Friday Papers: PM Dissatisfaction, Purse Flavor Reversal, Warmer Weekend | News Yle

A new newspaper poll shows that most voters are dissatisfied with Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s handling of the country’s foreign policy.

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According to the results of a survey published by the newspaper Maaseudun Tulevaisuus, the majority of Finns give the president a high rating Alexander Stubb‘s work in the field of foreign policy, but they are not satisfied with the prime minister Petteri Orpoleadership in foreign policy of (NCP).

Almost three in four (73%) Finns told pollsters they are satisfied with how President Stubb has handled Finland’s foreign policy.

On the other hand, the majority (55%) is dissatisfied with the performance of the prime minister in matters of foreign policy. Only about a third said they were satisfied.

Both the president and the prime minister receive lower ratings from those who support the opposition parties than from those who vote for the governing parties.

According to the Constitution, Finnish foreign policy is directed by the president, in cooperation with the government. Since taking office, President Stubb has emphasized Finland’s common and coherent foreign policy.
However, during the autumn, there have been some clashes and disagreements within the government coalition over the conduct of Finland’s foreign policy.
In September, it was reported that Finland had refused to participate in the Coalition for Equality and Inclusion for the Reconstruction of Ukraine under a decision taken by the Minister of Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade. Tavio City (Finns).
Orpo later commented to the media that he believed participation in the alliance would have been in line with his government’s policy, but that the decision was up to Tavio.
Since then, Finland’s position on Israel and Palestine in particular has been a source of controversy.
The MT survey was conducted by Kantar Agri, who polled 1,000 Finns between 11 and 17 October. The poll’s margin of error is three percentage points.

Nicotine pouch debacle

Economic and business publication Talouselämä is among the papers including a report by news agency STT that the government will not implement revisions to tobacco legislation passed by Parliament last week that would allow nicotine pouches to be sold in a variety of flavors

Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (NCP) told STT on Thursday that the government will present a new proposal to Parliament, which will allow only mint and menthol flavors as nicotine pouches.

The approved law allows the use of tea, ginger, rosemary and wood flavorings.

Grahn-Laasonen pointed to irregularities in the drafting of the legislation as a reason for the change in policy.

The entire range of flavors of the law that was passed were included at the initiative of the Swedish People’s Party. Only a single company, based in an area with high levels of political support for the SPP, produces these flavors. According to the press, the list of permitted flavors was presented by a special adviser to the former SPP leader, Anna-Maja Henrikssonwho was then Minister of Education.
Henriksson has denied that the aim was to favor a company.

Hotel data leak

Helsingin Sanomat reports the confirmation of a data security breach that led to the leakage of customer data from hospitality company Arctic SnowHotel & Glass Igloos.

The company says hackers had created a scam website that allowed it to bypass the two-step authentication process and gain access to the hotel’s system.
As a result, customer data was leaked for more than a year and affected about 1,000 customers, according to the document.
The company reported the possible data breach on Monday after some of the hotel’s customers received Whatsapp messages that appeared to come from the hotel. The messages came from a British phone number, claiming that the customer had not paid for the room and asking for payment to be made.
The Arctic SnowHotel & Glass Igloos offers accommodation in a hotel built of snow and igloos with transparent roofs near Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland.

Warmer weekend

Ilta-Sanomat tells readers that the weekend looks set to be unusually warm, with winds bringing warm air from the Mediterranean.
meteorologist Jari Tuovinen of the Finnish Meteorological Institute estimates that temperatures of up to 15 degrees Celsius or even more may be recorded in some parts of the country on Sunday.
“There will be some variation in weather patterns in terms of which day will see the warmest temperatures. 15 degrees is certainly already an exceptionally warm reading around October 20,” he told IS.
Friday morning, there may be patches of clear skies in the south and east of the country. During the day, heavy cloud cover can be expected from western Finland to Lapland.
A few scattered showers can be seen in an area stretching from Ostrobothnia to eastern Lapland. In the southern and eastern parts of the country, the weather could be quite sunny.
Warmer than normal weather is expected to continue into next week. IS also points to Foreca’s latest monthly forecast, which predicts unusually warm weather for the next four weeks.

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