Finland's government published a report on defence policy on Thursday, prompting plentiful coverage across Finnish media.
It was the first such report produced since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and Helsingin Sanomat notes it had some stark language on the threats faced by Finland.
The paper notes that the last report, published in 2021, only used the word "war" twice. This time it's there 20+ times, and the authors suggest Finland could face a years-long conflict.
The last report had said that there's no immediate threat of war, and that language is not present in this version.
Instead the report emphasises the unpredictability of the situation, and names war as the biggest single threat facing Finnish society.
The clear message is that things have changed, according to HS.
Land mine poll
In a perhaps related news item, Uutissuomalainen has a poll out on Friday suggesting that 54 percent of Finns would like the country to leave the Ottawa treaty banning anti-personnel mines.
Some 70 percent of men told pollsters they wanted to have the option of using land mines, compared to just 35 percent of women.
The margin of error in the poll was 3.1 percentage points in either direction.
The issue came to the forefront of the Finnish news agenda this autumn when military officials suggested it could be looked at again.
Finland joined the treaty in 2012.
Challenging racists
Ilta-Sanomat follows up on recent reporting about the flood of racist abuse sent towards Daniela Owusu, who was crowned as Finland's Lucia this month.
The annual Lucia tradition is intended to bring light into the darkest months via a young woman wearing a wreath of candles on her head, and is particularly important to Finland's Swedish-speaking community.
This year's proceedings took an unpleasant turn with the online reaction when the new Lucia was named as Owusu, who is of Finnish-Ghanaian descent, and the first black woman to take the prestigious title.
Ilta-Sanomat decided to track down and interview some of those who had posted racist comments online under their own names, to find out just what had triggered their outrage.
Jouni, a middle-aged hunting enthusiast from northern Finland, declined to comment at all on his original reaction.
He had written "this one isn't Finnish either" in response to Owusu's selection.
Sirpa, also from northern Finland, had complained that "nowadays everyone has to be dark-skinned".
She defended herself to IS by saying she's no racist but the Lucia is a public position and its holder should be able to handle criticism. She did also concede that Owusu is Finnish, as she had been born in Finland, and that she did deserve to be Lucia.
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