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
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
Perussuomalaisten puheenjohtajan Riikka Purran ja perussuomalaisten mielestä Suomen rajalliset resurssit pitäisi kohdistaa omien vähäosaisten ja apua tarvitsevien auttamiseen. – Maan ulkopuolisista ja maailman parantamiseen liittyvistä hankkeista ei nyt ole syytä etsiä lisää menokohteita, perussuomalaisten puheenjohtaja Riikka Purra sanoo. Purran mielestä myös Suomen velan kasvu ja alijäämä edellyttävät tarkkaa talouspolitiikkaa, jossaContinue 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