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Finnish News Recap, April (first half): Value Added Tax Edition
TAX HIKES: While austerity and cutting the budget has been one of the main themes for this government, thus far it has refrained from increasing taxes…
Apr 17
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Finnish News Recap, March (2nd half): The Usual
I wrote an article on The Finns Party. I’ve discussed these themes multiple times, but I wanted to focus a bit here on what I feel some important themes…
Apr 2
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March 2024
Finnish News Recap, March (1st half): Scissors and Strikes Edition
PURRA’S SCISSORS: A while ago, Riikka Purra posted a picture of herself flanked by some other Finns Party politicians, holding scissors. Scissors are a…
Mar 19
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Notes on "And the Band Played On", AIDS and the COVID Pandemic
it’s four years from Covid being declared a pandemic by WHO, so a good time for a bit of pandemic-related writing. Some time ago back, I managed to…
Mar 11
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Finnish News Recap, February (2nd half): Sweden in NATO edition
Stubb formally became the president today, thus closing that particular arc for now (of course he’s still a political figure as a President, but there’s…
Mar 1
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February 2024
Short notes on Stubb presidency
As the presidential election recedes, politics returns towards normality. For instance, the Centre party head Annikka Saarikko is resigning, and this…
Feb 17
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Presidential Elections, Round 1 Results: Short Update
The first round of the presidential election came and went. Since there’s little important happening in politics apart from it – sure, some dramas, like…
Feb 7
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January 2024
The Finnish Presidential Election 2024 - a short overview
The first round of the Finnish presidential election is on Sunday. There are nine candidates and if none of them get over 50 % of the votes in the first…
Jan 25
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Finnish News Recap, first half of January: Cold Weather edition
The presidential race (the election is on January 28, mind) enters the final stretch. Thus far, it has seemed like the race would go down to two amiable…
Jan 19
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December 2023
Finnish News Recap, December (second half): New Year edition
Christmas came and went and the new year’s coming, so here’s the last recap of the year. PISA RATINGS: This one is from the first half of the month; I…
Dec 30, 2023
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Finnish News Recap, December (second half): New Year edition
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Finnish News Recap, December (first half): Independence Day 2023 edition
I’ve been a bit busy the last weeks, and in any case, after the dramas of the earlier parts of the year are past, it’s probably the best to change the…
Dec 15, 2023
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A Bit More Extensively on the Border Situation
There was bout without a great deal happening in Finland besides the border crisis, which has now gone into remission. As such, I didn’t write an update…
Dec 6, 2023
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