President Saulu Niinistö hopes that Russian President Vladamir Putin’s conciliatory demeanour on Wednesday is a sign that Russia’s influence in Ukraine is leaning towards the direction of calm.
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The Finnish rock band Softengine has made into the finals of the Eurovision song contest.
The band performed its hit song “Something Better” in Copenhagen, Denmark on Thursday night during the second semi-final.
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The Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (Social Democratic Party) convention began on Thursday with a view to elect the next party leadership.
Nearly 500 delegates of the SDP, the second largest component of ... details
The government has proposed that it should be made possible to reduce the number of electoral districts in the country.
The proposal would amend the constitution in such a way that there would be a minimum of nine and a maximum of 12 electoral districts in the country.
Currently there are 12-18 electoral districts in the mainland.
A couple of years back, four constituencies were merged into two. The change gave a provision to have a minimum of 12 electoral districts.
“No longer will it be possible to be done within the framework of the constitution, for example to merge ... details
The board of directors of the local government pension-provider Keva has nominated Jukka Männistö as the next CEO.
Männistö currently is the managing director at Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS).
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