| Finland has appointed a new foreign minister to replace Ilkka Kanerva, who was involved in a scandal over text messages sent to an erotic dancer.
Mr Kanerva sent 200 allegedly explicit messages to the dancer, and later made misleading statements about them.
The scandal came to a head on Tuesday when a celebrity magazine, Hymy, published what it said were some of the texts - which were sexually suggestive in nature; e.g. he proposed the dancer that he would be interested in doing "that" with her in an exotic place.
Mr Kanerva had initially denied sending the texts, but later admitted it.
The new minister Alexander Stubb will formally be sworn in on Friday. | |
