Politics

In the excitable hours after being voted the new Centre Party Chair, Katri Kulmuni is still swept up in the day’s events. "It was a mixture of relief, excitement and shock. And I had to think is it really happening?…

Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne (SDP) says he thinks it’s now "very obvious" that Britain will crash out of the European Union without a deal. Speaking at a joint press conference in Helsinki with the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli, Rinne…

Finland’s 200 Members of Parliament gather back in Helsinki today for the start of the autumn term. The first plenary session begins on Wednesday afternoon at 14:00 and on the agenda are a wide range of topics including reports on…

Police in Tampere have carried out a thorough investigation… and come to the conclusion that if Facebook bans you, no crime has been committed. Officers had to look into the case after a local Member of Parliament Veikko Vallin (Finns) complained…

The government has stepped into a labour dispute which has exposed the high salaries of executives at the state-owned Posti postal service. At a press conference in Helsinki on Tuesday, Minister of Local Government and Ownership Steering Sirpa Paatero (SDP) said…

A Centre Party MP wants to see a special tax break for married people also applied to single people and couples. Freshman MP Joonas Könttä wants to change the rules on tax deductions for work-related second homes. At present if a married…

A Helsinki City Councilman of Somali origin has received a letter containing a noose and a death threat at the first City Council meeting of the new session. Abdiurahim ‘Husu’ Hussein (SDP) reported for Wednesday night’s meeting and was told there…

With its oversized potted plants and stylish furniture, the Helsinki Mayor’s office doesn’t look much like the headquarters of an insurgent movement. And the urbane mayor himself Jan Vapaavuori doesn’t look much like the leader of a rebel alliance. But in 2018…

Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen is slightly ahead of Economic Affairs Minister Katri Kulmuni in the race to be the next leader of the Centre Party. Uutissuomalainen newspaper asked district heads of the Centre Party and found that eight support Kaikkonen, while five…

Voting is set to begin next week to elect 21 members of the Sámi Parliament. But an ongoing legal battle of who is eligible to vote overshadows the process. The Sámi Parliament in Inari believes it should have the final…