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Sture Fjäder believed that the chairman of the National Coalition Party should announce that the party would exclude the blue-red government and thus government cooperation with the SDP. He also wrote that the National Coalition Party should aim to form a center-right government. According to Fjäder, this would be the only way to take leadership on the right; otherwise, the Finns Party would continue its own line. #KOK https://t.co/sQ6sEXzLlb #vaalit2027 #KOK #politiikka (translated)

Arto Koskelo wrote that as a result of the radicalization of Finnish right-wing politics, Sanna Ukkola seemed centrist in 2026. He recalled that Ukkola and Ivan Puopolo were prominent figures of the woke radical left in 2021 and used a derogatory term referring to Nazism for them. Koskelo described both as quite centrist and moderate. #politiikka #Suomi #oikeistolaisuus (translated)

In the interest of the linguistic development and the development of Estonian culture, it is necessary to equalize this right so that Seto, Võru, and other languages have similar rights in the education system. Education Minister Kristina Kallas told ERR that the change is necessary because, for example, children whose mother tongue is Russian or Ukrainian currently have the right to demand that the school teach them their mother tongue for two hours a week, while children who speak Võru, Seto, or Mulgi at home do not have the same right. #murdekeel #kohalikkultuur #haridusreform (translated)

Pekka wrote to a user named Sukkola that he thought the purpose of this X publication was to provoke people to comment so that the user could write his column for Iltalehti. Pekka accused the user of disparaging Roni and of double standards because he simultaneously defended his right to criticize and defended Islam. #kritiikki #kaksinaismoralismi #provokaatio (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized Sanna Ukkola's writing about the Prime Minister's meeting with Imam Sharmarke Said Aw-Mussen. According to Mäkäräinen, Ukkola regarded the meeting as ordinary work and believed that the imam, who was born in Turku, was being asked impossible questions regarding Sharia. Mäkäräinen argued that asking the imam was not a misunderstanding: in his view, the imam left open whether Sharia would be applied in Finland in family or criminal law matters. Mäkäräinen wrote that, according to him, freedom of religion did not justify the establishment of a parallel legal system alongside Finnish laws. He claimed that in Muslim-majority countries, freedom of religion, women's equality, and individual rights were not realized in liberal democracies due to Islamic doctrine and Sharia. He cited Lebanon as an example, where he believed the growth of the Muslim population and political organization undermined previous balance and led to civil war. In France, Sweden, Belgium, and Britain, he mentioned the visibility of parallel societies, honor-based violence, segregation of areas and schools, and pressure to accept practices related to Sharia. In Finland in the 2000s, Mäkäräinen claimed that groups with a Muslim background who had immigrated were connected to the overrepresentation of sexual offenses, unemployment, use of social security, and demands for their own rules. He believed that distinguishing criticism of Islam from calls for deportation did not make questions about Sharia suspect. According to Mäkäräinen, the primacy of the Finnish Constitution and criminal law should be clear in all matters, and Finland did not need to repeat the experiences of countries where the application of Sharia had been tried. https://t.co/bGpZ7VaTux #uskonnonvapaus #integratio #muslimit (translated)

The author demanded a complete ban on Russian tourist visas throughout the EU as long as Russia continues its aggressive war. He stated that he had approached EU member states and asked them to join in a joint letter addressed to the European Commission. #EU #Venäjä #turismikielto #FI #EU #RU (translated)

Alpo Rusi wrote that the KGB had about 350 agents, confidential contacts, or targets of preparation at a time, managed by the cover diplomats or illegals of the Soviet embassy. He claimed that Lipponen had a KGB connection since 1967 and that Stasi had also dealt with him and Aho. Rusi also mentioned Gerhard Maget (OibE) from the years 1986–1990. #Kgb #historia #vakoojat (translated)

According to the analysis of Alan Vaht, a member of the board of Terminal Oil, a 22.9% decline in diesel fuel sales may lead to the loss of high excise tax revenue, highlighting the impact of excise policy on the state budget. #diislikütuseaktsiis #maksutulu #aktsiisipoliitika (translated)

The author described Saudi Arabia as an ally and questioned why MBS continued privileged oil coordination with Putin’s Russia through OPEC+, given Russia’s war against Ukraine and Europe, the threat from Iran and Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and global trade. https://t.co/xF4sf6PFyo #SaudiArabia #OPEC #UkraineWar #SA #RU #UA #IR

