest daily Helsingin Sanomat reports that the Finnish state will spend 65.2 billion euros in this years budget, which is considerably more than in any previous year and 13.1 percent higher than last year. Approximately 1.7 billion euros has been budgeted directly for tackling the coronavirus pandemic. Of this amount, 1.4 b...

Left Alliance chair and Member of Parliament Li Andersson had a baby girl at Turku University Hospital this week, the education minister, now on leave, said on Instagram. "The worlds most wonderful creature arrived this week...and we’re the happiest people in the world," Andersson posted on the image-sharing platform. Last September Andersson announced that she was expecting a child with her domestic partner, former ice hockey player Juha Pursiainen. MP Jussi Saramo took over as education ...

The Ministry of Finance announced new measures to improve employment among the over-55s. Government party leaders outlined employment measures affecting workers over the age of 55. Authors at a press conference on Thursday. Image: Heikki Saukkomaa / Lehtikuva Government parties have come to an agreement to scrap the ‘pension pipeline’, an enhanced unemployment benefits scheme offered to older people in Finland. The agreement came after Finlands unions and employer organisations failed to se...