Cesar Calvar22/05/2020

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 Calvar27/04/2020

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 Calvar20/04/2020

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 Calvar08/04/2020

Widowhood

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

Cesar Calvar18/03/2020

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 Calvar07/05/2019

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 Calvar19/03/2019

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 Calvar18/01/2019

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 Calvar09/12/2018

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...