I Jumped on the Robot Bus
I took a ride on the driverless bus that is being tested on the streets of Helsinki.
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Author: Jan Artiček
PICTURES: Bars and Restaurants Reopen For Business; Some Helsinki Terraces Full
As the government eases restrictions and summer begins, bars in Helsinki welcome people to their sun-lit terraces.
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How the Time of Corona Resembles Mood During Wartime
MEMBERSHIP CONTENT: An exhibition, State of Mind – Helsinki 1939–1945, is set to reopen on June 2. We spoke with the author and curator of the exhibition, Anna Kortelainen, who told us that “there is a very strong resemblance between wartime moods in Helsinki and the situation just now.”
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Study Shows Anti-Immigration Attitudes Prevalent Among Affluent Finnish Youth
Research from Rasmus Mannerström (University of Helsinki) and colleagues explores political opinions of young people in Finland.
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#IamSuomiToo Campaign Launches Petition for Better Access to Mental Health Care for All Finnish Residents
The petition hopes to raise awareness about unequitable access to mental health care affecting foreign residents.
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Interview with Finns Party Chair Jussi Halla-aho: ‘EU Acted Irresponsibly by Outsourcing Border Control to Turkey’
We spoke with the leader of the opposition about the current crisis on the border between Greece and Turkey.
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Foreign Minister Haavisto Under Investigation over Handling of Al Hol Scandal
The investigation will focus on dispute between Haavisto and one of his top officials.
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‘Richard Jewell’ Film Review: Clint Eastwood Continues His Exploration of Real-Life Heroism
Not all heroes wear capes, nor always get the credit they deserve.
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‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ Film Review: A Feel-good Odyssey Through the American South
Shia LaBeouf and Zack Gottsagen are a heart-warming duo on the run.
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Fruitful Meeting Between Foreign Minister Haavisto and His Polish Counterpart, Czaputowicz
The diplomats-in-chief discussed regional security matters and bilateral cooperation.
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INTERVIEW: Interior Ministers of Sweden and Finland Talk About Enhancing Police Cooperation at Borders and in Society
In our interview, the two ministers, Maria Ohisalo and Mikael Damberg, discuss taking “their collaboration to the next level.”
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DocPoint Film Festival Breaks Crowd Record: 32,000
My own selection of films included some renowned names of documentary cinema.
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Anni Harjunpää, Miss Finland 2019: ‘When I’m Not Being Miss Finland, I Definitely Don’t Wear High Heels’
The newly crowned Miss Finland tells us about her journey.
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Finland Offers Free Course on Artificial Intelligence to EU Citizens; Here’s What I Learned
The popular Elements of AI course will be made available Europe-wide as Finland steps down from the Council of the EU presidency.
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Helsinki Police Ban Neo-Nazi March Scheduled for Independence Day; Soldiers of Odin to March in the Afternoon
Soldiers of Odin are arranging a protest called “Bring Back Safe Finland.”
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Up to 1,500 Public Sector Workers Go on Three-Day Strike in Turku
Starting on Wednesday, a three-day strike, organized by JHL, The Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors, will disrupt daycare centers, schools and public transport in the Turku region.
Read More‘Surfer: Teen Confronts Fear’ Film Review: So Strange and Unpolished, It’s Amusing
The titular surfer, played by Douglas’ son Sage Burke, is a teenage boy who wiped out on a huge wave some time ago and has since been afraid to get back in the water.
Read MoreVIDEO: Emma Smith of Eversend, Winner of Slush 100 Start-up Competition: Our Company Started From Sending Money to Grandma
Eversend is a neobank for Africa, which hopes to make banking services accessible for a large number of Africans.
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The CEO of President Barack Obama’s Foundation at Slush: We Should Channel Our Creative Energies Into Things That Affect Our Lives
We listened in as David Simas, the CEO of the Obama Foundation, spoke with Finnish activist Maryan Abdulkarim about the importance of building bridges between and within communities, especially by helping empower good ideas and entrepreneurs.
Read More‘The Lighthouse’ Film Review: A Tempestuous Tale Ye Can Believe
The screenplay in general is incredible.
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The Pros and Cons of a Proposed Flight Tax in Finland
A citizens’ initiative for taxing air travel gathers over 50,000 signatures and heads to the parliament for consideration.
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‘Dogs Don’t Wear Pants’ Film Review: BDSM as Grief Counselling
Finnish director J-P Valkeapää takes us on a visceral journey, in turns heart-wrenching and stomach-churning.
Read More‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ Film Review: Bigger Scale, Lesser Effort
Unfortunately, the creators bet everything on banter and the occasional zombie-killing spree, though even that seemed in short supply until the final showdown.
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PICTURES: Mall of Tripla Opens on Thursday in Pasila
Located in Pasila, Mall of Tripla will reportedly be the biggest shopping center in the Nordic countries, but also promises much more.
