Finland to present plan to push back migrants on Russian border
Helsinki, Finland Reuters Finland will propose a law next week allowing border agents to block asylum seekers trying to enter from Russia, the Prime Minister said on Sunday, a decision that could cause Helsinki to temporarily breach its international commitments. Finland shut its border with Russia last year to stop a growing number of arrivals […]
One child killed, two wounded in Finland school shooting, 12-year-old boy held
Helsinki, Finland Reuters One child was killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the attack taken into custody. The arrest of the boy was made without further violence in the Helsinki suburb of Siltamaki, four kilometres […]
Finland to close four Russia border crossings to stop asylum seekers
Helsinki, Finland Reuters Finland will close four of the nine crossing points on its border with Russia on Saturday to stem a flow of asylum seekers to the Nordic nation, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Thursday. Neighbouring Norway, which shares a border with Russia in the Arctic, is also ready to close its border […]
Finland’s PM Marin concedes defeat as right-wing NCP wins election
Helsinki, Finland Reuters Finland’s left-wing Prime Minister Sanna Marin conceded defeat on Sunday in the Nordic country’s parliamentary election as the opposition right-wing National Coalition Party claimed victory in a tightly fought contest. The pro-business NCP was expected to win 48 of the 200 seats in parliament, narrowly ahead of the nationalist Finns Party with […]