Everybody in Finland knows about the construction of the infamous European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) Olkiluoto 3 commenced in August 2005. The construction of this nuclear plant is a joint effort of French Areva and German Siemens AG through their common… Read More ›
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While EU leaders squabble, the Elephant in the Room remains unnoticed — Yanis Varoufakis
While the media are reporting the news of the deadlocked EU Summit negotiations over the so-called ‘Recovery Fund’, an eerie silence prevails regarding the Elephant in the Room: The huge wave of austerity the Eurozone is sleepwalking towards. Let’s look… Read More ›
Keep on Rockin’ — Corporal Frisk
News recently broke from Denmark that the cost of the new light hangars and other infrastructure being added to Skrydstrup Air Force Base in anticipation of the arrival of the first F-35s has almost doubled from 650 million DKK (87… Read More ›
A Swastika Dialogue between Foreigner and Finn
In Finland, the swastika continues to be an official emblem of the Air Force command. It is also used in some other parts of the Finnish armed forces. As I have been studying conversations around this issue, let me offer… Read More ›
How is Finland going to proceed with the privatization of its railways?
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 ›
How you may be poisoned by the food you buy, but Brussels will wait until 2019 to warn you or act on it
According to the European Food Safety Authority, EFSA, “consumers are exposed to a range of mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) via food. Mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) consist of linear and branched alkanes, and alkyl-substituted cyclo-alkanes, whilst mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons… Read More ›
The Finnish government sells 15,5 % of mining company Terrafame to an opaque company with strong links with Russian oligarchy
You have certainly heard about the Terrafame (ex-Talvivaara) mining company, for a number of different reasons, such as an environmental scandal, and more recently a more political scandal when the state became the owner in order to save the company,… Read More ›
Article 546 – Finnish officers under pressure
Originally posted on Corporal Frisk:
There is something missing in the Finnish defence and national security discussion since a week ago. https://twitter.com/MMaenpaa1/status/813120187398582272 https://twitter.com/MHinkkanen/status/813120661417787392 https://twitter.com/SamuHaa/status/813129810251751424 The new YlPalvOhj 2017 (general statutes of service for the Finnish Defence Forces) entered into service…
Putin’s Undeclared War – A look at Bellingcat’s Artillery Investigation — Corporal Frisk
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 ›
Should the Air Force of Finland Get Rid of the Swastika?
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…
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