Finnish nationalist leader Jussi Halla-aho has argued that legal and economic sanctions for merely expressing one’s opinion have become more common, calling for laws to bolster the freedom of expression. MEP Jussi Halla-aho, freshly re-relected for a second two-year term as chair of the nationalist Finns Party, has outlined his policy goals in an address to a party congress in Tampere. In his... 

The leader of Finland’s centre-left Social Democratic party (SDP), Antti Rinne, declared victory in the general election after almost complete results showed his party winning by a razor-thin margin with 17.7%. “For the first time since 1999 we are the largest party in Finland… SDP is the prime minister party”, Rinne said after more than 99.5% of votes were counted. The nationalist, Eurosceptic... 

According to the general elections that took place in Finland on Sunday, the incumbent PM Alexander Stubb lost with only 18.2 % of the vote. The National Coalition Party, which he runs, came in third. Both NATO and the European Union are left without strong support now. Anti-NATO Centre Party, which won the elections, gained 21.1 % and 49 parliamentary seats correspondingly. Party leader Juha Sipila...