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Economists Should Not Be Allowed to Predict
Financial Supervision Puts Head in Sand
Why Should We Pay for Finding Workers?
Common Features between Lapland & Sud Tirol
Finland’s Surprise Runner
Helsinki Urban Folk vs. Centre Party Farmers
Why are Finnish and Italian Restaurants so Different?
Huge Italian Snowfall Destroys Mountain Forests
Italian Restaurant Prices & Quality
Trump Influences Italian & Brazilian Right-Wing Politics
FinnishNews in Italy – September 2021…
To Be (a Doctor), or Not to be!
Why Finland?
We Need Skilled Immigrants & Care Workers…
Finnish Banks Have a Great Sense of Humour
Russian Finance – Part 2 – “Homeland First, You Second”
Finns Have a Good Russian Streak!
Equality is Getting Big Nudge in the Wrong Way
Swedes Admit that Finland Is Better
Case of Organizational Change in Helsinki City Transport (HKL)
The Covid Performance Index
Big Banks Don’t Fly
Finland, Vietnam and Covid – Science is Fallible!
Gustav in His Boat…
Belarus & Russia Are Europe’s Neighbours
Finnish Politics This Week – “Tricky Tricks?”
Finnish Companies Leave Environment Destruction for Others
Bloom Story: Dare to speak
The Tokyo Olympics – Really Cheap at €25 Billion…
Finnish Politics This Week – “Nothing Wrong here…”
Important New Chinese Carbon Market
Olympics Must Adhere to Freedom of Speech
EU’s Climate Package: “Good for Finland & Rest of World”
Our Politicians Are Not Always Who You Think
How Soviets Used Bonds to Develop Russia
It Looks Like Finland, But Isn’t
PM Shouldn’t Have Time for Cooking, Cleaning & Repairs
Public Heat & Private Water – You Pay!
Helsinki’s Coastline Raped by Mayor & “Green” Deputy
Merkel & Macron Soundly Rebuked by Small EU Members…
Unisex Toilets & Religious Education in Finnish Schools
Serious Covid Failure at Finland’s Russian Border
Banks Like Unsuspecting Customers
Swedish Politics This Week – Ops, the Government Falls…
Finnish Politics This Week – Lot’s of Hot Air
The “Great Default” on Russian Loans – Finale or not…
Private Care Homes Like Making Money
Avoiding Angst When Investing in Start-Ups
Bloom Story: Find your courage
Is There a Place for Rainbow Crosswalks on Our Streets?
Mimosa Aito in Kouvola – Great Food
Taxation is Needed for Good Basic Services
Finnish Politics This Week – What’s for Breakfast?
G5-Phones Breed Dishonesty
Should Cryptocurrencies be Banned?
Finnish Media Oligarchs Hit Out at Finnish Public Broadcaster, YLE
China, USA & EU Funded “Gain of Function” in Wuhan
The Russia Debt Default Saga
The “Great Default” on Russian Debt – Part 1.
Russian Debt “Great Default” – Part 2.
Russian Debt – Crushing Blow to Imperialism – Part 3.
Classic Statements from Our Great Geriatric Leaders
Bloom Story: Becoming borderless
Helsinki’s Conservative Party “MayorGate”
Finland Gets a Very Wet Towel from OECD
Finns Only Won EuroVisions Once… and why not again now?
Pandemic life in Finland & the Netherlands
This Week in Finnish Politics – More Farce…
Disquiet over Swiss Water
European Blockade & Russia – A Vicious Circle
Bloom Story: Take a leap of faith
Finnish Politics – FinnExit & Austerity Flyer in My MailBox
Finnish Politicians Love Dealing with Antithesis…
This Week in Finnish Politics – NUTS!
Archegos = Huge Losses, Huge Banks & Weak Supervision
Europe’s Political Risks are Bigger than Finland’s
Bloom Story: take the road less traveled
Peat Weakens Whole Finnish Government
Why Finnish & German Politics Need a Boot…
Finland Vaccinations Lead On
The Way Forward…
EU’s Bosses, Public Debt and Inflation…
Russia Rouble Hits the Dust
Carbon-Neutral China
Digital China
In Honour of Aye Myat Thu – Senseless Murder
The Plague & Birth of New Economic Order
Innovation-Driven China – Part 2.
Are Banks Really Supervised?
China’s 5-Year Plan – The Big Picture – Part 1.
Does former Finnish PM Stab Successor’s Back?
Finnish Vaccine Pricks
Will EU’s Financial Landscape Emerge?
A Letter from Bloom to Finland
Cars and dogs
Should We Get Rid of Mathias Cormann?
“Costly Consequences of Harmful Immigration”
Commissioned research and researchers’ integrity
Private Fund Managers Merge, But Not Big Pension Funds
It’s Time to Cut Public Support for Banks
Finland Is Looking for Foreign Expert Workers
Regulation Does Not Make Banks Safe!
