Finland’s Interior Minister, Mari Rantanen, (Finns) has confirmed to Yle that she supports a proposal put forward by 14 of her party colleagues earlier this week calling for a ban on face coverings in public places. The proposal would effectively mean a ban on the wearing in public of theContinue Reading
Some 36 percent of Finns would like to see the next government make it easier for people to immigrate to Finland, according to the results of a survey published on Monday by the farming union newspaper Maaseudun Tulevaisuus. However, 42 percent of respondents reported being against the idea that immigrationContinue Reading
Finns Party chair Riikka Purra says rising prices are significantly weakening the purchasing power of low and middle-income earners. The opposition Finns Party has announced it will file an interpellation, the first move towards a vote of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP), over theContinue Reading
People who decide to fight illegal wars for other countries need to be held responsible, legal expert Lavly Perling says in an interview. News of around 20 Finns having fought on the side of Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine broke last week. This suggests Estonians joining Donetsk or Luhansk fightersContinue Reading
The case involves Facebook posts from May 2020, which targeted immigrants and asylum seekers. The trial of Finns Party MP Mauri Peltokangas, who has been charged with incitement against a group of people, began at Ostrobothnia District Court on Wednesday. Peltokangas, an MP from the Vaasa constituency, is standing trialContinue Reading
Oulu District Court on Monday issued Oulu parliamentarian Sebastian Tynkkynen 70 day fines—amounting to 4,400 euros—for inciting hatred ethnic agitation. Tynkkynen was charged with agitation against an ethnic group after publishing his texts on social media in 2017. Prosecutors said his writings slandered immigrants and asylum seekers, and asked forContinue Reading
The National Coalition Party (NCP) has extended its lead at the top of Yle’s latest monthly voter survey, further building on the party’s momentum from topping the poll at June’s municipal elections. Support for the NCP rose by almost one percentage point to 21.3 percent during the month of August.Continue Reading
Finns Party vice-chair and Member of Parliament Riikka Purra has announced her intention to run for leadership of the party. “I feel a strong and deep sense of duty and if so many Finns Party members are willing to trust me, I will put forward my candidacy,” Purra said ofContinue Reading
Finns Party Member of Parliament Sebastian Tynkkynen has been charged for a third time with ethnic agitation, after an indictment was filed in Oulu District Court at the end of March. Tynkkynen has two previous convictions for similar offences. He was convicted of hate speech in 2017 and he wasContinue Reading
The former Finns Party leader and ex-Foreign Minister wrote on his blog on Thursday that he will not run for office in April’s municipal elections. “All good things come to an end,” he wrote. The veteran politician expressed concern about whether his hometown district of Iiveniemi will have its ownContinue Reading