“Finland is, so to speak, trying to influence things from the sidelines. The big boys decide, and we try to contribute at different stages,” Stubb told Helsingin Sanomat.
Finland granted 3,697 residence permits to Russian citizens in the first half of this year, a historically low number but one which still raises questions, according to Iltalehti.
A new study finds that people who applied for asylum in Finland as a minor during the 2015 refugee crisis are integrating much better than those who did so as adults.
Leaders of eastern EU countries coming to Finland, Stubb seeks to calm student concerns and readers pick the country’s most dilapidated road, all in Friday’s press roundup.
News outlets report that Finnish oil firm Neste has suspended deliveries to Russian-owned Teboil, as US and UK sanctions target the funding of Moscow’s war in Ukraine.