Petteri Orpo
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Gender | Male |
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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 to close border with Russia over migrant crossings
By Ido VockBBC News
Finland is closing its entire border with Russia to almost all traffic.
Seven of The Eight crossing points on The Border have already been shut.
The government said on Tuesday that the Raja-Jooseppi crossing, the northernmost station located within the Arctic Circle , Will Close on Thursday night for Two Weeks .
Finland has accused Russia of orchestrating the crossings, deliberately Helping People without the proper documents to get to The Border .
According to Finnish authorities, around 900 asylum seekers from countries including Morocco, Pakistan and Syria entered Finland from Russia in November, up from fewer than one A Day on average previously.
" Finland is determined to put an end" to the crossings, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said in a statement.
The government has progressively closed more and more border posts since The Rise in crossings began earlier this month.
The Raja-Jooseppi crossing was The Last road crossing to remain open, but it too will be closed by Friday.
A rail crossing will remain open for freight traffic, the government says.
Only three migrants crossed into Finland through Raja-Jooseppi on Monday and zero on Tuesday, but the government said it was taking no chances with what it characterised as a threat to National Security .
Finland's non-discrimination ombudsman said last week that The Crossing 's remote location, around 900km (560 miles) north of Helsinki, seriously jeopardised The Right to asylum under International Law .
Speaking to The Bbc , Matti Pitkaniitty, a colonel in the Finnish Border Guard , said legal concerns over maintaining Finland's obligations under international refugee law were " definitely" a reason for the progressive closure of The Border .
Col Pitkaniitty said border guards had noticed clear evidence of Russian officials helping migrants cross into Finland, such as instances where Russian border points were closed after people crossed to prevent them returning.
Pia Lindfors, Executive Director of the Finnish Refugee Advice Centre, told The Bbc that she feared the decision would push asylum seekers away from using official crossing points, through The Hundreds of kilometres of forests and rivers Making Up the long border.
" Now winter has arrived, this could be even more dangerous, " Ms Lindfors said.
She added that despite the closures, Finnish authorities should provide help to people in need on The Russian side of The Border and not push people back into Russia, a concept in International Law known as " non-refoulement".
" I have to trust that Finnish border guards will not break these fundamental principles, " Ms Lindfors said.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com