Finland’s new finance minister apologises for racist comments in 2008 blog post

Minister of finance Riikka Purra has apologised for comments made in 2008(Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/AP)

The finance minister in Finland’s new four-party governing coalition has apologised for racist comments made in a blog post 15 years ago.

The 2008 writings of Riikka Purra, the leader of the populist, anti-immigration Finns Party, resurfaced on Twitter and other social media platforms after she assumed her Cabinet post in late June.