Sofia Virta News Today

Many felt Stubb's jokes on alcohol and the Estonian language were distasteful and outdated.

Finland's government is considering extending the earnings-related unemployment allowance to workers not part of any unemployment funds.

The Finnish government on Thursday announced it has decided to close the border-crossing points in Imatra, Niirala, Nuijamaa and Vaalimaa as of 18 November 2023. The closures mean applications for international protection will only be accepted on the eastern border at the more northern border-crossing points of Salla and Vartius.

The government will borrow 1.4 billion euros more than was expected as recently as in August.

Consisting of 23 items, the statement adds little to the government programme according to an expert interviewed by Helsingin Sanomat.

“Even one experience of racism is too much, and here we are at the same time talking about ice cream bars,” Sofia Virta, the chairperson of the Green League, stated on YLE A-studio on Monday, articulating her frustration with how the discussion has been steered by the Finns Party.

The Finnish Parliament on Wednesday gave its confidence to Minister of Economic Affairs Vilhelm Junnila (PS), who faced a motion of no confidence over his repeated references to fascist and far-right symbols, by a vote of 95 to 86.

The leaders of the opposition parties wasted no time on Wednesday in attacking the plans laid out by the new right-wing government, which took office a day earlier.

The Greens on Saturday elected Sofia Virta, a 32-year-old second-term MP from Southwest Finland, as its new chairperson.

Green party members elected second-term MP Sofia Virta as their new chair on Saturday.