portent the issue about finland and finland politics is that finland is a country that could function without the government for a very very long time because the civil service would run 30 yes civil servants there is a highly experienced highly reliable on corrupt civil servant layer who actually they are the ones who are running everything and one of the things they do is when a new minister comes they brief the minister they tell her what you can do what you can't do and of course the ministers want to. you know run their political agenda and program but it's very much the civil servants who will run everything this is an international problem not the finish problem only because the elected officials you know for any other job you need to have a competence for example son a marine would not get the job in any of the ministries based on her c.v. to lead a small section of that ministry what because she's an elected official she's been given their 1st she was a transport minister and now she is the prime minister. it doesn't make sense i mean there should be even inside the more cros

portent the issue about finland and finland's politics is that finland is a country that could function without the government for a very very long time because the civil service would run 30 yes civil servants there is a highly experienced highly of reliable on corrupt civil servant layer who actually they are the ones who are running everything and one of the things they do is when a new minister comes they brief the minister they tell her what you can do what you can't do and of course the ministers want to. you know run their political agenda program but it's very much the civil servants who will run everything this is an international problem not the finish problem only because the elected officials you know for any other job you need to have a competence for example son a marine would not get the job in any of the mysteries based on her c.v. to lead a small section of that the ministry what because she is an elected official she's been given their 1st she was a transport minister and now she is the prime minister. it doesn't make sense i mean there should be even inside the more c

in finland as some else than many. countries for example the gillie against the the teaching of swedish i'm in for the schools would you assess that as a danger to to break with the consensus on education yeah there is that risk i think partly because they can kind of rely on spontaneous support from many young students themselves who are so immersed in the world of the social media that they think that the only english swedish is obsolete and you know it takes a special effort to make the case and to show that mastering multiple languages is a great asset and i do believe that because you know that the basic provision of swedish language in the finnish side it's a constitutional issue that it cannot be very easily attacked but there is the will to do that in those political quarters that you mentioned and that's one of the challenges that this government will have to face because at the moment this cold winds around the world. for nationalism and i would say quite the ultra right wing populism. we are not immune to th

portent issue about finland and finance politics is that finland is a country that could function without a government for a very very long time because the civil service would run 30 yes civil servants there is a highly experienced highly reliable on corrupt civil servant layer who actually they are the ones who are running everything and one of the things they do is when a new minister comes they brief the minister they tell her what you can do what you can't do and of course the ministers want to. you know run their political agenda programme but it's very much the civil servants who will run everything this is an international problem not the finish problem only because the elected officials you know for any other job you need to have a competence for example son a marine would not get the job in any of the mysteries based on her c.v. to lead a small section of that the ministry what because she's an elected official she's been giving the 1st she was a transport minister and now she is the prime minister it doesn't make sense i mean there should be even inside the more crossing there

portent issue about finland and finland's politics is that finland is a country that could function without a government for a very very long time because the civil service would run 30 yes civil servants there is a highly experienced highly of reliable on corrupt civil servant layer who actually they are the ones who are running everything and one of the things they do is when a new minister comes they brief the minister they tell her what you can do what you can't do and of course the ministers want to. you know run their political agenda program but it's very much the civil servants who will run everything this is an international problem not the finish problem only because the elected officials you know for any other job you need to have a competence for example son a marine would not get a job in any of the mysteries based on her c.v. to lead a small section of that the ministry what because she is an elected official she's been giving the 1st she was the transport minister and now she is the prime minister. it doesn't make sense i mean there should be even inside the mark rossi there

the finland antiracist forum.finland, one of the first countries in the world to allow women to vote and run for government, you know, really good laws when it comes to maternity leave and also paternity leave, real conversations that are being had about the pay gap. is that inclusive of all women? would you say it is inclusive of black women as well? if we had exactly the same conditions, exactly the same timing and age and... family background, and yet sanna marin was black, would she be prime minister? now? not now. no. laughter. not now. she was the first female minister of the interior in the '80s but you saw many from the previous decades and she was in office when it was the chernobyl accident. what happened in finland was that people did not know what's happening there and we got the information quite late and so on. so she didn't get re—elected any more afterwards but then we have had some females afterwards. not too many. actually, i'm the first green ever in this ministry. so that is something new. i th

what nothing else as it's one of the biggest fears in finland which is why finland that that it is so i think net 0 for 25 like 15 years i had the u.k. why does there have been more green technologies asked than anyone else i know is life in the forefront of producing proteins only meat and do not require sunlight and soon as you know because they like to buy proteins you really can produce an enormous amount of food in very small area it's ironic really that some of the people in the wild to live in at least in winter some of us gets ready to graze but in winter some of the coldest parts of the planets are worrying most about climate change it does because they have sort of the fins i think over their global outlook the magnanimous way in which they operate because if you value each other equally if you see people as well while sigal country it's easier to see people outside you can choose while as well president enjoying thank you. after the break. team next season we investigate the potential resurgence in the spread of coronavirus in the coming months with the director of columbia

seems to say once nakia from finland knock it. completely dependent on chinese component also there are sanctions threatened on russia which presumably will also hit the finnish economy as russia has a big trade trading partner of finland it can't get away this time every. it really intricate situations before you got a member fin there was on the border of the cold war it was in the most dangerous place when we were preparing to fight a nuclear war in the middle you know. i think it will get away with this not least as the power of the us i. now only 5 companies have kept their share price america that flexed. apple microsoft the deep these can't these companies are exploiting the rest of the world producing something with google so it's a 5th one she says something that isn't that hard to do a search engine is not that clever delivering goods by truck on electric this is not that clever america the pens almost 5 monopoly companies as it annoys the rest of the world we're going to start to look at why are you using those 5 americ

and stature even in the days of marco polo finland produced a number of good players form a finland defender pension son knows what's different now. when i played we had. big names big stars and. you know we got along just fine but this is different this team you know you have. those 2 guys are just a team so in that sense i think it's a team to finish people can really identify themselves it was just a bunch of normal guys who really have shown that if you're a unit you can shoot things although your material. probably the most of the good teams. regular guys perhaps but more than just normal on the pitch the standard of football has improved in recent years thanks also to the finnish f.a. committing more resources to huge development. now. they just have more information available through technology through data and. the quality they could you know make better when coaching those young players and you know when that happens all the fin and the logical next step would be that we just get more better players. to produce top players that's another thing but i think the basic level of

finland has a coalition government led by five women. of this year's 100 women season, the bbc has been given exclusive, behind—the—scenes access to explore how the coalition works in practice and its impact..... when i was younger, my perception of politicians was also that they are men in suits who talk on the 8:30 news. sanna marin is the world's youngest serving female prime minister, and heads a coalition of five parties all led by women. from being the first country in europe to give equal voting rights, finland has been praised for its historic approach to gender equality. but is all as good as it seems to be? five white educated females, it is not very representative in the end. and is this really a country for every women? of course our background still affects the possibilities that we have in life, and this should not be the case, but of course we have problems. for the first time, finland's all female leaders open their doors exclusively for the bbc to show the inner workings of this historic government. li andersson is one o

finland the living the dream the evolution. thank you thank you finland then why did you probably. would not just to those we go there to try to get some points and even go through from the group so. people from. the book. need a refresher. trip to. the goodness legal all the games all the goals all the emotion highlights here on d w c. fantastic football story. every week on kickoff highlights. i meant. for filmmaking. in architecture or in music. the arts can seem one thing above all else. guy has got to change. can art become climate friendly. next. rebuilding in jewish life in poland. celebrations schools communities. when michael children to arrived in poland and so none of this was there the new york rabbi moved to warsaw in the 1990 s. decades after the holocaust changed the miracle. on w. i'm not laughing at the germans but sometimes i am but i still love him with the taliban don't think deep into the german culture. you don't seem to take it as grandma day oh you toss it all out you know i'm rachel join me i mean the germans i think of course thank you. i think every human

