David Mac Dougall
Columnist at Helsingin Sanomat
Journalist and Editor at Finland Insider
Journalist, mostly reporting on Finland & Nordics. Columnist at @hsfi / Newsletter: @finland_insider 🐶 Dog walker, 🏉 lapsed rugby player, 🇫🇮 Fennophile
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Jun 9, 2024 |
finlandinsider-newsletter-d0207f.beehiiv.com | David Mac Dougall
You didn’t need to be an expert in Finnish politics to read the body language when the advance voting results were announced at 20:00 Sunday night. There were jubilant scenes at the Left Alliance event, with party leaders jumping up and down, hugging each other. Meanwhile at the Finns Party event a sombre-looking Riikka Purra faced the television cameras alone. A far-right wave might have been predicted to engulf the rest of Europe, but in Finland the tide receded.
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Jun 8, 2024 |
finlandinsider-newsletter-d0207f.beehiiv.com | David Mac Dougall
Looking through the list of 232 candidates running in the European Parliament election, it looks fairly balanced in gender terms across the breadth of the 14 parties. There’s also a good mix of younger and older candidates; and of course a broad representative geographic spread too. But one thing that jumps out is how white the candidate list is, which stands in stark contrast to the multi-cultural and diverse populations that make up Finland’s biggest cities.
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Jun 4, 2024 |
finlandinsider-newsletter-d0207f.beehiiv.com | David Mac Dougall
May was a busy month for Finland Insider with the official launch, reaching the first subscription milestones and starting some interesting conversations with readers. Thank you for being part of the journey so far - but if you’re just catching up here’s a look at some of the original journalism from May you might have missed: The European Parliament election is upon us next Sunday, and advance voting has already come and gone.
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May 24, 2024 |
finlandinsider-newsletter-d0207f.beehiiv.com | David Mac Dougall
Maria Ohisalo: ‘Brussels is where the magic happens’ on tackling climate crisis and championing human rights She’s been the leader of the Finnish Green League and held two ministerial roles in government. Now Maria Ohisalo wants to go to Brussels.
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May 24, 2024 |
finlandinsider-newsletter-d0207f.beehiiv.com | David Mac Dougall
Inside the Palestine solidarity campaign at Finland’s universities Students in Finland are demanding that university authorities take tougher action against Israeli institutions, which they say are complicit in the war in Gaza.
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'Dialogue between the deaf' It's a hectic diplomatic year for #Finland and for @elinavaltonen who must pilot the @OSCE while two of its members are entrenched in war: but is it still relevant? Kiitos @FIIA_fi @Finland_OSCE @tonisandell @NHelwig #OSCEFI50 https://t.co/1sR16b0W4H
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