Matti Viren wrote that one had to wait four weeks for an X-ray examination, even though public expenditure, according to him, was 58 percent of GDP. He also criticized the fact that the country could afford to send over a billion in development aid to the south and pay very high salaries to healthcare leaders, questioning how the country was being managed. https://t.co/f4UZs8v0RW https://t.co/Tys9xHI85z #terveydenhuolto #kehitysapu #poliikka (translated)

Hannu Järvinen wrote that there was a weakness in Lindtman's plans, as according to him, the SDP did not decide alone who would join the government with it. Järvinen also assessed that the socialists, in his opinion, would not decide on much in the next election period either, and he said he considered that a good thing. https://t.co/fCSru37ONd #politiikka #Suomi #hallitus (translated)

The post argued that Saudi Arabia should leave OPEC and join the OECD, describing this as the next economic step after more than a century as a strategic partner of the West. It also called for Saudi Arabia to move away from OPEC and OPEC+ politics, which it characterised as cartel politics, and end strategic oil coordination with Russia. https://t.co/tslXMYugrC #SaudiArabia #OPEC #OECD #SA

Henri Vanhanen wrote that he doubted whether Vladimir Putin had a realistic understanding of the situation in the war in Ukraine or whether he would be willing to accept information contrary to his own views. Vanhanen assessed that in Russia's system, reporting bad news to the leadership could be dangerous and that the military leadership, subordinates, or the president's inner circle might distort or filter information. Vanhanen referred to a recent assessment by the think tank ISW, which stated that Ukraine's successful counteroffensive in northern Donetsk had shattered Russia's plan to encircle the region's key defensive cities from two directions. According to him, Russia's goal of capturing the entire Donetsk region appeared to be further away as a result. Vanhanen wrote that Putin might continue the war to achieve unrealistic goals if he believed that Russia was closer to victory than reality suggests. He deemed it even more concerning that Putin might be receiving accurate information but did not want to believe it. Vanhanen emphasized that Russia's military failure, in his view, might not necessarily change Putin's goals or his desire to continue the war. He believed that an unrealistic situational picture could lead to the prolongation of the war and taking greater risks, and he appealed for continued support for Ukraine and to resist Russia's military pressure. https://t.co/Lb2advefv2 #Ukraina #Putin #sota (translated)

Martin Paasi said that he finally got into the traditional media with a sort of personal profile piece. He wrote that those public servants in office during the season had to be happy with what they got, even though others had what he referred to as actual personal stories. #media #uutiset #iloinen (translated)

The author criticized Trump's actions towards Ukraine and described them as shocking. According to him, the deals would increase Russia's war fund, and their purpose would only be to boost Republican support in the upcoming midterm elections. He also believed that Trump rightly received criticism from his own party. https://t.co/m4k7540VsN #Ukraina #Trump #Venäjä #UA #RU (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized an article in Helsingin Sanomat and said he had made corrections to it. According to him, the nonfiction writer Ari Haasio and Mattila had suggested that Finnish identity was ambiguous, compared the mistrust faced by evacuees from Karelia to current fears directed at Muslims, and stated that everyone was a descendant of immigrants. Mäkäräinen wrote that migration was an old phenomenon, but migrations from different times could not be equated. He noted that the first people arrived in what is now Finland about 11,000 years ago and believed that this did not provide a basis for equating the current migration from Afghanistan or Somalia with the arrivals of earlier traders, craftsmen, or industrial founders. He described Finlayson as an actor that built factories in capital-poor Finland, brought technology, and created jobs. Mäkäräinen compared him to a Mohammed coming from Somalia, who he described as illiterate and dependent on Kela support. He believed these examples illustrated different types of migration and claimed that there were differences in education, employment, cultural distance, and criminality. He also claimed that those coming from Afghanistan were overrepresented in rape statistics. Regarding the evacuees from Karelia, Mäkäräinen wrote that they had come from within Finland, spoke Finnish, and shared key features of Finnish culture. He said they had faced mistrust and derogatory name-calling, but believed they differed from current arrivals from Afghanistan, for example, in terms of adaptation, work ethic, and use of social security. Mäkäräinen also denied the comparison made by Haasio and Mattila between 19th-century antisemitism and the Somali discussions of the 1990s. According to him, the groups were not similar, and Jews had mostly integrated well. He argued that current migrations should be evaluated based on their impacts on employment, crime, and social security. Finally, he wrote that the continuity of society required, in his opinion, the adaptation of newcomers. #maahanmuutto #suomalaisuus #kulttuuri (translated)