En Garde

Hundreds of thousands of workers in Finland went on strike to protest proposed labor law reforms, which they say would negatively affect low-wage earners and tilt the balance of power toward employers in salary negotiations, Euronews reported Thursday. Strikes took place in a number of cities...

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The Blame Game

China this week denied involvement in the damaging of an underwater gas pipeline linking Finland with Estonia and the European Union, an incident that Finnish investigators have labeled as sabotage, Al Jazeera reported. Earlier this month, Finnish authorities discovered that the Balticconector gas pipeline was leaking...

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Changing of the Guard

Finnish lawmakers approved National Coalition Party (NCP) leader Petteri Orpo as the country’s new prime minister on Tuesday, ushering in a right-wing government following elections that saw the ousting of Prime Minister Sanna Marin, Reuters reported. Orpo’s approval came after the NCP and three other right-wing...

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Joyful Warriors

For the fifth time in a row, Finns are the happiest people in the world. According to the United Nations’ World Happiness Report, citizens of Finland demonstrate high levels of “eudaimonia,” a term the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle coined to describe “overall life satisfaction,” reflecting a...

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Sovereignty Un-Stifled

Finlandization has been proposed as a final status for Ukraine after Russia concludes its ongoing brutal invasion. But the Finns might counsel against it. The Finns are themselves considering joining NATO rather than continuing to accept what the New York Times described as the “stifled sovereignty”...

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