The papers were dominated by news of a government report submitted to Parliament on Wednesday detailing changes in Finland's foreign and policy security policies following Russia's attack on Ukraine.
The report (siirryt toiseen palveluun) outlines the advantages and disadvantages of Finland joining Nato, and considered the starting point of an official debate about Finland's possible membership in the military alliance.
Looking at these events, Helsingin Sanomat journalist Teemu Luukka writes (siirryt toiseen palveluun) that it is no longer relevant to discuss Finland's "potential Nato membership", even though no outright stance on whether or not Finland should join the alliance was made explicit in the report.
Luukka argues the report nevertheless outlines a position where Finland would be foolish not to join Nato, as it mainly focuses on several benefits of becoming members. As a downside to joining, the report lists increased tensions on the eastern border, noting Russia's public condemnation of Nato's expansion in Europe.
The report said Nato membership would not necessitate Finland hosting nuclear weapons, a permanent Nato military base, or alliance troops, and estimates the cost of membership at around 1-1.5 percent of Finland's current defense budget.
According to HS sources, Finland is expected to apply for membership in the near future, with its application likely being sent to the North Atlantic Council (NAC) sometime between April and June, but before a Nato conference in Madrid in late June.
Luukka notes that recent events indicating Finland will apply for membership are also visible in the public sphere. No leading politician has argued against joining the alliance, and in fact, naysayers have been notably absent from the public discourse.
Public and political support for Nato membership has seemingly grown in tandem with increasing reports on Russia's brutal actions in Ukraine, Luukka writes.
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Helsinki's Iltalehti reports (siirryt toiseen palveluun) on the new legislation concerning women's voluntary military service signed by President Sauli Niinistö on Wednesday.
The new law outlines changes such as the deadline for applying being pushed forward by about six weeks.
The Defence Forces said the new law calls for the women's selection event to be held simultaneously with the call-ups, which will be held for both men and women at the same time, making the process faster and easier.
The new law also shortens the period that new voluntary conscripts are permitted to quit training sessions. Female recruits are now allowed to leave up to 30 days after training has commenced, instead of the previous limit of 45 days.
The new law is to come into effect in June, Iltalehti reports.
Finnish politicians have been public proponents of organising universal-call ups to prevent marginalisation and attract more women into military service, with a cross-party parliamentary committee proposing in November to extend military call-ups to women.
Aamulehti carries an item (siirryt toiseen palveluun) reviewing Statistics Finland's fresh report on changes in consumer prices. According to the data, inflation in Finland in March was up 5.8 percent from last year. The last time Finland saw such a rapid rise in inflation rates, Aamulehti writes, was in March 1990.
The Statistics Finland report outlined that the price hike was due to increases in the prices of electricity, fuels, and house repair costs. On the other hand, inflation was curbed by reductions in the prices of children's daycare, average interest rates on housing loans, and costs of prescription medicine.
Finland's inflation rate clearly surpassed local forecasts, but the paper says it is still below the Euro area rate for March, which is expected to be 7.5 percent, according to Eurostat estimates.
The European statistics outfit is scheduled to publish its harmonised index of consumer prices next week, Aamulehti writes.
Tabloid Ilta-Sanomat writes (siirryt toiseen palveluun) about Prime Minister Sanna Marin's (SDP) jacket capturing the hearts of Swedish political commentators. Marin wore a black leather jacket for a press conference in Stockholm on Wednesday, held after she met with her Swedish counterpart, Madgalena Andersson.
"After this, I'll be wearing a leather jacket throughout spring," Frida Wallnor, writer for the financial newspaper Dagens Industri wrote on Twitter.
Aftonbladet newspaper columnist Oisin Cantwell argued that no leading Swedish politician would dare wear a leather jacket, while Joanna Bergh from Expressen newspaper announced Marin was bringing contemporary fashion to politics.
"Finally," Bergh wrote, "a prime minister is holding a press conference in a leather jacket."