On 9 July, international press freedom and media development organisations met in London in advance of the Global Media Freedom Conference to call on all participating States to ensure the protection and safety of all journalists and media workers in compliance with their existing obligations and international standards.
Helsinki (02.07.2019 – Heikki Jokinen) Pay differences in Finland are smaller than in most other countries in Europe, according to a new study conducted by the Labour Institute for Economic Research. The average wage and salary earners monthly income in 2015 was 3,386 euro in Finland. The study compared pay inequality in 32 European countries.Read More
The UJF’s key aims substantially included in the government programme of Finland’s new Prime Minister Antti Rinne. The programme was issued on 4 June.
A new support fund aims to assist journalists who are victims of threats and persecution. This follows a spate of such cases in Finland in recent years, only a fraction of which have been dealt with by the courts.
The latest press freedom rankings produced by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sees Finland close to regaining the top position it enjoyed from 2010 to 2017. It comes second, behind Norway, among the countries considered to have a good press freedom situation.
By Linus Atarah As the world celebrates the 26th World Press Freedom today, it is doubtful whether there is much to celebrate about press freedom around the world, after all. The surge of far-right governments in combination with authoritarian regimes around the world has cast a gloomy shadow over press freedom. In a chilling assessmentRead More
Help is on its way to journalist Johanna Vehkoo, who was ordered to pay a fine and court costs by Oulu District Court after convicting her of defaming far-right local counselor Junes Lokka.
Johanna Vehkoo, the journalist at the centre of the defamation case brought by Oulu city councillor Junes Lokka, has been found guilty of defaming Lokka and slapped with a 15-day fine. The sentence was handed down Oulu District Court, 12 April.
The trial of journalist Johanna Vehkoo has more than a ring of absurdity about it, revealing that the prosecutor, police, law and for that matter Finnish society in general is unable to get to grips with the problem of hate speech or internet trolls. Vehkoo, who has written extensively about fake news, hate speech andRead More
A few weeks ago the labour dispute involving AV freelance translators was resolved through mediation by the National Conciliator, Vuokko Piekkala. The issues left open by the mediation are of crucial importance to the Finnish jobs market of the 2020s.