Finland
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Finland
Euroscepticism survives
8 February 20122PresseuropHelsingin Sanomat -
15 November 201110Financial Times London
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Editorial
With TINA at the helm
4 November 20112Presseurop -
Editorial
EU not out of the woods
28 October 20112Presseurop -
Eurozone crisis
Finland will pay for Greece
5 October 20111PresseuropHelsingin Sanomat -
Romania
Nokia ducks out, thanks to Apple
30 September 2011PresseuropAdevărul -
29 September 2011PresseuropHelsingin Sanomat
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Editorial
Shifting borders
23 September 2011Presseurop -
Economic crisis
Youthful members of the full-time precariat
15 September 20114Polityka Warsaw -
Debt crisis
Poor accounting in Helsinki
26 August 20117Helsingin Sanomat Helsinki -
Eurozone crisis
Finland destabilizes bailout plan
19 August 20111PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
23 June 2011PresseuropLapin Kansa
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Finland
Nokia: communications breakdown?
22 June 20111Helsingin Sanomat Helsinki -
Political fiction
Onwards to Europe 2.0
30 May 20117Die Welt Berlin -
Debate
Transatlantic populism
6 May 20114De Morgen Brussels -
Editorial
Democratic test
22 April 20112Presseurop -
Debate
Unworthy of ourselves
22 April 20116De Morgen Brussels -
19 April 201111Berliner Zeitung Berlin
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18 April 20113Aamulehti Tampere
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Eurozone
Finns to decide fate of euro rescue
15 April 20112PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland -
Urbanism
Digging deep for a better life
14 April 20111Polityka Warsaw -
10 March 2011Fokus Stockholm
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Estonia
The most Soviet Western state?
26 January 20113Postimees Tallinn -
PISA ranking
Even Finland has dunces
8 December 2010PresseuropAamulehti -
Alliances
Nordic countries huddle together
7 December 2010EUobserver.com Brussels -
Far Right
The fear factor
21 September 20107La Stampa Turin -
Nuclear Energy
The great atomic bluff
13 April 20105Internazionale Rome -
European Agencies
Too many, too much
24 March 2010La Tribune Paris -
Baltic Sea
The big cleanup begins
11 February 2010PresseuropHelsingin Sanomat -
Discrimination
Roma and Africans not welcome
10 December 20092PresseuropIrish Examiner -
17 November 20091International Herald Tribune Paris
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12 November 2009Polska The Times Warsaw
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6 November 2009PresseuropDagens Nyheter
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Scandinavia
Putting our eggs in the Nordic basket
2 November 20092Dagens Nyheter Stockholm -
Romania
Winter of discontent
22 October 20091Adevărul Bucharest -
Electricity
Is the nuclear industry in meltdown?
21 October 2009Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Estonia
A man's place is now in the home
22 September 2009Eesti Päevaleht Tallinn -
Regional cooperation
Baltic Blues
17 August 2009Polityka Warsaw -
Poland
Warsaw turns to nuclear
9 July 2009PresseuropPolska The Times -
29 June 2009PresseuropDie Tageszeitung
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Iranian Elections
Nokia-Siemens accused in censorship row
24 June 2009PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The arrival of technocratic governments in Greece and Italy may well calm jittery markets, but could also help boost populist political parties who point to the democratic deficit at the heart of the EU, argues Gideon Rachman. 
The crisis has accelerated the emergence of a new social class in Europe. Dubbed "the precariat" by sociologists, it is made up of young people with no prospect of a decent job or a reasonable standard of living. 
Finland set a dangerous precedent for Europe by requiring, for purely political reasons, that Greece guarantees the loan to redress its finances. 
The mobile phone manufacturer is a source of national pride, but it's struggling to keep pace with the competition. This highlights a technology gap that that has become a handicap for the entire country. 