Don’t Bank on It!
“There is Nothing New Under the Sun” Ecclesiastes
Modern-Day Hell – Dyslexia, Smart Phones & Social Media
Finnish Politics – Voting for Honest MPs
Swedish “Defiants” Just Don’t Get It!
Tokyo Street – Takeaways & Wolt Delivery in LockDown
An Awful Year is Behind Us…
Achtung! Watch Out! Interest Rates & Inflation
Vaccination Chart – Danish Needles Shine
Justice Ministers Procrastinate Over Lobby Register
European Central Bank Loves Fossil Fuels
At Last – Nature Can Be Part of GDP!
Gasum, Fortum & Neste in Finnish Wonderland
Rams Roasters – One of the Best Coffee Shops
UK’s 2020 Economic Performance Worse Than 1709
Danes Optimize Wind Power Brilliantly
Wind for Green Transition in Denmark – A Power Solution
Are we selling out to China?
Good Move by Borelli and soon Haavisto
Finnish Politics This Week… Things Municipal
Sport needs to Wipe Out the Olympic Virus
Fine Madness With Helsinki’s Public Transport
Finns and Europe Focus on Battery Development
Delivery Companies Cause Lower Food Standards
Finnish Election Manifestos Can Be Disturbing
Wolt – Shame or Fame?
“Make Britain Little Again!”
Two Chairs, a Finnish Central Banker and a US Senator
Finns Tighten the Screws while Belgium Mis-Manages
A Video that May Cost His Life?
NIB & EIB – Reform Now?
We Need Public Financiers More Than Ever
Somebody is playing games here…
Finland Increases Free Compulsory Secondary Education
Is Germany Jumping the Vaccine Queue?
Finnish Politics – True Finns Remain Close to Trump
Should Commercial Interests Limit YLE?
All Men Are Equal Before the Law
Fuzzy EU & China Investment Deal
Pensions – (Young) People Just Don’t Get It!
Finland Ignores Common Plight of Start-Up Owners
Inflation myths…
Brexit is for Monkeys, as is Trump
Finns have World’s First Frozen Chef’s Table
German Bosses Can Help Nordics & That May Not Be Safe
Hackers Need BitCoins but We Do Not!
We Need Norwegian’s Wings
Gambling Needs Clear Regulation & Controls
Finland has a Reformist Government – At last…
Tomato & Cucumber Politics from True Finns
Networks Are Hopelessly Fragile
OECD Produced a Balanced Finland Survey
IMF – big companies raise prices and stifle innovation
At Last… Healthcare Reform Takes One Big Step!
Your genetic code is Clondyke goldmine, for some…
Norwegian Intelligence Service’s Security Challenges
Swiss Political Fire over Palm Oil
A stamp of approval, or is it?
The Rule of Law & COVID in Finland
The Last Weeks in Finnish Politics
Is Centralised Better?
Blackness… and light…
Blackness…
EU Commission Appears to Permit Corrupt Practices
Trump Begins to Look Like Dr. Strangelove
Boris, Climate Change, Lobbyists & Doomsday
The 12 Best Restaurants in Helsinki & Ekenäs for All Tastes
Fine Dining at La Bottega 13 – Deli & Wine Bar
Helsinki in political turmoil
Hopeless Hungary & Desperate Poland Block EU Budget
Distance Working Does Not Work Well
Media Soap Operas in Washington & London
UK is Copying Best Nordic Solutions
The Rule of Law Stays Strong in the EU
Morton Serves Delicious Food in a Container
The Peak of Corruption…
Religion Is No Island
Selling Public Property is for Suckers
This Equation Always Works!
EU Grants & The Rule of Law… or Lawlessness
Some Finnish Leaders are Getting Noisy
Going on Holiday to Home Work?
Why Do We Have to Tolerate Hackers?
Finnish Government’s Virus Management Calm and Collected
Printing Money Fast and Furiously
Central Bankers Create Havoc in Our Economies
This Week in Nordic Politics – Sick…
Catholics Squander Money on Speculation & Luxuries
Finnish banks still benefit unilaterally from high loan margins
You Don’t Spread Covid-19 if You Have It
Not so Secret Cyber Spies Spy on Us!
Finance Ministry: “Not that bad…”
Peaceful Climate Change Protesters should Honoured not Sprayed
A real meeting, at last…
“Onward Christian Soldiers, Going as to War”
Another Shocker from Automatic GPS Navigation
Pension waste and Willful Blindness
737 Max 8 Jets Crashed because Robots Took Over!
The Coronavirus in Switzerland
Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
Little Britain thinks it is Great Britain…
This week in Finnish Politcs
Center Party Leaders Hit Out at Themselves
Upbeat Minister- Time to Stop Self-Flagellation
Finns love a good forest fire…
Is the Bank of Finland Subsidizing the Banks?
Former Swedish PM says Trump can Push USA to Dictatorship!
