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In Post-Brexit Britain there has been no apocalypse, no armageddon, no end to civilisation as we know it, yes the pound has dropped and the markets remain subject to volatility, but the end to civilisation prophesied by the remain camp has yet to materialise. With my colours firmly nailed to the pro-EU mast, I thought…

The zombie like nature with which the Pokemon mafia roam the streets since it’s smart phone incarnation resembles a scene from a PG rated version of Dawn of the Dead. Oblivious to their surroundings, these newcomers float around the outdoors heads down, hands furiously tapping their screens at a speed that has not been seen…

The Bundestag, nestled in the heart of Berlin beside the Brandenburg Tor, in 1945 a stark, burnt out symbol of where the excesses of nationalism can lead a country. Since reunification it now stands reborn, renamed and reformed. In the 75 years since national socialism reared its ugly head Germany has come a long way….

MDP Baltic Sea Region Studies! The course I am actually doing! It is a tired cliché amongst those outside of the humanities and social sciences that whilst your studies may be interesting and personally rewarding, they may not result in a job at the end of your time at Turku University. This is a myth…

MSc Baltic Sea Studies! The course everyone thinks you are doing! What is BSRS? Why BSRS? What is the point of BSRS? A triumvirate of questions of which I could laugh at, gasp at or think irrelevant as a current student on the MA Baltic Sea Region Studies programme. Think again! Quiz any current or…

Vote rigging, bribery, ticket touting and drug cover-up’s are just a few from a long list of questionable practices that that have implicated the IOC which would have Pierre de Coubertin turning in his grave. The arrest and resignation of Irelands IOC representative Pat Hickey last week for alleged ticket touting showed the world corruption is still…

  “You can create your career in a good company”…Is the motto of the leading cleaning company that services the conveyor belt of ferries that criss-cross the Baltic sea. If by career you mean a life in servitude, where you are expected to have little or no social life, where the managers treat you like…

Winston Churchill once stated “you can rely on the Americans to do the right thing, once they have exhausted all other possibilities.” Come the presidential election in November, will the USA do the right thing? I am of course talking about the distinct possibility of a Trump presidency. A CNN poll today gave Trump a…