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• How will Finland deal with US and Russian oligarchs

  By Editeur on January 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Recently, Russell Banks, one of the most famous American writer, known to  often explore in his books American social dilemmas and moral struggles, has declared about Trump’s election “We are witnessing the end of an era and the beginning of… Read More ›

• Frankfurter Allgemeine: Juha Sipilä, Finland’s Prime Minister a small Trump?

  By Editeur on December 22, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  In a recent article published under the title “Kritische Medien erträgt er nicht”(He can not stand critical media), Frankfurter Allgemeine has criticized the attitude of Finland’s PM Juha Sipilä towards the national radio Yle, pushing two journalists to leave Yle… Read More ›

• Putin’s Undeclared War – A look at Bellingcat’s Artillery Investigation — Corporal Frisk

  By Editeur on December 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  It is by now no secret that regular Russian units played a major role in turning the tide of the Ukrainian summer offensive of 2014. This has been reported by international actors as well as the Ukrainian government, and Russian… Read More ›

• Finland succeeds in limiting the impact of EU’s semi-automatic firearms ban

  By Editeur on December 21, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  After a year of discussions, the European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional political agreement on the Firearms Directive. The Commission had proposed a revision of the current EU rules on firearms on 18 November 2015 to make it… Read More ›

• Should the Air Force of Finland Get Rid of the Swastika?

  By Editeur on December 10, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Originally posted on Teivo Teivainen:
  One thing that keeps amazing me is to see the Finnish military marching and some of the Air Force guys carrying a swastika. I am not talking only about documentaries from the 1930s. I am…

• What is Estonia e-citizenship , and how does it work?

  By Editeur on December 10, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  (by Virginie Hours) Do you want to become an Estonian e-citizen and to continue to do business within the European Union while residing in the UK, or to set up a business from France or Finland in a country with… Read More ›

• Finland did not support a UN resolution to outlaw nuclear weapons, but 123 countries did

  By Editeur on December 5, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  The United Nations adopted a landmark resolution on 27 October to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. This historic decision heralds an end to two decades of paralysis in multilateral nuclear disarmament efforts. At a meeting… Read More ›

• Imatra killings: how many deaths before politicians dare to take action?

  By Editeur on December 4, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Tiina Wilén-Jäppinen, Imatra’s city council chair, was killed along with two journalists that wrote for the local Uutisvahti newspaper in Imatra late Saturday evening in what was apparently a random shooting. According to Yle News, Social Democratic Party Chair Antti… Read More ›

• Finland’s sisu at its best: how Arcusys, a young Finnish company, works with the NASA to establish people on Mars

  By Editeur on November 29, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  We can sometimes complain about what is going wrong in Finland, but it is also a country where a lot of interesting and original things happen, and Arcusys’ story with the NASA is one of them. According to the company’s… Read More ›

• Juha Sipilä, victim of Finland’s absence of a real policy on conflicts of interests

  By Editeur on November 27, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  According to Yle News, Prime Minister Juha Sipilä is under attack because  Katera Steel, an engineering company owned by his uncles, cousins and his children (through an investment holding company) had won a lucrative order of 500 000 euros from… Read More ›