Sofi Oksanen: Your Silence Will Not Protect You
byDuring my years at school, maps hung on our classroom walls on which the Finnish borders were clear, as were those of the Soviet…
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Women At the Mercy of War and Confined By The Words Of Men
byImbi Paju is an Estonian author, historian and filmmaker whose work examines the traumas of totalitarianism. Her book and film “Sisters Across The Gulf…
Russian Fighters Violate Estonian and Finnish Airspace
byThe Estonian Ministry of Defence says that a Russian SU-27 Flanker, has violated Estonian airspace with its transponders turned off. This is the fifth…
Dutch Investigators Blame Finland
byUPDATED OCTOBER 6 Confusion over data that the Finnish government allegedly withheld from Dutch investigators regarding the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17,…
Is This How We Will Be Remembered?
byFinnish author, Sofi Oksanen, looks at the refugee crisis through the historical lens of the Finnish and Estonian experiences. The only person from my…
The Problem With Finland
byI will start by stating the obvious: There have been several episodes and instances in the information domain in and around Finland that are simply…
Helsinki-Tallinn Tunnel Study Funding Approved by EU
byThe European Union has approved nearly 1 million euros to fund a feasibility study for a tunnel rail link between the Finnish and Estonian capitals. According to a…
Lavrov: Russia Will Respond To NATO Baltic Activity
byRussian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has warned his Finnish counterparts that Russia would deliver an unspecified response to NATO’s increased activities in the Baltic…
Soviet Era Lustration Archive Project Launched in Finland
by”Lustration is the process of making something clear or pure, usually by means of a propitiatory offering. It is also the purge of government…
NATO’s Eastern Exposure
byEvery year, Estonia holds special military exercises called Spring Storm. The exercises are for those conscript soldiers who have just completed their term of service….