The case centred on accusations made regarding the repatriation of Finnish citizens from the al-Hol refugee camp in Syria.

The medals were a gesture of "immense gratitude" for the recipients' efforts in conjunction with Sweden joining Nato, ...

Sweden has awarded its Order of the Polar Star to Sanna Marin, Pekka Haavisto and Petri Hakkarainen for their roles in ...

Finland's 5.5 million people are now casting their votes in the first round of the presidential contest, with two contenders—former Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto running as an independent ...

HELSINKI — Ex-Prime Minister Alexander Stubb was projected to win the first round of Finland's presidential election on Sunday and face runner-up Pekka Haavisto in a runoff next month.

HELSINKI, June 8 (Reuters) - Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Thursday he will run for president in next year's election, hoping to succeed Sauli Niinisto who is stepping down ...

HELSINKI – Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb won Finland’s election runoff Sunday against ex-Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto in a close race for the presidency and the task of steering the ...

HELSINKI, Dec 9 (Reuters) - As Finland's foreign minister for the past four years, Pekka Haavisto helped overturn decades of neutrality to bring Finns into NATO. Now, as 'DJ Pexi', he is spinning ...

Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told a local news outlet Tuesday that given Turkey’s opposition, Helsinki will need to "evaluate the situation if it turns out that Sweden’s application ...

Support for front-runners Alexander Stubb of the centre-right National Coalition Party and liberal Green Party member Pekka Haavisto has eased ahead of Sunday's poll, while their nationalist Finns ...

so no conclusions should be drawn yet," Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told Reuters in a telephone interview. "I think there will be a break for a couple of weeks." Sweden's prime minister called ...

Former prime minister Alexander Stubb narrowly won the first round of voting on Jan. 28, and leads former foreign minister, centre-left liberal Pekka Haavisto by 6-8 percentage points in the ...