Minister’s textual relations end in sacking

FINLAND’S foreign minister was sacked yesterday after being caught sending scores of text messages to an erotic dancer.

Minister’s textual relations end in sacking

Ilkka Kanerva, 60, initially denied reports in a gossip magazine that he had sent about 200 messages by mobile phone to Johanna Tukiainen. But then he changed his mind, apologised publicly and insisted they were all work-related.

Last week Hymy magazine published some of the text messages allegedly sent by Kanerva to Tukiainen.

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