Sanna Marin
‘Time to move on’: Ex-Finnish PM Sanna Marin quits politics, joins Tony Blair’s think tank
Marin, who was 37 years old when she took office in 2019, led Finland’s response to COVID and to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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‘Will remain best friends’: Finland PM Sanna Marin divorces husband
Sanna Marin and Markus Raikkonen married in 2020 while Marin was in office and dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
- by Essi Lehto
Opinion
Jacinda Ardern
Ardern and the hot Finnish PM: The female leaders we loved (to look at)
It is bitterly ironic that our outsized interest in female leaders, particularly beautiful ones, is the very thing we punish them for in the end.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Analysis
World elections
Finland’s Millennial leader Sanna Marin was more popular abroad than at home
In the end, the demise of Marin, who championed progressive causes, was not because of any outrage about her private life or forces undermining her.
- by Rob Harris
Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin concedes election defeat
Marin remains popular at home but her party’s views on the Finnish economy, which emerged as the main campaign theme, were being challenged by conservatives.
- by Jari Tanner
Exclusive
International affairs
Finland’s PM warns Putin’s ‘dark agenda’ a threat to Australia
Sanna Marin declared liberal democracies had to increase spending on defence and do “whatever it takes” to ensure Russia lost the war.
- by David Crowe
Exclusive
Telecommunications
‘We’ve come full circle’: Labor declares regulatory reset of NBN
The communications minister has defended the Labor government’s policy to return the NBN closer to its original design despite fresh admissions it will not be able to recover $31 billion invested into the project.
- by Jessica Yun
Opinion
World politics
This woman leads the happiest nation on Earth. What will Albanese ask her?
Australia’s prime minister will meet his Finnish counterpart on Friday. There’s much Australia can learn from her.
- by Andrew Scott
Opinion
Julia Gillard
Why the hot Finnish PM is our post-pandemic poster girl
Sanna Marin admits she treasures some “joy, light and fun amidst the dark clouds”. Who’d begrudge her some joy?
- by Jacqueline Maley
Ardern, opposition politicians rally behind partying Finnish PM
Marin was engulfed in a storm of criticism following the publication of a private video showing her partying.
- by Ben McKay
Male vs female politicians drinking - possible double standard?
Politicians are regularly seen and filmed drinking, so some are calling the fallout from footage of Finnish PM Sanna Marin dancing a double standard.
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