Politics

UPDATE: Timo Soini has written about the attack on his blog. "Today, there was a terrible incident that nobody wanted or hoped for. The threatening situation quickly settled down" "I have been to the Korso market many many times. There are…

Officials from the National Coalition Party – known in Finnish as Kokoomus – are distancing themselves from an election candidate who used a campaign event to spread his views that multiculturalism doesn’t work. It’s the kind of rhetoric which shows…

A Finns Party MP who assaulted and sexually harassed a female MP in parliament has had his punishment increased by the Helsinki Appeals Court. Teuvo Hakkarainen, who hit the headlines again this week with anti-immigrant slogans on the side of…

A colourful flashmob in the centre of Helsinki used bright pink smoke and banners to raise awareness of human rights concerns. Organised by the Feminist Party, dozens of participants gathered at Hakaniemi Bridge on Thursday evening with a 20 metre-long…

A Finns Party candidate for parliament is trying to explain an anti-immigrant slogan emblazoned on the side of his car as part of an election campaign stunt. MP Teuvo Hakkarainen has the phrase "immigrant invader, where do you come from? You’re going back…

A major military spending project is to be delayed because of the resignation of the government earlier this month. A decision on the acquisition of three new corvettes for the navy has to be put on hold until after the…

The Green Alliance are taking their election campaign on the road with a national bus tour. The 6000km trip launched on the weekend, with the first stops in Helsinki, Vantaa and Espoo. The distinctive bright green bus will be calling at…

With less than one month to go until the general election, candidates are making a big push to get their name and message out to the public. Last Thursday, individual candidates received their voting numbers and so this was the…

The Chairman of the Finns Party Youth in Lapland has been criticised over a social media post he wrote about the New Zealand terror attack. At least 49 people are confirmed dead by authorities, and another 40 injured, after a…

A €200 million sum that’s been spent on preparations and planning for social, health and regional reform – known as sote in Finnish – can still be put to use by the next government, according to officials, even though…