Finland has summoned Iran's ambassador in response to an internet blackout imposed by Iranian authorities and the suppression of protests, reports Ilta-Sanomat.
Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen (NCP) took to X to announce the news.
"I will summon the Iranian ambassador this morning," she wrote on Tuesday morning.
"Iran's regime has shut down the internet to be able to kill and oppress in silence. This will not be tolerated. We stand with the people of Iran —women and men alike," she posted on the social media channel.
Plus-sized problems
Finland has experienced biting temperatures lately, making proper winter clothing essential for anyone venturing outdoors. A widely read story in Helsingin Sanomat highlights the difficulty plus-sized people face when shopping for winter wear, especially insulated pants.
Helsinki resident Veera Papinoja told HS she now has suitable winter outdoor clothes for the first time in a long while.
"I only just fit into the largest padded pants sold at a sports store after losing more than 50 kilos," she told the paper. "It feels crazy that fitting into a store's biggest size required such a massive change to my body."
According to Papinoja and many others, buying plus-sized winter clothing remains a major challenge in Finland, with sizes often available only in limited ranges.
HS noted that a few years ago, fashion giant H&M moved its entire plus-size collection out of physical stores and made it available only online. The company justified the decision to Iltalehti by saying that demand for the range had increasingly shifted to online shopping.
Paid in firewood
Maaseudun Tulevaisuus explores the history of midwifery in Finland, following on earlier reporting of Finland's shrinking rural hospital network.
Midwifery training began in Finland 210 years ago. In cities, the well-to-do could afford to pay midwives. But in rural areas, payment was sometimes firewood, others worked for free, recalled Päivi Oinonen of the Federation of Finnish Midwives.
Home births were the norm until the 1950s and 1960s, when Finland embraced the hospital as the safer setting for delivery. Maternity hospitals were built and home births declined.
That centralisation has continued. In 1975, Finland had 62 hospitals handling births. Today, just 21 remain and that has come at the cost of distance, especially for those living far from urban centres.
