After Taormina's G7 Summit, Merkel reacts strongly, Sipilä does not
By Editeur on May 29, 2017 • ( 0 )
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 ›
Finland did not support a UN resolution to outlaw nuclear weapons, but 123 countries did
By Editeur on December 5, 2016 • ( 1 )
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 ›
Finland's sisu at its best: how Arcusys, a young Finnish company, works with the NASA to establish people on Mars
By Editeur on November 29, 2016 • ( 1 )
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 ›
French primaries, Putin and Finland
Last Sunday, there has been primaries in France, and the Finnish press, so keen on the US primaries, could not care less. But it is key news for Finland, in particular because the winner, Francois Fillon (who will bemost probably… Read More ›
The Year of the Red Monkey
By Editeur on November 9, 2016 • ( 0 )
A lot of people were surprised by the Brexit, and a lot are now astonished by Trump success. Sorry, this could be expected: we are in the Chinese Year of the Fire monkey, and as a Feng shui half-educated amateur… Read More ›
Last news from NATO: a new US strategy, NATO exercises at the Russian border and a NATO member becoming Putin's best friend
Some days after a governemental declaration indicating that "Finland is going to strengthten its relations with NATO", it is interesting to follow what happens behind the scene. The US is secretly designing a new strategy aiming to take into account… Read More ›
Erkki Tuomioja: FIIA's Russia Brief—a study, an investigation or an opinion?
By Editeur on October 1, 2016 • ( 0 )
The recent Russia report by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) has received both praise and critique. The institute has responded by claiming, among other things, that the people behind the criticism are trying to restrict the freedom of the report.
Nobel price Stiglitz supports Paavo Väyrynen's euro initiative…
By Editeur on September 23, 2016 • ( 0 )
Some months ago, Paavo Väyrynen, a Finnish veteran politician of the Centre Party who has held many ministerial portfolios, and is now a member of the European Parliament, announced a citizens' initiative to organize a referendum on the Finnish… Read More ›
In the shadow of Sweden re-militarising Gotland, the focus of the Finnish discussion rapidly turned to two things: Why is the Finnish government cutting defence spending in the budget proposal presented this week, and what to do with our own blank spot, the Åland islands?
Finland, Trump, Putin and NATO
By Editeur on July 26, 2016 • ( 4 )
Some time ago, we said that we would come back to the question of NATO for Finland, as the government has accepted a closer relationship with NATO, with in particular a new observer status in closed meetings and a participation… Read More ›
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