Finnish Parliament debates Rinne govt’s first budget proposal
Finland’s Parliament began debate on Tuesday over the first state budget proposal put together by the left-leaning government of Prime
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Education, wage subsidies key in Finland’s budget for 2020
Finland is looking to invest in wage subsidies and education in the 2020 budget agreed by government parties this week,
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Europe needs “cool-headed” Finnish leadership, European Commission President Juncker says
The six-month Finnish presidency of the Council of the European Union is underway with a visit to Helsinki by members
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Finnish EU presidency to work on stronger Arctic policy, climate change mitigation
Mitigation of climate change must be at the heart of our Arctic policy, the Finnish government says as it takes
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Finland’s new gov breezes through no-confidence vote over its agenda
The newly-assembled government of Prime Minister Antti Rinne won a vote of no-confidence over its proposed agenda by 113 votes
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Antti Rinne sworn in as Finland’s PM
SDP chair Antti Rinne, 56, was sworn in as Finland’s 75th prime minister on Thursday afternoon. Rinne, whose Social Democratic
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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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