Cesar Calvar 7/31/20

Finland shoots herself in the foot

Finland has come out quite well in this Covid-19 crisis, in health terms. Compared to the rest of Europe, the small Nordic state...

Cesar Calvar 5/22/20

Pandemic and social experiments

Two years ago, at the beginning of the academic year, my daughter told me that she had had to stop using the toilets at school. And like...

Cesar Calvar 4/27/20

In Finland we have this thing called corruption

There is a wonderful passage in the book 'The Emperor' (1978) by Riszard Kapuscinski . The great Polish journalist describes the...

Cesar Calvar 4/20/20

Open letter to Business Finland

It's been almost a year and a half since I came to this company's office for the first time to present my project, Foreigner.fi ....

Cesar Calvar 4/8/20

Widowhood

The Government of Finland recently made great efforts -and probably spent lots of money- to project internationally a positive and...

Cesar Calvar 3/18/20

Coronavirus: is the Finnish Government ignoring foreigners?

In extreme situations of uncertainty such as that unleashed by the global coronavirus ( koronavirus , in Finnish) pandemic, people tend...

Cesar Calvar 5/7/19

Never help fools or bad guys spread fear

In recent days we have seen two cases of threats against crowded places, specifically against important shopping centers in the cities...

Cesar Calvar 3/19/19

All my other lives

Did I ever tell you that when I was born they changed me for another baby in the hospital? Do not laugh because it's true. It all...

Cesar Calvar 1/18/19

Oulu: the criminals, the racists and the politicians

On March 11, 2004, Spain woke up in shock. The country had suffered the worst terrorist attack in its history. That ruthless action,...

Cesar Calvar 12/9/18

Fixit, Swexit, Frexit, Nazi flags and other absurdities

"All good Spaniards should piss always pointing towards England". The phrase is not mine. It was said by the illustrious sailor...