Politics

A new poll find that if a general election were held today, the Finns Party would be the most popular choice for young voters aged 15-29. The poll was commissioned by the Association for Rural Culture and Education’s think tank…

Finland’s Minister for Family and Basic Services Krista Kiuru (SDP) has survived a no-confidence vote brought by the opposition National Coalition Party over her handling of the coronavirus epidemic. The votes went Kiuru’s way 106 to 70 in Parliament on…

Two National Coalition Party MPs have apologised for sharing a misogynistic blog post about Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP). Elina Lepomäki and Juhanna Vartiainen both shared the post via their Twitter accounts, Vartiainen expressing his thoughts that it was a "good text"…

Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) and National Coalition Party leader Petter Orpo have taken to Twitter in the latest war of words between the two politicians. Their current dispute centres around Marin’s comments on Thursday in Parliament that there weren’t enough masks…

Prime Minister Sanna Marin is one of a number of prominent politicians leaders from the world of business being replaced by a teenage girl for the day. It’s part of Plan International’s ‘Girl’s Takeover’ event in Finland which coincides with the…

The cross-party Parliamentary Legal Committee has voted unanimously to approve a citizen’s initiative to ban female genital mutilation. Although FGM is already considered a crime under statutes dealing with assault and aggravated assault, the citizen’s initiative wanted it to become…

Four Members of Parliament have drawn up a bill proposing that fines for littering be doubled, as a deterrent measure. National Coalition Party MPs Saara-Sofia Sirén, Markku Eestilä, Sari Multala and Pauli Kiuru want to see the fines increased from €100…

A local councilor in Helsinki says he’ll file a report to the police after a Finns Party politician in Central Ostrobothnia posted an inflammatory video on social media. Veteli councilor Jarno Vähäkainu posted a short video clip of two pigs, with…

Finnair says it will continue some flight services through the winter to five regional airports, but then stop those connections at the end of March next year. The airports affected are Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kajaani, Kemi and Kokkola. Finnair said reduced demand…

The government has formerly unveiled their 2021 budget proposals after two-and-a-half days of negotiations between ministers, and party leaders separately, in Helsinki. All the budget decisions are set against the backdrop of the coronavirus crisis which has impacted the economy…