Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 6 December
Hollywood names get lost in translation in Finland
In Finland there are Ridges, Brookes and Frodos, all queuing to get their names changed at the local registry offices.
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Affairs / Politics
Not quite Finnish
Waves of 20th-century immigrants from Finland have made Thunder Bay the most Finnish city beyond the Baltic. Can the next generation hold on to the sauna spirit?
Affairs / Politics
Let's look at plan B
Struggling nations and cities need to hitch up their skirts, quicken their step and just get on with it. Our editor-in-chief follows up the debates stirred up in this issue.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 30 January
Europe invites the critics
Closed attitudes to immigration in Europe mean that promoting its nations has taken a strange turn.
Edits / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 27 August
How to spot Nordic friends
It’s good for small countries to stick together. Now everyone thinks I am going to start going on about the European Union – whereas I actually want to talk about the smaller union of Nordic countries.
Edits / Health
Monocolumn
Wednesday 7 December
The dark age
If you live in Utsjoki, the northernmost village in the entire EU, there are a few consumer items that are more important to you than others.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Friday 12 April
The Finnish inquisition
After failing to be elected to the UN Security Council, Finland is looking in on itself and isn't very happy about what it sees.
Affairs / Politics
Europe Briefing
Alcohol tax in Turkey, election with Finland and Georgia's diplomacy love-in.
Design / Architecture
Design briefing
Our report from this year's Köln furniture fair, a Danish art gallery and Finnish design grandee Yrjö Kukkapuro.
Edits / Society
Expo 52: Sami slide of life
The new Sami parliament building in Finland is a proud symbol of how far the indigenous people of Europe’s north have come over the past century, from being a culture struggling for survival to a thriving community.
Affairs / Politics
Europe Briefing
An ethnic minority debacle in Poland, election watch Portugal and a banknote overhaul in Sweden.
Design / Innovation
North stars
Denmark, Sweden and Finland boast institutions devoted to seeking design-led solutions to societal problems. Are they guiding stars for the world to follow?
Affairs / Arts
Europe briefing
The style of Russia's new first lady, and the not-so private lives of Finland's politicians.
Affairs / Politics
Europe Briefing
The crime of stalking is elusive to define, tricky to prove, and tough to effectively punish.
The Globalist, episode 23
The Arab League meeting in Cairo, threats to Syrian security, Finland’s novel attempts to curb alcoholism and Obama’s visit to Australia.
Design / Architecture
Design/Architecture Briefing
A cot made from sustainable Brazilian wood, a colourful nursery in Finland and a bank that's breaking the mould in Denmark
The Monocle Weekly, episode 82
The team touch down in Helsinki to take the temperature of Brand Finland with Demos Helsinki's Roope Mokka who shares his insights on the recent report on Finland's new nation-branding strategy.
The Globalist, episode 252
The latest on Julia Gillard’s trip to India, why Flemish separatists are in the news, and business stories from Talouselämä in Finland.
The Briefing, episode 9
Tyler Brûlé talks to Alexander Stubb, Finland’s Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade, and gets a preview of the APEC conference in Honolulu.
The Briefing, episode 21
Aisha Spears goes to Sao Paulo for the IHT luxury conference and we talk to Andre Chaker, author of Finnish Miracle about what makes Finland a success.