Finland should aim to leave the European Union in the long term, the far-right Perussuomalaiset's Jussi Halla-aho said ahead of his party congress
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Third racism scandal hits Finland's government in space of a month – Wille Rydman used racial slurs in private messages according to Helsingin Sanomat
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Finland's right-wing government is facing yet another crisis after old comments from a far-right blog forum, purportedly written by Riikka Purra, re-surfaced
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Finland's new economy minister has resigned after just ten days in office over remarks he made at a far-right event four years ago
21 votes -
Protesters gather in Helsinki over ministers' far-right links – several hundred people protest against new rightwing administration's austerity and immigration-cutting programme
10 votes -
Although Finland's Åland archipelago is strategically located in the Baltic Sea, an agreement prevents any military presence there – but perhaps this could change
8 votes -
Finland's new economy minister has apologised for extremist remarks after it emerged he addressed a far-right group four years ago
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Finland's far-right Perussuomalaiset party has agreed to enter a coalition government with the centre-right Kokoomus and two other groups
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Inside Finland's war preparations on NATO's new frontline with Russia
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Finnish far right in talks to join coalition government – negotiations set to begin in early May will include the anti-immigration party Perussuomalaiset
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As it joins NATO, Finland recorded its highest year-on-year increase in military spending since 1962 – global military spending rose by 3.7% in real terms
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Finland's long road to NATO – Russia's attack on Ukraine in 2022 revived memories of 1939 and was the catalyst that led the Nordic country into the Alliance
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The results of Finland's parliamentary elections signal a tumultuous period ahead – what happened to Sanna Marin and what to expect next
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Finland has become the 31st member of the NATO security alliance, doubling the length of member states' borders with Russia
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Finnish conservative leader Petteri Orpo has won a nail-biting three-way election race, defeating Prime Minister Sanna Marin's centre left Sosiaalidemokraattien
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Prime Minister Sanna Marin is now facing a tough election battle as head of Finland's centre-left Sosiaalidemokraattien
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Finland's bid to join NATO has finally secured the backing of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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Sanna Marin's human rights legislation for indigenous Sámi fails – Sámi Parliament Act failed to get past the final committee stage in Finnish parliament
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Simon Ekpa, controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement, has been arrested at his home in Finland
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Finns don't love Sanna Marin as much as you do – prime minister remains popular with voters, but her Sosiaalidemokraattien are trailing their main rival ahead of April 2 election
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How Turkey is ruining NATO's moment of unity – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is blocking the quick membership addition of Sweden and Finland to the alliance
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Denmark, Finland and New Zealand take the top three positions in the Corruption Perceptions Index for 2022
4 votes -
Diplomats from Finland have a unique way of engaging with people – will the UK warm to naked sauna diplomacy?
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Sweden's top court has prevented the extradition of exiled Turkish journalist Bulent Kenes, saying it was impossible under the circumstances
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Finland to start building 200km long border fence with Russia next year – estimated to cost a total of 380 million euros and be completed by 2026
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Sanna Marin's Finnish government could collapse, as human rights laws stalled – new Sámi Parliament Act is the right of self-determination
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As the midterm elections approach in the US, does Finland have the answer to fake news?
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UN rebukes Finland for violating rights of its children held in Syria camps – child rights committee says Helsinki must do more to repatriate those detained
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Much ado about nothing – Sanna Marin and a very Finnish scandal
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United Nations committee finds Finland violated an international convention on racial discrimination when it comes to the political rights of Sámi
5 votes -
CNN's Nic Robertson tours an underground bunker in Helsinki, Finland, housed in a parking garage. The Finnish capital's bunkers can shelter more than 900,000 people.
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says Turkey not supportive of Finland, Sweden joining NATO
6 votes -
War with Russia? Finland has a plan for that.
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Finland is the world's happiest nation and I want to keep it that way – Sanna Marin says she is determined to defend human rights, despite asylum policy challenges
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Finland arrests five over far-right terror plot – this marks Finland's first case of suspected far-right terrorism
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From child refugee to politician – Suldaan Said Ahmed, whose family fled the civil war in Somalia, is intent on driving out racism in Finland
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Finland's women-led government targeted by online harassment – the online attacks have left some female politicians afraid to speak out
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Leading politicians in Finland have expressed outrage after former prime minister Juha Sipilä was assaulted outside the country's Parliament building
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Germany and Finland have repatriated five women and eighteen children from Syrian camps housing suspected family members of Islamic State militants
6 votes -
Finns aghast that Donald Trump could think their country is part of Russia – allegations in former US adviser John Bolton's White House memoir mocked on Finnish social media
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Malta's ambassador to Finland resigned on Sunday after he came under fire for comparing German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Adolf Hitler
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Finland has become the latest European country to agree to house dozens of asylum-seeking minors from over-crowded Greek refugee camps
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Finnish government has agreed to take in up to 175 asylum-seekers from camps in Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta to alleviate the humanitarian situation in the Mediterranean
8 votes -
Finland's foreign minister faces probe over Syria repatriations – Pekka Haavisto will be investigated over his plan for swiftly bringing children held in Syria to Finland
4 votes -
Sanna Marin: ‘I feel that the American Dream can be achieved best in the Nordic countries, where every child no matter their background ... can become anything’
16 votes -
Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pekko Haavisto, says the crisis over Brexit could have a beneficial effect on the European Union, pulling the bloc together
11 votes -
The appointment of Sanna Marin as Finland's prime minister has reversed the dwindling fortunes of her Social Democratic party
6 votes -
Finland's new prime minister is spearheading youth-led centrism – but will the rest of Europe follow her lead?
11 votes -
Sanna Marin needs to act quickly to tackle one of Europe's fastest-aging populations
4 votes -
Estonia's president has apologised after his country's interior minister mocked Finland's new prime minister
8 votes