After Finland was recently named the happiest country in the world for the sixth year in a row, it was suggested that positivity among the Finnish is related to their expectations.
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The former prime minister actually increased her party’s vote share but the collapse of her coalition partners has cost her the top job.
Finns have good schools, public transport, and the difference between the highest- and lowest-paid is quite small. These are factors in high levels of happiness.
A historian looks at the steps leading up to Finland joining the Western strategic alliance – and what that means for small nations elsewhere.
Finland has gone from neutral to Nato member in 30 years and Sweden could be set to follow.
Evidence suggests that Scotland’s bottle deposit scheme would prevent huge amounts of litter from entering the environment.
DNA analysis reveals a large migration of people into Scandinavia during Viking times.
Sandwiched between Russia and NATO ally Norway, both Sweden and Finland have maintained neutrality in global conflicts. That changed in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.
Turkey’s veto on Finland and Sweden joining the alliance is part of a complex political game being played by Ankara.
The nation’s military strengths will add a considerable amount to Nato’s capabilities around the Baltic, an expert says.
Turkey risks losing influence by blocking Sweden and Finland’s membership of Nato, says an expert.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is against allowing two Nordic countries to join NATO over what he deems their support of ‘terrorists.’ His opposition will test the alliance’s unity.
Sweden’s and Finland’s plans to join Nato are a symbol of a major shake-up of the European security order.
Finland was recently ranked, for the fifth year in a row, as the world’s happiest country. Trust in others in society plays a large role in what makes people there – and elsewhere – happy.
The Arctic Council was the world’s primary forum for cooperation among the eight Arctic nations and a channel for diplomacy – until Russia launched a war.
History tells us that neutrality rarely works as a mechanism for preventing conflict.
To remain neutral, Finland had to surrender power to the Soviet Union during the cold war.
Most people who received some money experienced less hunger, sickness and depression, both before and after Kenya imposed restrictions in the pandemic.
Children need the opportunity to ask questions and have them answered by experts in ways they can understand. A briefing may reduce children’s anxiety and increase their understanding of the pandemic.
It is no accident that those leaders who have responded worst to this crisis have also been the main sources of countless conspiracy theories and misinformation.
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Adjunct associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Politics and Policy, Deakin University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Tenure Track in Global History, Tampere University
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Professor of Education, Southern Cross University
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PhD Graduate in Political History and East European Studies, UCL
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Director & Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Etudiante PhD, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Professor of Politics, Griffith University
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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bayes Business School, City, University of London
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SARChI/Newton Research Professor in Political Theory, Wits and Cambridge, University of the Witwatersrand
