Green Party leader named Finland’s Foreign Minister
Finland gets new coalition government with three ministers from the Green Party and a political platform saying the country aims
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Politics (Finland)
Sámi youth oppose proposed Arctic rail line in northern Finland
As lawmakers have gathered at Helsinki’s House of the Estates for government formation negotiations over the past several days, demonstrators
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Blog – Did Finland fail as Chair of the Arctic Council?
The attention of Finnish and international media focused on the lack of results at the Rovaniemi Arctic Ministerial Meeting. There
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Blog – The Arctic Council Ministerial could have been worse
“The result could have been much worse.” So pronounced Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini at the press conference following the
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U.S. stonewalling on climate language scuttles Arctic Council declaration
ROVANIEMI, Finland – For the first time in history, an Arctic Council ministerial ended without a joint declaration from the
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Interview – Finland’s Senior Arctic Official looks back at two years of Finnish Arctic Council chairmanship
Finland completes its two-year Chairmanship of the Arctic Council on Tuesday, May 7th. Eye on the Arctic blogger Heather Exner-Pirot
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Blog – What to expect from the 2019 Arctic Council Ministerial
The Arctic Council is a collegial and sober organization, that likes to stay above the fray of geopolitical tussling. But
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Authorities in Arctic Finland plan zones for controversial rail line
The Regional Council of Lapland decided on Monday to include a controversial rail line from Rovaniemi to Kirkenes, Norway in
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Press Freedom Index: Finland climbs to second place, Norway keeps top spot
After several years of lower ratings, Finland is again ranked near the top of the World Press Freedom Index. Finland
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Outgoing Finnish PM Sipilä to step down as Centre Party chair following poor election results
Centre Party chair and outgoing prime minister Juha Sipilä announced on Tuesday that he would not seek re-election as party
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Finnish elections: Social Democrats in lead spot, PM’s Centre Party takes heavy losses
Government parties took a drubbing in Finland’s parliamentary election on Sunday as Prime Minister Juha Sipilä’s Centre Party polled its
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Party preference a major factor in Finnish elections
Studies indicate that the importance of party affiliation in voter behaviour has been on the rise since the turn of
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Russia intercepted over 1,000 people trying to cross Finnish border in 2018: paper
Russian officials reportedly stopped more than 1,000 people from illegally crossing the border into Finland last year, according to the
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Finland’s indigenous Sámi score victory in fishing dispute
The District Court of Finnish Lapland has overturned all charges of illicit fishing against four Sámi men from Utsjoki, the
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Finnish president Niinistö to attend Arctic Forum in Russia
The President was hoping to host an Arctic Summit in Finnish Lapland this winter, but will instead travel to Vladimir
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