TEHRAN, Jun 6 - Finland’s new center-left coalition government was sworn in on Thursday. The country’s first Social Democratic prime minister in 16 years is assuming office along with a Cabinet where women are in the majority.
TEHRAN, May 28 - The five Finnish parties in talks to form a new government plan to increase public spending by 1.2 billion euros over four years, Finland's largest daily Helsingin Sanomat reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed government sources.
TEHRAN, May 08 - Finland’s Social Democrats said on Wednesday they would seek a center-left governing coalition with the Centre Party and three smaller partners following a parliamentary election last month.
TEHRAN, May 08 - Finland's center-left Social Democratic Party which narrowly won last month's general election says it is having talks with four centrist and left-leaning parties to form a coalition government but not the populists.
TEHRAN, Apr 14 - Finland may usher in its first leftist prime minister in two decades in parliamentary elections on Sunday, as voters worry over the future of the country’s generous welfare system as the costs of caring for a rapidly ageing population rise.
TEHRAN, Mar 08 - Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila's center-right government resigned Friday after failing to push through a planned social and health reform.
TEHRAN, Mar 08 - Finland's outgoing Prime Minister Juha Sipila said on Friday he was "hugely disappointed" that his cabinet had to resign over its failure to pass a long-planned healthcare reform.
TEHRAN, October 02 -Former Finnish prime minister Alexander Stubb declared his bid on Tuesday to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as EU chief executive, becoming the second candidate to lead the center-right in European Parliament elections in May.
TEHRAN, September 17 - A Finnish political economist and author hailed a recent meeting of the presidents of Iran, Russia, and Turkey in Tehran about the Syrian crisis and said the Islamic Republic has played “a very constructive role” in the Arab country.
TEHRAN, August 24 - At least four people were killed and 17 others injured in Finland on Friday when a bus collided with passenger cars and plunged off a bridge onto railway tracks, local rescue service said.
TEHRAN, July 17 - US President Donald Trump’s news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday has stunned Republican Party lawmakers in Congress, who are warning Trump not to treat Putin as an ally.
TEHRAN, July 16 - U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of Russia's Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline to Europe is an egregious example of unscrupulous competition and it worries Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Monday.
TEHRAN, June 08 - The top U.S. military chief met Friday with his Russian counterpart in Finland to exchange views on U.S.-Russia military relations, Syria and the current international security situation.
TEHRAN, March 22 - A senior North Korean diplomat arrived in China following a visit to Finland, where he held informal talks with officials from South Korea and the United States over possible a possible summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump.