The Finnish parliament started its new autumn session on Tuesday following the summer recess. The country’s 200 MPs convened at 2pm.
Among the items on the parliament agenda are new legislation on toy safety and debate on Finland’s accession to the Ottawa Convention outlawing anti-personnel mines.
Two Left Alliance MPs, Markus Mustajärvi and Jyrki Yrttiaho, who left the party’s parliamentary grouping in protest over its participation in the six-party coalition, may also decide to officially form their own backbench group.
The pension sector advocacy association Tela said its board selected Sirén for the job on Thursday.
Allies should not exert pressure on each other or push for the annexation of a partner country's territory, Finland's Prime Minister told reporters in Brussels.
The Hollywood star spoke last year about her Finnish roots and her desire to change her surname to that of her grandfather, Herman Hyytiäinen.
