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Ydin
''Ydin'' ( Finnish: nuclear, nucleus, core, crux) is a bi-monthly political magazine published in Helsinki, Finland. History and profile ''Ydin'' was established by Ilkka Taipale in 1966. It was started as the official media outlet of the Committee of 100. The magazine is headquartered in Helsinki and focuses on political and societal news. In the 1960s Pekka Peltola was the editor of the magazine. Another former editor is Erkki Tuomioja who served in the post in the 1970s and 1980s. As of 2012 Arja Alho, former member of the Finnish parliament, was its editor-in-chief. Asa Butcher, co-editor of ''Ovi Magazine'', is one of the editors of ''Ydin''. ''Ydin'' covers both national political events and foreign policy articles. The magazine was one of the contributors to the Capitalism ’09 event, an international activity to discuss contemporary capitalism, held in Helsinki on 23 April 2009. See also List of magazines in Finland The first magazine in Finland, a Swedish-language w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arja Alho
Arja Inkeri Alho (born 21 March 1954) is a Finnish politician. She was member of the Parliament of Finland from 1983 to 1999 and again from 2003 to 2007, representing the constituency of Helsinki until 1999 and then the constituency of Uusimaa since 2003. She also served as the Deputy Minister of Finance of Finland under Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen from 1995 to 1997.Arja Alho Parliament of Finland She resigned the government in October 1997 when it was revealed that she had agreed to reduce the compensation that had been sentenced to pay. Alho is member of the |
Ilkka Taipale
Väinö Ilkka Ilari Taipale (born 29 November 1942 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician, physician and activist. A social democrat, he was a member of the Parliament of Finland for Helsinki from 1971 to 1975 and 2000 to 2007. A doctor and surgeon by education, Taipale worked as a physician at several hospitals. He is also a docent of social medicine at University of Tampere The University of Tampere (UTA) ( fi, Tampereen yliopisto (Tay), ) was a public university in Tampere, Finland that was merged with Tampere University of Technology to create the new Tampere University on 1 January 2019. The university offered u .... Taipale has been active in many pacifist organisations and other governmental and non-governmental organisations. In 1966 he launched a political magazine, '' Ydin''. He is married, with four children, to fellow physician and politician, Vappu Taipale. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Taipale, Ilkka 20th-century Finnish physicians 20th-century Finnish politici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Magazines In Finland
The first magazine in Finland, a Swedish-language women's magazine named ''Om Konsten at rätt behaga'', was published in 1782. The number of the Finnish magazines was about 1,200 in the 1980s. In the 1990s, the circulation of magazines increased, being 5.4 million copies in 1990 and 6.2 million copies in 1999. The number of magazines was 2,819 in 2001. Magazines accounted for 18% of the Finnish press market in 2007. There were 3,300 magazines in 2008, half of which were trade and business magazines. Total circulation of the magazines was 13.8 million in 2008. In 2009, 29 new magazines were launched. This is an incomplete list of magazines published in the country. These magazines are published in Finnish or in other languages. Boat magazines * '' Kippari'' * '' Navigare'' * '' Pro Sail Magazine'' * '' Puuvene'' * ''Venelehti'' * '' Venemestari'' Car magazines * '' Auto Bild Suomi'' * '' GTi-Magazine'' * '' Mobilisti'' * '' Moottori'' * '' Spinneri Magazine'' * ''Tekniikan M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Committee Of 100 (Finland)
The Committee of 100 in Finland (Sadankomitea in Finnish) was founded in 1963, based on the model of the Committee of 100 in Great Britain. The Committee of 100 has been one of foremost organizations of the peace movement in Finland, especially in the 1960s. Since 1966 the Committee of 100 has published the magazine '' Ydin'' and the online magazine ''Pax'', organises seminars, distributes pamphlets, and lobbies for peace and human rights. It has particularly criticised Finland's refusal to participate in international treaties banning cluster bombs. Active persons in the Committee of 100 have included the former Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja. See also * Committee of 100 (United Kingdom) * Anti-war * Peace movement * Peace News * CND The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erkki Tuomioja
Erkki Sakari Tuomioja (born 1 July 1946) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament. From 2000 to 2007 and 2011 to 2015, he served as the minister for foreign affairs. He was president of the Nordic Council in 2008. Tuomioja is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, although his political views are thought to be more to the left than the party line. He is also a member of ATTAC. In 1975, Tuomioja dated Tarja Halonen who later became the president of Finland. Biography Tuomioja comes from a family of politicians. His father Sakari Tuomioja was a prominent liberal Finnish politician and diplomat, and the challenger of Urho Kekkonen for the conservatives and liberals in the 1956 presidential elections. His maternal grandmother was Hella Wuolijoki, the Estonian born writer and socialist activist.Tuomioja, Erkki: Häivähdys punaista, s. 374. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi, 2006. . Tuomioja holds the degrees of Master of Social Sciences (1971) and Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, price system, private property, property rights recognition, voluntary exchange, and wage labor. In a market economy, decision-making and investments are determined by owners of wealth, property, or ability to maneuver capital or production ability in capital and financial markets—whereas prices and the distribution of goods and services are mainly determined by competition in goods and services markets. Economists, historians, political economists and sociologists have adopted different perspectives in their analyses of capitalism and have recognized various forms of it in practice. These include ''laissez-faire'' or free-market capitalism, anarcho-capitalism, state capitalism and welfare capitalism. Different forms of capitalism feature varying degre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
