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6 days ago

Rantanen: Finland may join Nordic external ‘return hub’ for rejected asylum seekers

The Nordic countries may set up a joint return hub outside the EU, the Finnish interior minister announced in Luxemburg.
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2 months ago

Orpo: Finland supports Ukrainian EU membership “as quickly as possible”

At an EU summit in Cyprus, the Finnish PM said that the Hungarian election result opens the way to discussing Ukraine’s EU membership path.
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3 months ago

Finland’s PM criticises Orbán at EU summit

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) accused the Hungarian leader of “using Ukraine as a ​weapon in his election campaign”.
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4 months ago

Stubb and Orpo debate Europe’s uncertain future at high-profile summits

President Alexander Stubb heads to the Munich Security Conference while PM Petteri Orpo (NCP) meets with EU colleagues at a Belgian castle before a visit to the Winter Olympics.
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4 months ago

Finland suffers EU’s worst unemployment for second month in a row

Finland’s jobless rate was slightly higher than Spain’s last month. Sweden was third with a considerably lower rate.
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8 months ago

Finnish PM urges EU states to ‘show solidarity with Eastern and Northern European countries’

PM Petteri Orpo (NCP) says Northern and Eastern European nations provide a security buffer to the rest of the bloc.
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8 months ago

Finnish and Swedish PMs urge EU to tap frozen Russian bank assets to support Ukraine

Petteri Orpo (NCP) and Ulf Kristersson issued the informal “non-paper” ahead of EU talks on Ukraine in Copenhagen. Orpo’s attendance at the meeting is in doubt due to illness.
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9 months ago

Too much food in the trash: Finland risks EU fines for failing to sort waste properly

Nearly a third of garbage tossed into general waste bins by Finnish households is organic biowaste.
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