Fierce-looking squads calling themselves the Soldiers of Odin have been patrolling Finnish streets in recent months claiming to protect locals from asylum seekers, but lately they’ve been challenged by an unexpected crew: smiling women serving up hugs. In the small
Helsinki (AFP) – Finland expects to expel around 20,000 of the 32,000 asylum seekers it received in 2015, the country’s interior ministry said on Thursday. “In principle we speak of about two-thirds, meaning approximately 65 percent of the 32,000 will
Contents: Reader comments on xenophobic ‘Soldiers of Odin’ in Finland; European Union said to be collapsing over migrant crisis; Mideast borders set by Sykes-Picot and Balfour declaration under fire; The 2016 market meltdown raises fears of financial crisis
Finland has begun offering newly arrived migrants classes in European culture in a bid to tackle the “phenomenon” of gangs of men surrounding and sexually harassing women on the streets. The wide-eyed men are taught that women are equals, but
Content: Clown protesters mock Finland’s xenophobic ‘Soldiers of Odin’; The European Central Bank saves the stock markets for another day
HELSINKI, Finland (Reuters) – Wearing black jackets adorned with a symbol of a Viking and the Finnish flag, the “Soldiers of Odin” have surfaced as self-proclaimed patriots patrolling the streets to protect native Finns from immigrants, worrying the government and police. On
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
An Afghan migrant has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Finland for brutally murdering a teenage lover ten years his junior because she didn’t want to continue the relationship. The 17-year-old Finnish girl had only dated Ramin Azimi for a month
Norway last week changed their asylum rules so refugees who had previously resided in safe-state Russia would be sent back, but they aren’t wanted there either — leaving a large number of migrants stuck at the frozen Russia Norway Border crossing
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
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
The Russian government is operating close to undersea cables, setting off alarms of American officials who believe the Kremlin could cut the lines if tensions continue to escalate.
A Finnish journalist has been accused by pro-Turkish government media of being linked to the terrorist group Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) after asking Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whether or not he is a dictator, as some have claimed.
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.
When European elites speak of their fears surrounding the migrant crisis, it isn’t demographic change or rising crime they mention – but the political right wing which offers an alternative. Speaking to the BBC on Wednesday, European Commission vice president Frans
The Finnish government has condemned the welcoming committee for a bus-load of migrants at a small southern town last night, which pelted the vehicle and Red Cross volunteers with rocks and fireworks. Separately last night, a nearby refugee centre was
Finland is prepared to start national border controls amid a growing influx of asylum seekers from neighbouring Sweden, interior minister Petteri Orpo said on Monday. “We have readiness for that (border controls) at any time, and we have already considerably
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
Contents: Greece approves harsh reforms as IMF throws Europe under the bus; Japan’s Shinzo Abe pushes ‘collective defense’ bill for vote; Mexico’s first ‘historic’ attempt to re-privatize oil industry flops
Contents: Pope Francis in Paraguay alludes to 1860s War of the Triple Alliance; Distrust of Greece dominates indecisive Eurogroup meeting on Saturday; France and Italy welcome Greece’s proposals
Arab countries moving Yemen ambassadors from Sanaa to Aden; Yemen’s banks deteriorate as the economy collapses; US CPI continues in deflation, as Europe offers negative interest bonds
