The agreement opens the markets of South America’s Mercosur bloc to Europe, which will mean an influx of imported, and possibly cheaper, meat into Finland.
Finland’s government is pushing through legislation which would see newly-arrived immigrant jobseekers receive lower benefits than other unemployed people.
Finnish officials spoke with the Iranian embassy’s chargé d’affaires, as the ambassador’s flight from Tehran was cancelled, while protesters outside the embassy called for US intervention in the crisis.