HELSINKI – HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen resigned Friday to allow the ruling Center Party's new leader to succeed him as the head of the country's coalition government. Last ...

HELSINKI – HELSINKI (AP) — Finland's governing Center Party elected a young woman as its new leader on Saturday, hoping to reunite the party and reverse the trend of waning support ahead of next ...

Finnish President Tarja Halonen on Tuesday appointed Mari Kiviniemi, new leader of the ruling Center Party, as the country's prime minister. File photo of Mari Kiviniemi [Xinhua] Kiviniemi, 41, ...

Beijing should take action to address the European Union's concerns over China's overseas projects, products and technology, as open discussions are vital to managing differences and tensions, former ...

HELSINKI – Finland’s parliament voted as expected for Mari Kiviniemi to become the next prime minister, paving the way for her… HELSINKI – Finland’s parliament voted as expected for Mari Kiviniemi to ...

Centre Party chair Mari Kiviniemi has written in her blog that her party finds it difficult to work with the other opposition party, the Finns. She put this down to the behaviour of the party’s “Halla ...

Finland’s parliament today elected Mari Kiviniemi as the country’s new prime minister. She replaces Matti Vanhanen, who resigned on Friday (18 June) after seven years as prime minister. Kiviniemi, 41, ...

"If we, for example, in the OECD countries, would decrease the gender gap in labour force participation by 50%, by 2030, the GDP would be 6% bigger,” said former Finnish Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi ...

Mari Kiviniemi is Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD Secretariat since August 2014. She studied political science at the University of Helsinki and also holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences.

Finland’s Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi and Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen are almost equally popular as candidates for the country’s next premier, a poll commissioned by newspaper Iltalehti showed ...