Morning court coverage centered on the Makwan Amirkhani trial as Paula Vesala testified Mira Luoti's account was unchanged, criticizing the Celebrity Survivors production for not calling police, while defence lawyer Kari Uoti clashed with a photographer.
Midday attention shifted when STT said it would end news and picture operations in March and dismiss its entire newsroom, 89 staff, leaving Finland without a national news agency; police also opened a criminal probe into Google's Muhos data-centre works.
Evening focus returned to diplomacy as Vladimir Putin publicly addressed the Stubb-Støre call, saying Russia backed steps to restore ties with Europe and did not want the Baltic to become a Hormuz Strait, while adding Russia was prepared for war with Europe but did not want it. New audio from the Spanish train crash showing controllers told drivers to continue also drew coverage.