Politics

The former leader of the Left Alliance political party Paavo Arhinmäki has announced that he intends to stand for re-election at the next general election which is due in spring 2019. Arhinmäki, 41, served as party leader from 2009 to 2016,…

The Stock Exchange Club Pörssi in Helsinki is voting today on whether to let women become members. Women are currently banned from the men only club, and any change to the rules requires at least two-thirds of the votes to…

Foreign Minister Timo Soini (Blue) has survived a parliament vote of no confidence by a wide margin of 100-60. The no confidence motion was brought by opposition MPs, and politicians from Social Democrats, Greens, Left Alliance and Swedish Peoples’ Party…

Foreign Minister Timo Soini (Blue) is facing a no-confidence vote in parliament this afternoon. The motion has been brought by opposition parties after numerous controversial comments that Soini has made about abortion. Soini says his views are private, but this week the Chancellor…

Finland’s Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö (Blue) says he will have to "think very carefully" about any future export orders for military equipment destined for Middle East conflict zones. He made the comments to state broadcaster YLE on their Tuesday evening news,…

Finland’s Green Alliance political party has chosen Maria Ohisalo to be the temporary leader of the party while Touko Aalto is on sick leave. The party also announced that some of Aalto’s responsibilities will be shared out among other members…

Finland’s Chancellor of Justice has ruled that Foreign Minister Timo Soini’s (Blue) participation in an anti-abortion event in Canada was "problematic". In an official report released today, Chancellor of Justice Tuomas Pöysti writes that when the minister travels abroad as a…

Veteran politician Paavo Väyrynen (Ind) has conceded that time is running out on his dream of forming a new political movement in Finland. In a blog post today he writes that with parliamentary elections coming up in the spring, he’s fallen…

Are you having a hard time understanding the government’s planned social and healthcare reform known as Sote? Then you’re not alone. A new survey carried out by broadcaster MTV finds 40% of people in Finland don’t consider the government’s reform strategies…

Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipilä (Centre) is on sick leave for two days. The announcement came on Wednesday morning from his office, to say that he would be off work on 12th and 13th September. Sipilä’s office has not disclosed the nature of…