Finland’s Centre Party elects new leader
Delegates to an extraordinary meeting of Finland’s Centre Party have elected Katri Kulmuni has their new party chair. Kulmuni defeated
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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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Finnish PM demands faster climate action at European Parliament
Addressing a plenary session of the European Parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Juha Sipilä called for more ambitious climate policies.
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Finnish parties find consensus at cross-party climate summit
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä says that he thinks Finland is ready to do more to fight climate change, after he
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Finnish government survives confidence vote on bill weakening job security
MPs held a confidence vote on Wednesday afternoon, and by a margin of 101-73 Finnish lawmakers effectively approved a law
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Finnish and Russian PMs talk environment, cooperation and money laundering probe in Helsinki
Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä met with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Helsinki on Wednesday afternoon. The premiers held
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Finnish PM concerned by far-right party’s results in Swedish elections
Finnish Prime Minister and Centre Party chair Juha Sipilä said he was surprised the issue of migration overshadowed foreign and
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President Sauli Niinistö on 2nd term: “No need for major changes” in Finland politics
Speaking after a historic re-election win, the Finnish president said that Finland’s security environment is calmer now than a few
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Russian PM congratulates Finland on 100 years of independence
Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä made an official visit to St. Petersburg, Russia on Thursday to meet with his Russian
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Finnish government: New ministers named as cabinet grows
Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipilä’s tripartite government has named three new cabinet ministers. The first new post, announced on Thursday,
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Norway and Sweden surpass Finland in 2017 press freedom rankings
Advance reports last week that Finland had lost its top spot on the World Press Freedom Index are now confirmed.
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Nobel laureate’s advice to Finland’s PM
Stop obsessing about government debt and focus more on how to stimulate economic growth. That’s the advice from leading economist
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Finland’s last nuclear project?
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä says it’s unlikely that his government will approve any new nuclear power plants after the Fennovoima
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