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17 hours ago
The Finnish media tries to make sense of US President Donald Trump’s mixed-message address on Wednesday evening.
3 days ago
MP Timo Vornanen (Finns) threatened a man with a firearm and discharged a warning shot into the street in the spring of 2024.
3 days ago
”The poverty crisis has been exacerbated in particular by the right-wing government’s deep cuts to social security,” Left Alliance chair Minja Koskela said.
3 days ago
The US embassy criticised the Finnish supreme court’s conviction of Päivi Räsänen as a troubling precedent for religious and free speech rights.
5 days ago
The initiative’s authors say that adding a non-binary gender marker would strengthen people’s rights to self-determination and increase equality.
6 days ago
But the scathing opinion piece didn’t address the court’s central reasoning that making medical claims in a religious context was not a protected form of speech.
6 days ago
The Finnish Tenants association says the proposed legislation will significantly weaken renters’ housing security and increase uncertainty.
1 week ago
Russian port fires are worsening Finnish air quality in border areas.
1 week ago
Reducing fuel taxes to ease pump prices could have reverse effect, according to an SME interest group.