Protests are also ongoing in various other parts of Europe, including in Italy, Greece, Norway and Czech Republic, against new military deals

Left-wing groups have warned that the move will only serve to escalate tensions and draw Finland and Sweden into the strategic plans of NATO dominated by the US 

Mainstream political sections in Finland and Sweden are persuading their respective governments to join NATO by fanning up the Russophobia that has been exacerbated by the ongoing war in Ukraine

Worker’s unions in Finland’s social and health care services demand immediate staff recruitments and pay increase

Progressive sections across Europe organized various online and offline events to mark this year’s World Environment Day under the theme of ‘restoring ecosystems’

JP Väisänen, chairman of the Communist Party of Finland, speaks to Peoples Dispatch about the efforts of the party to mobilize and grow under the pandemic and its strategic vision for achieving structural change in the country

J.P. Väisänen, chairman of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP), talks about the policies of the government of Sanna Marin at the time of the pandemic, as well as its foreign policies

Finland’s Ministry of Finance has proposed increased military expenditure in its 2021 budget for the procurement of new multipurpose fighter planes to replace the currently used Hornet fleet

The demand has resurfaced ahead of the fresh negotiations with the employers for new collective agreements

The workers were protesting the management’s bid to force some of their colleagues into a new collective bargaining agreement which is likely to be followed by pay cuts