Although officially one of Finland’s national churches alongside the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Finnish Orthodox Church has just over 57,000 members, making up around one percent of the population.
Officials acknowledge that the planned reforms would worsen the situations for low-income earners and slightly increase the number of low-income people.
The Finnish Immigration Service Migri revoked the former rapper’s residence permit earlier this month and ordered him to be deported to his native Iraq.
The government’s proposed tax changes for next year favour the highest-income proportion of the population, while the lowest earners will see their income decline further.
Over a quarter of a million people were out of work in Finland last month, bringing the country’s unemployment rate to its highest level since Statistics Finland began compiling the Labour Force Survey in 2009.
According to Aleksanteri Kivimäki’s defence lawyer, the appeal process should be suspended until a district court hears a case concerning the involvement of a new, second suspect.