A coronation ceremony will be held on Saturday 13 December at Helsinki Cathedral. From there, Lucia will join a holiday-themed parade through the city centre.
Police expected an increase in reported cases after changes to the Sexual Offences Act came into force at the beginning of 2023, but a department spokesperson still describes the increase as “significant”.
“The director came to the same conclusion as the board, that his choice of words was very unfortunate, and he apologises for them,” Kela’s board chair Vertti Kiukas says.
PURL is a joint US-Nato initiative that allows countries to make a financial contribution to the compiling of arms packages, bought from the US and provided to Ukraine.