Politics

With the general election only two and a half months away, campaigning is in full swing as parties announce their policy platforms, leaders take part in debates, and candidates try to make themselves as visible as possible. So how do…

A senior figure in the Social Democrat Party, Maarit Feldt-Ranta, has said she won’t continue her general election campaign, due the return of stomach cancer. In an open letter on Facebook, Feldt-Ranta writes that the cancer had returned once again,…

Green party member of parliament Ville Niinistö has announced that he’s running for a seat in the European Parliament elections this coming May. Niinistö also said he’s available to be Finland’s EU commissioner- "I have decided to stand as a candidates in…

A Blue Reform MP, former speaker of parliament Maria Lohela has announced she’s jumping ship from her current party, and joining the Liike Nyt parliamentary group instead. The move comes just 13 week before the elections, and she cites her lack…

The Finnish government say it is re-examining the international treaties it’s signed up to, to make sure the country’s "interpretation" of them is correct says Prime Minister Juha Sipilä (Centre), with regards to migrants and asylum seekers. Interior Minister Kai Mykkänen says that…

Finns Party leader Jussi Halla-aho has been partially censured by Twitter, a process known informally as ‘shadow banning’. It means that the right wing politician can’t post or comment to the social media site, and his profile is more difficult for users…

Politicians in Finland have been reacting to the latest Brexit twists and turns. On Tuesday night, Theresa May suffered the biggest defeat of any British Prime Minister in the modern democratic era, when the deal she negotiated with the EU…

More than 80,000 people have signed a citizens’ initiative which calls for foreign sex offenders to automatically lose their existing residence permit, and be immediately deported. The petition was started in December by Tampere woman Saila Al-Jewari shortly after the first Oulu…

The three parties which make up the Finnish government coalition are set to hold a series of emergency talks this week, in the wake of sex abuse allegations in Oulu and Helsinki. Today, police said they detained three suspects in…

Prime Minister Juha Sipilä has given his first public statement in response to the latest allegations of sex abuse by migrant men in Oulu. Sipilä, whose constituency and family home is just outside the northern city, says in a statement that accusations…