A report that Norway’s bomb and gun rampage may be the work of a far-right militant confronts Europe with the possibility that a new paramilitary threat is emerging, a decade after al Qaeda’s September 11 attacks.
Month: July 2011
Norway’s tragedy appears to be homegrown
We are all saddened by the loss of life and tragedy that ripped open a terrible scar in Norway after a car bomb exploded in the capital and a man started to shoot at random some 80 innocent victims, according to media reports. The policehave acted swiftly, who have named the suspect of the killings as Anders Behring Breivik, a Norwegian conservative, according to politicons.com.
The PS and their culture of fear in Finland
If there is one matter that I would wish stopped in Finland it is the culture of fear being spread by the Perussuomalaiset (PS) party. We can all remember prior to the April election how some members of the right-wing populist party portrayed immigrants and refugees as gang rapists and social welfare shoppers as soon as they crossed the border into Finland.
Iltalehti: Ulkomaalainen mies ryöstettiin Vaasassa
Uhri kaadettiin maahan, ja häntä lyötiin ja potkittiin. Afrikkalaissyntyinen 40-vuotias mies ryöstettiin Ristinummella Vaasassa lauantaina klo 15 jälkeen. Miehen luokse oli tullut 5-6 suomalaista noin 20-25-vuotiasta miestä ja ryhtynyt nimittelemään tätä muun muassa neekeriksi. Nimittelyn
Nelonen: Hakkaraisten tulipalojen koettelema saha hoipertelee konkurssin partaalla
Perussuomalaisten kansanedustajan Teuvo Hakkaraisen perheyritys on rämpinyt vakavissa talousvaikeuksissa kymmenen vuoden ajan. Lähes konkurssikypsälle sahalle on pumpattu yhteiskunnan tukia vuosikymmenen aikana yli 800 000 euroa.
SPIEGEL Interview with Economics Minister Rösler: “I Used to Dream I Was a Vietnamese Prince”
German Economics Minister Philipp Rösler, who was adopted into a German family from Vietnam at a young age, insists that he never had problems because of his background. He spoke with SPIEGEL about integration, discrimination and what it means to be German.
Some past and present reflections of life in Finland
In 1984, a groups of foreign students published a critical analysis of life in Finland called Strange days – the experience of foreign students in Finland. Some claim that the content of a good book can withstand the unrelenting hand of time. How would the reflections of being a foreigner in Finland sound if we read Strange Days today?
Right-wing populist parties want Europeans to live in their news blackout
The job of autocratic regimes is still made easy today thanks to faulty technology and infrastructure. If a military regime usurped power from a democratically elected government, it can literally “turn off the lights” and keep the population in a news and information blackout.
Iltalehti: Perussuomalainen eduskunta-avustaja levitti törkeää vitsiä
Kansanedustaja Juho Eerolan (ps) avustaja Ulla Pyysalo julkaisi rasistisen vitsin Facebook-profiilissaan sunnuntaina. Kirjoituksessa vitsailtiin Jani Toivolan ihonväristä ja seksuaalisesta suuntautumisesta.
Finland in June and July
Finland is a beautifull place in June and July, when time almost stops.