Forget the nation-state: Europe would be much better off if it were fundamentally reorganised – into powerful regions in the north and the Alps and picturesque bankrupts in the south 
The rise of populist parties on the Old Continent seems to echo the success of the Tea Party in the United States. But the two movements have different histories, writes the Boston correspondent for De Morgen. The result, though, is the same: governments threatened with paralysis. 
What is the source of the obnoxious atmosphere sweeping across Europe? At a time when populations are more and more inward looking and political leaders irresponsible, Europe is increasingly a cause for scandal. A Belgian columnist sets the record straight. 
The success of the True Finns party in the Finnish general elections is further proof that eurosceptics are making themselves increasingly heard on a European as well as a national scale. 
The 19 percent won by the True Finns on April 17 is a political earthquake for the Finns and a worry for the rest of Europe. But the party of Timo Soini will have to negotiate to impose its ideas, and stay united through the inevitable compromises. This will not happen all by itself, observes the daily Aamulehti. 
From the eastern Baltic to the western straits, Scandinavians are building everything underground: roads, tunnels, and even huge shopping malls. Polish weekly Polityka reports. 
With two months left to run before general elections, the anti-immigration, eurosceptic populist leader is moving ahead in the polls. Taking advantage of a nice-guy image, Timo Soini could undermine Finland’s political establishment. 
With the adoption of the euro on 1st January, Estonia, now a member of NATO, the EU and the Eurozone, became the most "Western" of the Nordic countries. However, the country’s drive to join Europe has been marked by political reflexes reminiscent of the Soviet past that it would prefer to set aside.
As the world gets bigger, and the rush for the resources beneath the Artic sea intensifies, the countries of Europe’s far North are seeking common cause. 
The Sweden Democrats’ breakthrough at the polls on 19 September is no anomaly: throughout northern European, in societies hitherto admired for their tolerance and cohesion, overtly xenophobic parties are now riding a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment. 
Constant hold-ups, skyrocketing costs, faulty construction…Finland’s new Olkiluoto reactor, touted as the great white hope for Europe’s nuclear sector, is looking more and more like a great white elephant – and casting a fat black shadow over the whole industry. 
Immigration, fisheries, GMOs… 28 agencies are supposed to provide support for EU member states and their citizens. But they are being criticized for their high running costs and poor management practice. La Tribune reports on the issues that Brussels is planning to set right. 
Nowhere in the world is sugar more expensive than in the European Union. There are two reasons for this – generous CAP subsidies that prop up this €7bn industry…and lucrative scams perpetrated by the beneficiaries, Europe’s own sugar companies. A report from the International Herald Tribune. 
Current or former heads of government, European commissioners, national energy company chiefs — in Brussels, the Russian energy giant has fielded a formidable team of lobbyists to defend its interests and projects, which are not always compatible with European initiatives. 
Timed to coincide with the main session of the Nordic Council, Swedish historian Gunnar Wetterberg's proposal to unite the five states of northern Europe under one symbolic monarch, was launched by Stockholm daily Dagens Nyheter on October 27. Although it has failed to achieve unanimous support, it has caused a stir in the national press. 
Hard hit by the economic crisis, and without a government since mid-October, Romania has fallen on hard times, to the point where some of its institutions have been left without electricity. While politicians battle to gain control of the government, the gap in living standards between the country and other states in the EU continues to widen. The editor of Adevarul looks on in dispair. 
Politicians and electric company executives the world over are dreaming of a “nuclear renaissance”. But a spate of hitches at Olkiluoto 3, the new flagship reactor in Finland, go to show that this is not on the cards, believes Der Spiegel, which also doubts that modernising old nuclear power stations is a viable alternative. 
Being a house husband is not always great fun for an Estonian. The economic crisis, which has mainly hit male occupations, is redefining roles within the family. Perhaps the time has come to strike a new balance, posits the Estonian daily Eesti Päevaleht. 
Several years ago, the Baltic became the EU’s internal sea. But what kind of a sea is it? A shallow, closed, poor, one that divides rather than connects. On economic as well as environmental issues, the future of the Baltic states is bound in cooperation with neighbouring countries and with the European Union.