Read More‘Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love’ Film Review: A Portrait of an Artist and His Muse
The story is told through archive footage, photographs, audio recordings and video interviews of those who saw Marianne’s and Leonard’s love story unfold firsthand.
Read More‘Joker’ Film Review: Decent, but Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype
Todd Phillips’ take on the Joker falls short of high expectations, despite an amazing Joaquin Phoenix.
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Here’s A List of Some of the Best Films We Watched at the Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy
Here’s a list of some of the top movies that screened at HIFF Love and Anarchy.
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We Talked About Trainhopping, Cockfighting and Music With Filmmaker Arno Bitschy and Composer Warren Ellis
In his latest project, French filmmaker Arno Bitschy collaborated with Warren Ellis, a composer and a member of alt-rock group Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.
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Icelandic Actor Ingvar Sigurdsson: Every Day I Felt That I Was Doing Something Important
Ingvar Sigurdsson visited Helsinki to present the film ‘A White, White Day,’ in which he plays the leading role, to Finnish moviegoers at HIFF Love and Anarchy.
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‘Deerskin’ Film Review: Jean Dujardin Is Too Cool For Corduroy
In this dark comedy by French auteur Quentin Dupieux, we follow Jean Dujardin on a mission to rid the world of jackets.
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German Filmmaker Pia Hellenthal: Getting Everything Out Openly, Honestly, Is a Start
Hellenthal is an engaging talker, and she spoke about the ideas informing her film with expressive hand gestures and by using table objects to visualize her points.
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Danish Director Laurits Flensted-Jensen: I’m Interested in Exploring Themes We Are Afraid to Talk About
Director Laurits Flensted-Jensen is presenting his debut feature film, Neon Heart, to audiences at HIFF Love and Anarchy. We talked about the themes running through his film as well as the filming process itself.
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‘Anthropocene: The Human Epoch’ Film Review: A Document That Doesn’t Preach But Shows How We Change the Planet
Unlike most environmentalist documentaries out there, Anthropocene assumes no moral high ground, doesn’t preach, implore, judge or display righteous indignation.
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‘Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway’ Film Review: If You Make it to the End, You May Find Out What Stalin Wants
‘Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019)’ is the latest turn from Spanish auteur Miguel Llanso, who is attending Helsinki’s Love and Anarchy film festival, where audiences can see the movie—and then wonder what on Earth they just witnessed.
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Spanish Director Miguel Llanso to Finland Today: “Why am I Going to Ikea Again? Why?”
Spanish writer-director Miguel Llanso presents his new film ‘Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway’ at HIFF Love and Anarchy. We sat down with Llanso to chat about his inspirations for the film, Afrofuturism, technology and power and his creative influences.
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Love and Anarchy Film Festival Opens on Thursday
For the next 10 days, cinemas all around Helsinki will be a cinephile’s paradise, catering to all tastes.
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Opinion: The Problem With Posti Nobody Is Talking About
While the government has promised to look into the matter and introduce changes to executive salaries, the matter also raises the issue of whether Posti would work better as a public or private company.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Visited Finland – Here’s What we Learned
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Helsinki to meet with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö.
Read More‘Midsommar’ Film Review: Pagan Midsummer Festival in Sweden Turns Into a Psychedelic Horror Trip
We are dealing with the strange world of pagan ritual here. But is it good? Read our review.
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Conscripts’ Union Proposes a (More or Less) Voluntary and Gender Equal Conscription System
We spoke with Matias Pajula, chairman of the conscripts’ union, who explained the proposed changes and the reasons for them.
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New Government to Ease Work-Based Immigration And Raise Refugee Quota
We talked to Li Andersson, chairwoman of the Left Alliance, about the new government’s measures on immigration.
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New Government’s Tax Policy Brings No Major Changes for Entrepreneurship, Fiscal Policy More Concerning
We interviewed the chief economist at Suomen Yrittäjät about how the new government program might affect small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in Finland.
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Antti Rinne’s Coalition Announces New Government Program – Aims to Build an Inclusive and Competent Finland
The new government aims to build an “inclusive and competent Finland” and transform the country into a “socially, economically and ecologically sustainable society by 2030.”
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You’ve Heard About the Government Negotiations, Here’s a Deeper Look at What’s Going on
Here’s our analysis on what’s happening behind the closed doors of the government negotiations.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes: Here’s What we Thought About ‘Macbeth’ Which is Touring Finland
The British theatre company TNT, working in collaboration with American Drama Group Europe, is touring Finland this April with their long-standing production of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’.
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Inside Election Night – Here’s What Jussi Halla-aho, Li Andersson and Antti Rinne Said to Finland Today
Here’s what the party leaders of the Finns, the Left Alliance and the SDP said during the thrilling election night.
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Here Are the Results of Finland’s 2019 Parliamentary Election – Tough Government Negotiations Ahead
After an exciting and speculation-filled night, here are the final results.
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A Brief Guide to Finland’s 2019 Parliament Election
We have put together a quick rundown of Finland’s main political parties, their central tenets and key policies on the agenda for the upcoming election.
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