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An anti-migration protesters holds a national flag on October 3, 2015 in Helsinki. Several protests, both pro- and anti-migration, were organized in cities of Finland.

Finnish Government Condemns ‘Extremist’ Anti-Migrant Street Patrols

Volunteer street patrols linked to neo-Nazi groups have emerged in several Finnish towns in recent months claiming to protect locals from what they call “Islamic intruders”, a trend the Finnish government condemned on Thursday. “There are extremist features to carrying

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Finnish Parliament Will Debate Leaving Eurozone Next Year

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s parliament will debate next year whether to quit the euro, a senior parliamentary official said on Monday, in a move unlikely to end membership of the single currency but which highlights Finns’ dissatisfaction with their country’s

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Watch: Migrants Complain Europe Is Too Cold, Overcrowded

A number of migrants have been recorded complaining about the weather in Austria, and wishing they could go home. Although it isn’t clear what they expect their new hosts to do about the cold, an emerging key complaint among migrants when given

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‘Finland’s No Good’: Disappointed Migrants Turn Back

Tornio (Finland) (AFP) – Hundreds of predominantly Iraqi migrants who have travelled through Europe to reach Finland are turning back, saying they don’t want to stay in the sparsely-populated country on Europe’s northern frontier because it’s too cold and boring.

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Greece To Trouble Euro Zone For Decades

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Greece will be a headache for the euro zone for decades, Finland’s eurosceptic foreign minister said, and called for the International Monetary Fund to participate in the Greece’s new bailout package. “Unfortunately, this problem will be in