The shooting in the Helsinki metropolitan area, perpetrated by a 12-year-old boy, puts school violence back at the center of the political debate in the Nordic country
The final tally from Sunday’s runoff shows former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, of the center-right National Coalition Party, had 51.6% of the votes
The government temporarily closed the entire border amid concerns that Moscow was using migrants to destabilize Finland in an alleged act of ‘hybrid warfare’
The executive of the Nordic country is trying to overcome the crisis caused by the xenophobic comments made by several ministers in the past
After conservative and far-right parties won the 2023 Finnish elections, the original inhabitants of the land fear that they have now lost hope for more self-governance, at a time when the climate emergency threatens their livelihoods
Russia immediately warned that it would bolster forces on the Finnish border if NATO sends any additional troops or equipment to what will be its 31st member country
With the top three parties expected to each get around 20% of the vote in Sunday’s election, no party is in position to form a government alone
