Politics

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…

Time might be running out for Katri Kulmuni’s short reign as leader of the Centre Party. Either that or she’s gearing up for a triumphant second act. The Lapland MP stepped down from her finance minister job in late spring over…

The Vice Chairman of the Centre Party Petri Honkanen has joined the race to be the next party leader, challenging incumbent Katri Kulmuni. He’s the second serious contender from within the party to step forward after Minister of Science and Culture Annika Saarikko…

The new episode of our summer Podkäst is available now wherever you listen to your podcast content. On this week’s show Centre Party leader Katri Kulmuni talks about her summer ‘listening tour’ where she’s been meeting hundreds of voters across the country – she also talks…

Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) married her long-term partner Markus Räikkönen on Saturday at a small ceremony at the PM’s official Kesäranta residence in Helsinki. The nuptials were not announced in advance, and Marin waited until Sunday to reveal that the wedding…

Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has urged caution over a possible second wave of coronavirus in Finland. Writing on Twitter the PM notes that restrictions put in place to slow the pandemic have been gradually lifted since June but that "there…

Minister of Science and Culture Annika Saarikko is joining the Centre Party leadership race, in a bid to oust incumbent Katri Kulmuni. Saarikko only returned from maternity leave on Thursday and already announced her plan to challenge Kulmuni at the party’s autumn…

A new poll by three Finnish newspapers finds that most Finns – two out of three – broadly support the the recent EU budget deal which provides a €750 billion fund to help countries recover from the impact of…

The Finns Party says it doesn’t plan to take any action over one of its Members of Parliament Mauri Peltokangas, after he wrote that Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) and her ministers were "pathetic assholes." Peltokangas wrote the comments in a…