Boreal Expat

A while back, writing about the crisis in Ukraine, I made a reference to the notion of “Finlandization”, and mentioned that it’s a Cold War ...

I can’t claim to be much of a sports fan, at least not an “everyday” sport fan. I tend to pay attention only to the big marquee events, lik...

Leading up to today's referendum in Scotland on independence, CNN has been giving the issue extensive coverage and at some point even t...

A couple of weeks ago, arriving at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport following a short holiday in Croatia I took my place in a queue at passport ...

Now and then, as I continue trying to improve my Finnish language kyky (ability), I decide it’s high time that I actually understand the...