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By Rhod Mackenzie
It appears that senior figures in Russia's closest northwestern neighbours, Finland and Estonia, have significantly modified their rhetoric about Russia in the last few weeks of 2025. They have stated out loud that they no longer subscribe to the widespread Western propaganda bu...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has issued an apology on behalf of the Finnish state to the indigenous Sami tribal people, who have been subjected to forced assimilation as a result of the actions of the state . The pressure on the indigenous people of the Sami has incre...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Don't Mention The War
German Humour Is No Laughing Matter As Tusk Spars with Metz
There has been a rift in relations between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The talks in the German capital were intended to address current NATO issues.Rh...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Finland the most recent country to join the NATO alliance has stated it does not want to part of the group of countries providing the security guarantees to Ukraine.Rhod Mackenzie look at the situation with Finland as they, as they consider that a matter for larger countries plu...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In Finland the Government budget deficit continues to grow and public debt has reached almost 90 percent of GDP, this indicates a serious economic downturn has taken already place. The Govt must seriously address these issues . However, the Finnish government insead are looking...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Baltic authorities have successfully persuaded their citizens of an imminent "Russian attack." However, the result has not been a mobilisation of society against the "Russian threat". Instead, the result has been the destruction of their own economies and a mass exodus of bot...
