This is what the touching occasion looked like. Eeva and Marko Ahtisaari placed a bouquet of flowers on the grave monument Atte Kajova President Martti Ahtisaari died at the age of 86 on October 16, 2023. His state funeral was held exactly one year ago on Martti’s name day. President Ahtisaari’s grave monument was announced … Read more
Former ambassador Mikko Hautala assesses the consequences of Donald Trump‘s re-election in Yle Ykkösaamu. The former Finnish ambassador to the United States who visited Ylen Ykkösaamu Mikko Hautala estimated that the presidential election won Donald Trump seeks a quick solution to the war in Ukraine. Trump has previously threatened to end the war in a … Read more
The President of the Republic, Alexander Stubb, was interviewed by CNN. The President of the Republic, Alexander Stubb, once again showed his political acumen. Stubb was interviewed by the American CNN. Both conservative and liberal interviewers have often tried to get Stubb to slip something snarky. That’s what happened this time too. Journalist Christiane Amanpour … Read more
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At the top of politics, especially men, have a habit of patting each other on the shoulder or back. When Donald Trump was president of the United States, he took Emmanuel Macron with a handshake match. The French president did not want to remain weak by Trump’s side, instead Macron shook Trump’s hand more strongly, … Read more
We want a Russian counterpart to the Western party. Halloween dressing up in St. Petersburg in 2012. EPA/AOP A senator sitting in the Federation Council in Russia‘s upper house Natalia Kosikhina demanded a ban on Halloween parties on Thursday. “We must do everything to ensure that this Western celebration is simply forgotten by the public … Read more
Vladimir Putin wants to bring back Intervision singing contests. Vladimir Putin plans to reorganize the old singing competition. EPA/AOP President of Russia Vladimir Putin wants to bring back the Intervision singing contest. Intervision’s song contests were the socialist countries’ equivalent of Eurovision during the Cold War. Finland participated in both the Eurovision Song Contest and … Read more
Fethullah Gülen died in exile in the United States. Fethullah Gülen lived in the United States in exile. AP The dissident imam blamed for Turkey’s 2016 coup attempt Fethullah Gulen has died at the age of 83, reports the news agency Reuters, among other things. Gülen died in exile in the United States, where he … Read more
Juha Ristamäki Fortunately, the Trump hysteria has not infected the Finnish government, writes Juha Ristamäki. Yesterday at 19:01 (updated yesterday at 21:18) Donald Trump is seeking a return to the White House. AOP Watching the US presidential elections is also very interesting from the point of view of what kind of expectations are placed on … Read more
In the podcast, Donald Trump accuses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of not preventing the outbreak of war and criticizes President Joe Biden‘s actions. Donald Trump in October 2024. EPA/AOP Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was a guest on the PBD podcast for an interview, and the nearly hour-and-a-half-long episode was released on Thursday, October 17. … Read more