Finance Ministry’s Tough Employment Strategy
Former Finnish President, Ms. Halonen, Speaks about Women Power!
Spruce Roots, Smoke Sauna and Supercell
A Strong Firm President – Just What the Doctor Ordered
American and Finnish Postal Hell
Belarus and America Leaders Have Much in Common
Stupid Politics – “My Country First”
French Government Removes Badly Behaved US Bank
The Berner Effect… Center Party Burnt to a Cinder…
Ticks and public healthcare…
Natural Resources Are Crucial for Humans
Cynical about Sweden? “Influencers” are not Role Models
I am someone’s daughter, too…
Sweden’s Virus Results are Awful
Big Bad Companies – Why Do We Give Them Business?
EU Bullies… Not the Way to Lead
Other peoples’ money… No!
Nikari – World Class Sustainable Design
Trumps Abuses Rule of Law and Mueller Strikes Back…
Icelandic Sea Explorer Docked by Virus in Ingå, Finland
Flight Chaos – Calling them is Hell!
Finnish Politics – All Is Not Lost
YLP! – Food Made with Love & Skill in Tammisaari
Financial Regulators Regulate So Lightly and More
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT FINNISH SUMMER
Big Auditors Behave Like Killer Robots
True Finns Propagate Criminal Hate Speech
Finland’s Dirty Secret – Extracting Peat for Energy
Death tells all…
STOP PRESS – Do Not Follow Financial Experts
Nobody Should Want This Brexit or Those Leaders
Ups and Downs in Finland and Sweden
Finns Get New Minister of Finance
Superficial Gender Equality: Ukraine vs. Finland
Finnish Politics – Getting Hectic, Again!
German & French Declarations of State Aid War?
Nordic Municipalities are a Great Strength
It Didn’t Take Much to Kill America
The Myth of Gender Equality…
A Nordic View of the Chinese Miracle
No More Virus Numbers & Clear Results
Why Do We Feel Like Fools Today?
Five Steps for Start-Ups to Follow
Relief or Not (?) as Virus Deaths Fall
BlackRock Voted Against Fortum’s Board for Discharging from Liability
This Week in Finnish Politics – Facemasks, Railway Teatime, and the FT
The Virus Shows a Need to Reform Banking
Why Do We Have Much Slower Death Rates?
Investing by Beating the Fear & Greed Index
Finnish Scientists Developing Nasal Vaccine Against COVID-19
Finnish University Take Innovative Approaches to Virus
Frightening News about Virus Impact on Minorities
Finding Home: Ukrainian in Finland
The Virus Slows Down But Lurks in the Corners
Finns Pay 40% More for Electricity than Swedes!
Taxpayers’ Cash Fills Banks’ Pockets too
Virus Deaths Threat Worse Than Reality
Private Sector Bosses Dig Own Graves
Virus Slows But Not Eradicated Yet…
Finnish Healthcare Very Effective at Containing Virus
Italian Bonds Just Above Junk Status
National Interests Go Far Above EU Rules
AFTERMATH: A nightmare picture of the World after the Pandemic
The Virus has Struck – Collateral for Aid Please
Corona – What Will Final Death Rates Look Like?
Finland Must Implement Urgent Reforms After Virus
Our EU Employs Anti-Green to Green the Banks!
What Simple Models Teach about Covid 19 in Sweden?
Snakes and Ladders – Food for Thought over Easter!
Latest Corona Weekly 13.4.2020
Europe’s Relationship with China?
The G20 is Brain Dead on Climate Change
Video Conferencing is Really Dangerous
The Sad but Hard Truth
Corona Numbers – Any EndGame?
Comments about the Yanks…
Is This Government Money or Other People’s Money?
A Few Comments about Corona Stuff…
What the Quack is happening? It’s time for a Hackathon…
Strange Corona Numbers in Japan, Finland & S. Korea
EBC & Governments Should Receive Equity in Supported Banks
State Must Take Equity Stakes in Rescued Companies
Present Global Networks are Not So Robust
WhatTheQuack – Big Open Corona HackaThon
Some Like it Hot…
Helsinki Filled with Dread
The EU Just Now… That Sinking Feeling
FT’s Best Writers – Help SME’s with Cash!
Germany Moves at Last
Unacceptable – Banks Misbehave & Collect Huge Profits
Finland, the Nordics & Friends are the Happiest…
Tokyo Street & Muji Offer Safe Solutions
COVID-19 – Statistics in Perspective
The Corona Issue – What to Think about It!
Little Good from Falling Oil Prices
Where is The Slush Power Now?
Finland’s Central Bank Makes Poor Policy
Loan Sharks, Debt Collectors & Public Subsidies
A Quiet & Beautiful Helsinki…
Show Cancelled – They may come later…
Interest Rate & Government Policies Fail Badly
NATO vs. Russia – Not a Football Game…
