Petteri Orpo
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 54 |
| Date of birth | November 3,1969 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Koylio |
| Finland | |
| Spouse | Niina Maria Kanniainen |
| Party | National Coalition Party |
| Previous offices | Minister of the Interior (2015–2016), Minister for Agriculture and Forestry of Finland (2014–2015) |
| Parents | Hannu Orpo |
| Maija Orpo | |
| Job | Politician |
| Official site | eduskunta.fi |
| Education | University of Turku |
| Movies/Shows | Pääministeritentti |
| Previous position | Speaker of the Parliament of Finland (2023–2023) |
| Position | Prime Minister of Finland since 2023 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 474261 |
Petteri Orpo Life story
Antti Petteri Orpo is a Finnish politician serving as the prime minister of Finland since 2023 and as the leader of the National Coalition Party since 2016. He briefly served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland after the 2023 parliamentary election.
Finland to close border with Russia over migrant crossings
... " Finland is determined to put an end" to the crossings, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said in a statement...
Russia sending migrants to our border, Estonia says
... Last week, Petteri Orpo accused Russia of deliberately helping people without proper documentation to get to the border...
Finland closes four crossing points on Russia border
... " Finland s prime minister Petteri Orpo accused Russia of deliberately helping people without the proper documents to get to the border...
Finland accuses Russia of aiding illegal migrant crossings
... At a news conference on Tuesday, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo accused Russian authorities of facilitating the illegal crossings...
Putin denies Russia behind Finland gas pipeline damage
... " The discovered damage could not have been caused by normal use of the pipeline or pressure fluctuations, " Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told journalists...
Finland investigates suspected sabotage of Baltic-connector gas pipeline
... Petteri Orpo added that the cause was not yet clear...
Far-right Finnish leader Riikka Purra sorry in racist posts uproar
... Ms Purra s Finns Party secured high-profile cabinet posts in the new government of conservative Prime Minister Petteri Orpo...
Sanna Marin: Finnish PM to divorce as she prepares to leave office
... But she lost out in a tight race to the National Coalition Party, headed by Petteri Orpo, and the right-wing populist Finns Party, led by Riikka Purra, in April...
Finland closes four crossing points on Russia border
Finland has closed four of its Border Crossings with Russia to try to halt a surge in asylum seekers it says was instigated by Moscow.
Helsinki accused its neighbour of channelling migrants to the crossings in retaliation for it joining Nato.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Finland was making a " big mistake" and destroying bilateral relations.
Around 300 asylum seekers have arrived in Finland This Week , according to border guards.
The Finnish Border Guard said barriers would be put up from midnight on Friday at the Vaalimaa, Nuijamaa, Imatra and Niirala border posts in south-east Finland .
These points have seen a surge in illegal crossings by citizens of countries including Syria, Yemen and Iraq.
Mr Peskov said: " (One can) only express deep regret that the Finnish authorities have taken The Path of destroying bilateral relations, " Russian State news agency TASS reported.
" Russia has never in Modern History threatened Finland , we had no reason for any confrontation. Now they have chosen this path.
" From our point of view, this is a big mistake. "
Finland 's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo accused Russia of deliberately Helping People without the proper documents to get to The Border .
While confirming the closure of The Four Border Crossings , those at Salla and Vartius in Finland 's Far North would remain open for asylum applications, Mr Orpo said.
One hundred asylum seekers arrived in Finland on Friday, according to border guards.
Finnish authorities say The People coming to their country arrive legally in Russia before travelling to The Border to pass into Finland - an EU member State - and claim asylum.
The Prime Minister has accused The Russian authorities of engineering the crossings.
" It is clear that these people are helped and they are also being escorted or transported to The Border by border guards, " Mr Orpo said on Tuesday.
In 2021, thousands of migrants flew to Russian ally Belarus before crossing into European Union member states Poland and Lithuania. At The Time , EU accused Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of seeking to destabilise The Bloc by facilitating The Passage of third-country citizens into the 27-member bloc.
Finland shares a 1,340km (833-mile) border with Russia, Europe's longest.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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