Iltalehti reports that a group of conscripts were filmed on Sunday evening on Perniöntie in Salo breaking roadside traffic signs and later dancing on top of a car. A witness interviewed by the paper said the episode happened roughly between 22:00 and 23:00, while cars continued passing by, and that the men stayed there for […]

A Finnish conscript serving with the Armoured Brigade was injured on Thursday morning when a training hand grenade went off in his hand during a grenade-throwing exercise at the Pohjankangas firing and training area in Niinisalo. The incident happened during the Mighty Arrow 26 exercise, led by the Armoured Brigade. The cause remains unknown and […]

A man born in 2006 was convicted of two service offences after inappropriately touching and harassing two female recruits at the Armoured Brigade in Hattula last summer. According to MTV Uutiset, the conduct violated the general service regulation’s ban on sexual and gender-based harassment. He had touched and slapped female recruits in different parts of […]

A recent Ilta-Sanomat piece highlights a public argument over Finland’s conscript daily allowance, currently €6.15 per day during the first 165 days of service. “The daily allowance has deteriorated if the price of a pack of cigarettes is used as the index, which is currently €9.50–€13.20,” one respondent calculates. “When I was in the army […]