Populists Enter Govt in Finland, Replacing Millennial Party Girl PM
Finland’s conservative NCP announced key Cabinet positions for the upcoming government, which is set to be the most right-wing since WWII.
Finland’s conservative NCP announced key Cabinet positions for the upcoming government, which is set to be the most right-wing since WWII.
Finland’s Parliament gave final approval to the bid to join NATO, with lawmakers signing off on membership and the required legislation.
The Finnish president said in an interview published Saturday that he trusts that Finland and Sweden will be admitted into NATO by July, and hinted that he wants the United States to put pressure on Turkey to approve their membership bids.
BERLIN (AP) – A senior NATO official said Sunday that Russia’s military advance in Ukraine appears to be faltering and he expressed hope that Kyiv can win the war, as Russia’s neighbour Finland announced it wants to join the Western military alliance.
Finlands President Sauli Niinisto said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military moves on Ukraine have put the world in a colder situation than the Cold War era between the United States and the former Soviet Union.
“I think it’s a scandal that he knew before. I would go a step further: I think he probably helped write it,” Trump said.
The press conference is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. EST.
CNN analyst and Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin attacked President Donald Trump on Twitter on Monday, suggesting that the president was ignorant because he allegedly did not know that Finland is not a member of NATO.
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto offered this week to host a summit for U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to sit down and settle their differences, declaring that his country is “always ready to offer its good services if asked.”