In the future all Finnish police departments will undergo training on non-discriminatory police work while municipal councillors will take courses on hate speech, reports Helsingin Sanomat.
On Thursday the government adopted a 52-point programme called "Equal Finland" aimed at combating racism and hate speech in Finland over the next two years. Measures also include increased state support for organisations helping victims of racism and hate crime.
Drawing on racism research in Finland, the programme aims to dismantle discriminatory societal structures while promoting diversity in the Finnish workforce.
A 2018 EU study found Finland to be among the most racist countries in the bloc.
One of business magazine Talouselämä's top stories warns readers that nearly 900,000 residents are expected to exceed income limits specified on their 2021 tax cards.
TE said the tax office has for the first time ever sent out email alerts to taxpayers whose withholding rates seem too low in light of income earned earlier this year.
Many income-earners will find their Christmastime pay packets light, writes TE, if they don't adjust withholding percentages for the rest of the year.
Income exceeding the reported income ceiling is taxed according to the additional withholding rate specified on the tax card.
Revised tax cards can be downloaded (in English) online.
Moomin mug mania has reached new heights, according to Swedish-language daily Hufvudstadsbladet, which reports that an online Swedish auction has set the starting price for one of these cups adorned with Tove Jansson's paintings at 17,550 euros.
The mug in question, "Dive," was released in 2006 as a prototype version. It was inspired by Jansson's 1955 comic book "Moomin's Winter Follies."
An identical mug drew 12,005 euros in Finland last year.
Ceramic company Arabia's first Moomin-themed children's tableware came on sale in the late 1950s, four decades before the height of the Moomin boom when the mugs assumed their current form.
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