This week the All Points North podcast takes a closer look at an eventful year in Finland, as the country deepened its integration with Nato and elected a new president, marking the end of Sauli Niinistö's 12-year tenure.
In another vote, Finland bucked the trend in the EU Parliamentary elections as the right-wing wave failed to reach Finnish shores.
This year the podcast delved into key policy changes affecting foreigners in Finland, including updates to Finnish citizenship requirements and work-based immigration rules.
Our roundup show also highlights some of the year's lighter events, from the challenges of learning to swim as an adult and diving into the English-language comedy scene to cozying up with a Finnish literary classic (in English).
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Ronan Browne and Zena Iovino presented this episode of All Points North. The sound engineer was Juha Sarkkinen.
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