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Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin Apolgises After Photo Of Two Women Kissing At Her Residence Leaks

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologised for a photograph taken of two other women shown kissing during a party at her official residence following a rock festival.

"The picture is inappropriate and should not have been taken," Marin said during a press conference on Tuesday in Helsinki with President Sauli Niinistö.

The photograph shows two women kissing while covering their naked breasts with a sign with "Finland" inscribed on it.

Videos published last week showing Marin dancing with friends at a private event led to questions about whether she had taken drugs.

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She rejected all the allegations and underwent a test, which turned up negative on Monday.

Asked at the press conference whether national security could have been compromised during the night in question, Niinistö said: "I don't believe that anything out of the ordinary happened that night."