04:04⇢Electric Bike Subsidies End
⌨The newspapers report on Finnish domestic policy shifts affecting transportation and defense spending. A taxi company criticizes city center plans to remove vehicles from streets, while the government ends subsidies for electric bicycles, forcing cyclists to rely on their own funding again (Aamulehti, Turun Sanomat). Prime Minister Orpo defends billion-euro defense spending increases, emphasizing the security threat context (MTV Uutiset). Environmental research advances as Finnish scientists develop the world's first comprehensive method to calculate individual citizens' nature footprints, with food consumption comprising the largest portion of Finns' environmental impact (Kansan Uutiset). International coverage includes Trump doubling National Guard deployment amid California's legal challenge to federal troops in Los Angeles, and reports of catastrophic statistics for Putin's administration (Helsingin Sanomat, Iltalehti).