Yle news and other Finnish media reported today the police search of the home of Helsingin Sanomat’s journalist Laura Halminen. She is one of two of the paper’s journalists responsible for a report published last Saturday by Helsingin Sanomat about… Read More ›
Fact: The Government proposes changes to the Law on Unemployment Security and thus wants to encourage unemployed job seekers to become active and independent in finding employment throughout their unemployment. The proposal relates to the state budget for 2018 and… Read More ›
The Finnish government has just announced that it will proceed with the privatization of the railways, and a train conductors’ strike takes place Monday and Tuesday. Without going into the usual Sipilä’s bashing, we try in this article to explain… Read More ›
Uber has decided to withdraw its primary service out of Finland, as it expects the vote of a new law presented to the Finnish Parliament in April According to the Parliament, the new Act on Transport Services will “significantly enhance… Read More ›
Some days ago, Finland’s government was protesting against the fact that Germany and France should not take the EU leadership. So we were expecting strong Finnish positions after Trump refused to confirm US commitment to European defense through NATO and… Read More ›
PM Sipilä has decided to expand the cabinet by adding three new ministers. You could think that it takes into account the fact that the xenophobic Finn’s party has lost the municipal election, but it is more the opposite: the… Read More ›
Finnish people are moving a lot, and they move from the North to the South. According to Yle, “one million – the number of times moving boxes are packed and emptied again in Finland every year. The vast majority of… Read More ›
On Thursday Anne Berner, Minister of Transport and Communication, revealed her ministry’s proposal to effectively privatize Finland’s road system by creating a private company owned as a first step by the state and by replacing the (around 20 %) car… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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