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Is there still a place for Social Democrats in Finland (and in Europe)
The last poll published by Talouselämä shows that the Finnish Social Democrats (SDP)have very good chances to face a nightmare in the Spring election, with the worst result of their history (31 seat instead of 42 in 2011 and 63… Read More ›
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Support to France in the world and in Finland
Following the attack on the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, there has been a lot of support from other countries’ governments and politicians. And there were also reactions and sympathy in Finland. President Obama was among the first ones to communicate:… Read More ›
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Immigration: why Timo Soini is not convinced by Halla-Aho
In the last days, there has been some discussion in the Finns Party concerning Immigration. As reported by the Helsinki Times, Jussi Halla-aho, a Finns Party representative on the European Parliament, has recently criticized the attitude Timo Soini, its leader,… Read More ›
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Finland pushing for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: a topic for the next elections?
Finland has a Minister with a strange title, quite a singularity in the EU: Ms. Lenita Toivakka, who is Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade. Ms Toivakka presents herself on her website as an member of Parliament, since 2007,… Read More ›
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Bread queues, homelessness, poverty: is the crisis of the 90s back?
Some days ago, a study published by Maria Ohisalo (photo) with Pr Juho Saari from the University of Eastern Finland was analysing the development of bread queues in the country. There are today around 20 000 people using this service… Read More ›
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NATO and the Russian crisis: how Niinistö became a (real) president
It is not a secret that there has been a time when President Niinistö and Prime Minister Alexander Stubb were great supporters of the participation of Finland in NATO. Now, it looks that they have chosen a “wait and see”… Read More ›
