Chancellor of Justice demands answers from Prime Minister over stadium project
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Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has until November 20 to provide the Chancellor of Justice with more details on his contacts with the Garden Helsinki stadium project. The Chancellor found the Prime Minister's first set of explanations insufficient, an assessment that shifts a private development project into a formal political inquiry.
The Social Insurance Institution, Kela, is meanwhile managing two crises at once: a leadership dispute and a public row over the surveillance of its remote staff. Employees say the monitoring is overly strict, while internal reports suggest the institution tried to keep the management's difficulties quiet.
Elsewhere, the housing market is diverging as the price of studio apartments collapses in several districts while terraced houses hold their value. Even festive traditions are under pressure: Helsinki's new tram timetables have left passengers confused, and a Christmas window display at the Stockmann department store has managed to spark genuine public anger.