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 ›
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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 ›
Municipal elections in Finland explained
Compared to the US or the French national elections, the coming Finnish municipal elections are quiet. But in some way it is nice to be in a quiet country, part of its charm, isn’t it? According to the Finnish elections… Read More ›
Privatization of Finland’s road system: what the government could do
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 ›
How will Finland deal with US and Russian oligarchs
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?
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 ›
Finland succeeds in limiting the impact of EU’s semi-automatic firearms ban
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 ›
Finland did not support a UN resolution to outlaw nuclear weapons, but 123 countries did
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?
Tiina WilĂ©n-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
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 ›
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