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Svenskfinland's Centre party district chairman admits faking identity3 comments

Jonas wrote 1 week ago: Centre Party / Kronoby The chairman of the Swedish-speaking district of Finland’s largest po … more →

Tags: Politics, Centre Party, Municipal elections 2008, Scandal, Österbotten, Peter Albäck, Kronoby, fake-identity, Impersonation

Astrid Thors to stand in municipal election in capital

Jonas wrote 2 weeks ago: Helsingfors Helsinki Astrid Thors has announced that she will stand as a Swedish People’s Pa … more →

Tags: Immigration, Municipal elections 2008, Politics, SFP, astrid thors, Helsingfors, Helsinki, migration, rkp

Soldier's Home forbade employees to speak Swedish2 comments

Jonas wrote 2 weeks ago: Two Swedish-speaking girls employed by the Soldier’s Home at the naval base in Obbnäs (Upinn … more →

Tags: Swedish Language, Army, Discrimination, Finlandssvensk, Kirkkonummi, Kyrkslätt, military, minority, Navy

112-alarm centres still putting lives at risk

Jonas wrote 3 weeks ago: Many Swedish-speaking callers are still being requested to speak Finnish when making emergency alar … more →

Tags: Swedish Language, 112, Emergency Services, Finland

When in Rome, do as the Romans...?3 comments

Jonas wrote 1 month ago: I recently discovered an interesting blog called ‘Migrant Tales‘. The author of whi … more →

Tags: Swedish Language, National Coalition Party, Immigration, Esbo, Espoo, Finlandssvensk, Finnish, Immigrants, Inga

Borgå cathedral to reopen next week

Jonas wrote 1 month ago: Svenskfinland in English is on a bit of a summer pause right now. Not much is going on anyway to wri … more →

Tags: Finland, Borga, porvoo, Diet of Porvoo, Diet of Borgå, Porvoo Diet, Borgå Diet, Borgå lantdag, Cathedral

Happy midsummer!

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: Almost certainly the biggest celebration of the year in Finland is midsummer. Or rather midsummer e … more →

Tags: Finland, Finlandssvensk, Traditions, Raseborg, Midsummer, Midsommar, juhannus

GIIÖB - Good Integration of Immigrants in Österbotten1 comment

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: Finland has a way to go yet until we can truly make a claim to being a multi-cultural society. Comp … more →

Tags: Immigration, SFP, astrid thors, Österbotten, Finland, Finlandssvensk, migration, rkp, Vasabladet

SFP adopts a slightly more favourable position on nuclear power; Anna Bertills new vice-chairman2 comments

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: The Swedish Peoples’ Party (SFP) wrapped up its annual conference today in Åbo (Turku). One … more →

Tags: Politics, SFP, Finland, rkp, stefan wallin, Svenska folkpartiet, Christel Liljeström, Nils Torvals, Anna Bertils

A lot on the go...

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: I have neglected this blog during the past week. Mainly because I’ve been busy at the office a … more →

Tags: Politics, sdp, SFP, Centre Party, Finland, rkp, Kulturfonden, Kokoomus, Scandal

Swedish-speaking Finns more bilingual than ever before5 comments

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: Swedish-speaking Finns are becoming all the more bilingual. That’s according to the latest tr … more →

Tags: Swedish Language, Finland, Finlandssvensk, finlandssvenskar, finlandssvenskarna, Kjell Herberts, language, Minorities, Politics

Light phenomenon over Vasa reported

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: A strange ring of light was seen over parts of western Finland yesterday, according to a report fro … more →

Tags: Nordic countries, Österbotten, Finland, light phenomenon, sky, solar ring, sthlm, Stockholm, Sun

Swedish tv news again forced to cut programmes19 comments

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: The Swedish-language department of Finland’s public service broadcaster, Yle, is again being … more →

Tags: Swedish Language, Aktuellt, Broadcasting, Finland, Finlands Svenska Television, fst, FST5, media, Radio Extrem

To get a place in the European sun, a minority should preferably be German

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: So was the title of Björn Månsson’s interesting leader article in this morning’s Hufv … more →

Tags: Åland, Politics, Belgium, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, EU, EU Parliament, European Parliament, european union, Finland

Europe's largest school athletics competition underway

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: This year’s Stafettkarneval has began at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki. The athletics compe … more →

Tags: Sport, athletics, Carl-Olof Holmén, Finland, stafettkarnevalen

Folktinget reports Finance Ministry to the parliamentary ombudsman1 comment

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: The Swedish Assembly of Finland, Folktinget, has officially reported the Finance Ministry to the Pa … more →

Tags: Swedish Language, Åboland, Finland, Finlandssvensk, Folktinget, language, Raseborg, Ulla-Maj Wideroos

End of a media era in northern Österbotten2 comments

Jonas wrote 3 months ago: Thursday’s editions of Jakobstads Tidning and Österbottningen will be the last ever issues o … more →

Tags: Österbotten, Österbottens Tidning, österbottningen, Finland, Jakobstads Tidning, media, Newspapers

Court reform worries staff and municipalities3 comments

Jonas wrote 3 months ago: The planned court reform which threatens the independence of small courts worries both their person … more →

Tags: Swedish Language, Åboland, Court Reform, Finland, Justice, Pargas

Åland gets its first official royal visit since granting of autonomy1 comment

Jonas wrote 3 months ago: Crown Princess Victoria will arrive in Mariehamn this evening on a two day long visit to Åland. It … more →

Tags: Åland, Crown Princess, Finland, Mariehamn, royal visit, Royalty, Victoria


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