Politics

Finns Party MPs posed for pictures on the steps of parliament at an anti-EU rally where protesters waved Finnish flags, and held up signs saying Make Finland Great Again. The Tuesday event was organised to protest Finland’s EU membership, and…

The actions of a Finns Party politician who recently returned from a foreign holiday without self-isolation have been detailed in a new Iltalehti story. Tampere MP Veikko Vallin spent seven weeks on holiday in Portugal – a country on Finland’s…

The closure of a UPM-Kymmene Corporation paper mill has sparked a heated online discussion between senior politicians about who is to blame. UPM announced on Wednesday that it would shutter the Kaipola plant in Jämsä as part of a wider…

In the last half year, as the coronavirus pandemic swept across the planet, Finland has been quietly working with other donor countries to continue providing aid to nations most in need. Countries like Iraq or Somalia, with public healthcare systems…

Sanna Marin has been elected unopposed as the new chairperson of the Social Democrats, at their autumn conference in Tampere this weekend. Although Marin has been prime minister since December last year, her predecessor Antti Rinne retained his chairmanship of the…

A Helsinki City Councilor has agreed to pay €3,200 to cover the cost of an electric bike which she received as a free promotional perk, after criticism from political opponents. Fatim Diarra (Green) got the electric bike from Finnish bike…

Finnish authorities have announced a new Covid-19 testing strategy to help reduce the long waiting times many people have experienced trying to get an appointment, and then a further delay in receiving their results. The new goal is to have…

A group of protesters is hoping their peaceful but jarring hunger strike action sends a clear message to the Finnish government that more action needs to be taken to slow climate change. With its tents, colourful banners, potted plants and…

The Mayor of Helsinki says his administration is working with Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District HUS to fix some major problems with coronavirus testing in the capital. This week has seen a steady stream of media stories highlighting the several-days…

Minister of Justice Anna-Maja Henriksson (RKP) was apparently caught out by a Monday night announcement from Minister of Family and Basic Services Krista Kiuru (SDP) that a strict new regime of tests and quarantine was being introduced at Finland’s ports and…