In 1906, Finland became the first country where women could not only vote but also run for office; this universal suffrage meant that Finland was the first country to obtain genuine democracy. ... Another fun fact: Finland was the first country in the world to elect a..…

Auspices: Office of the Government of the Czech Republic . EMCDDA staff present: Lucas Wiessing, Principal scientist — evidence and knowledge transfer . . . Finland . Date of event: 6 June . Venue: Helsinki . Type: Conference . ..…

HELSINKI -- Finland's new center-left government has been in, with the country's first Social Democratic prime 16 years assuming office along with climate issue-focused Cabinet where women are in the majority... ..…

Secretary Pompeo Travels to Finland To Attend the Arctic Council Ministerial and Reinforce the U.S. ... Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesperson . . Washington, DC . . May 6, 2019 . . . ..…

Trump confirmed that he was open to negotiations on reducing the stock of nuclear weapons with both Moscow and Beijing in the context of trilateral deal. ..…

In January, the Swiss newspaper SonnstagZeitung reported that Switzerland would join the EU, UK, Germany and Finland in “taking action” over contributions to funding this curriculum. . In February, the US General Accounting Office released a previously classified report showing that..…

Finland's government resigned on Friday policy, Finnish office said, throwing the country into political limbo... ..…

Other countries – Sweden and Finland, for example – achieve a high proportion of women in political office without a statutory quota. 47% of the members of the Swedish parliament are female. ..…

We start out 2019 with neo-fascists and assorted other “populists” and ethnonationalists holding office in 11 European nations and scoring recent double-digit vote tallies in Finland, Sweden, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark and the Netherlands. ..…

Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms, collaboration with the Consulate General of Sweden Jerusalem, and Representative Office of Finland Ramallah, organized event commemorating 250 years of the enactment of the first press law. ..…

Statement In response to Salisbury attack The United States issued joint statement with France, Germany, Canada, and United Kingdom, reiterating its outrage at the use of nerve agent Salisbury and expressing full confidence in British that the suspects were officers of Russian military intelligence service..…

On July 13, three days Finland, Justice Department announced jury had indicted Russian intelligence officers for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.. ..…

That fact, I believe, the early setbacks of Red Army Finland -- plus, of course, the superb all-round quality of Finnish officers and soldiers and the cold of the winter of 1939-40.. ..…