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Briefly on the European Elections
I’ll be pausing the Finnish Politics Recaps for the summer, but it’s probably necessary to go through the most important political event of the recent…
Jun 18
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Finnish News Recap, May (2nd half): Approaching EU Elections Edition
GRISLY MURDER: The small town of Valkeakoski (fairly near to me, I even actually went to work there for a short while for an internship) was shocked by…
Jun 3
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May 2024
Finnish News Recap, May (1st half): Eurovision and Israel Edition
The European Parliament elections are arriving, and the candidates are already campaigning, though, as is tradition with the European elections, with…
May 18
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Finnish News Recap, May (1st half): Eurovision and Israel Edition
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Finnish News Recap, April (2nd half): MP Shootout Edition
During the last few days, the Finnish media has been dominated by one subject, so I’ll go through it in detail. On the night between Thursday and…
May 2
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Finnish News Recap, April (2nd half): MP Shootout Edition
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April 2024
Movie Review: Civil War, an On-Film Computer Role-Playing Game and a Thematic Mess
I went to see Civil War at a small local movie theater with friends yesterday. It was mostly a confusing experience. Plotwise, it was threadbare. I kept…
Apr 30
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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, April (first half): Value Added Tax Edition
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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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Finnish News Recap, February (2nd half): Sweden in NATO edition
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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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Short notes on Stubb presidency
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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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Presidential Elections, Round 1 Results: Short Update
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