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''Ydin'' ( Finnish: nuclear, nucleus, core, crux) is a bi-monthly political
magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...
published in
Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
,
Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
.


History and profile

''Ydin'' was established by
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 ...
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 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 ...
who served in the post in the 1970s and 1980s. As of 2012 Arja Alho, former member of the
Finnish parliament The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ...
, was its
editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
. Asa Butcher, co-editor of ''
Ovi Magazine ''Ovi'' (meaning ''Door'' in English) is a multi-lingual non-profit daily publication that carries articles about ideas and opinion. It is based in Helsinki. History and profile Launched in December 2004 by two immigrants to Finland, Asa Butcher ...
'', 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 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, ...


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