Piia Pasanen (born 17 April 1973, in

Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...

) is a

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journalist and

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's news anchor. She previously worked as a sports reporter for Urheiluruutu, later she became a TV news reporter. She also hosted

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's ''Poliisi:tv'' in the 1990s and Tango Market in the 2010s. She has hosted the

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on Finnish Independence Day in the 2000s and 2010. Pasanen's Spouse is Tomi Einonen, Editor-in-Chief of MTV Uutiset. The couple has two children.

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