first, finland has a coalition government led by five women. the bbc has had world—first exclusive access behind—the—scenes to explore how the coalition works in practice and its impact. when i was younger, my perception of politicians was also that they are men in suits who talk on the 8:30pm news. sanna marin is the world's youngest serving prime minister and head the coalition of five parties, all led by women. from being the first country in europe to give equal voting rights, finland has been praised for its historic approach to gender equality. but is all as good as it seems to be? five, white educated females is not very representative in the end. and is this really a country for every woman? of course, our backgrounds still affects the possibilities that we have in life and this should not be the case but of course we have problems. for the first time, finland's all—female leaders open their doors exclusively for the bbc. to show the inner workings of this historic government. li andersson is one of the five female party leaders that ma

how has finland managed to keep? the coronavirus said, during the 2nd wave, it's not due to harsh restrictions on citizens because there aren't any masks or recommended, but not required in most places. all stores are open. restaurants and bars are 2 orders for alcohol and at 11 pm is director of the national coronavirus strategy. he explains. it relies on a sense of personal responsibility. near recommendations wouldn't work everywhere, but here they do start to try to maintain avoid a lot of gatherings of a lot of parties. many people intend to work with the way. says many finns are working from home and surveys show in person. social contacts have been cut by 2 thirds. so while the situation in finland is very good at the moment compared with the rest of europe, health authorities warn that this requires constant vigilance. so while they are not making mass wearing mandatory, they put out friendly reminders like this one on city hall. it's a very good idea if ins want to maintain this way of life. but the number o

in finland, skolt samis are around 600.has kind of tried to work to maintain the culture, keep the language alive. and if we have to fight against this kind of international greed, it takes too much of our time and energy away. everything is only measured by money. but how can you put a price tag for our culture? back in inari, anna is getting ready to go ice fishing. we are trying to put the last hooks in. back in inari, anna is getting ready to go ice fishing. we are trying to put the last hooks in. anna does fishing all year round. and she takes great pride in supplying her family and friends with fresh fish. now the bait is in the hook. so the weight takes the bait down there in a good depth and this is how it stays. the stick stays there because this is holding however big pike there will be. and then, well, tomorrow morning i will come and check if there is movement in there. 20 years ago, the lake would freeze over by the end of october. last year, anna had to wait until the middle of december before she could go on

and one leader who's been paying a lot of attention to environmental issues is finland santa maria and currently the youngest serving prime minister in the world she spoke to me about her vision for a more sustainable future prime minister you said the 2 older generation doesn't understand issues of the future what are the issues well one of the reasons i came into politics was that i felt that the litter narration didn't do enough to tackle the big issues of the future especially climate issues but also gender equality human rights and other issues that are important the white generation and the younger 10 aeration being the youngest prime minister in the history of finland do you think you understand better than us i think we have very ambitious and cute governmental program in finland government. our main goal is to make the future better for everybody. so that it is sustainable not only socially and economically but also environmentally it's very important to us that we built the future that is sustainable in every way and we have actually set ourselves a very ambitious climate tar

and it's a different story altogether in finland. one of the countries coping best with the pandemic, with low infection rates and higher approval for restrictions. what's the secret to the nordic countries? quiet success and the proview in women, demanding justice after they were abused? 2 thirds of women there say they've been victims of violence and now they're accusing the courts of failing to protect them. on my heart. thank you so much for your company. everyone. german chancellor americal and regional leaders are meeting right now via video conference to consider changes to the partial lockdown that went into effect at the start of november. all they're looking into were they're looking rather for an approach that could allow the country to ease restrictions ahead of the coming holiday season. the number of new covert infections has leveled off this month. but health departments have reported a record 410 covert related deaths. in the last 24 hours, the reports indicated the words could extend the partial lockdown until just b

well, actually i'm the third female prime minister in finland.'s not that unusual in finland that we have a coalition government with five parties, all led by women. but, of course, if you look at it globally, it's not what we are used to, but i hope that in the future we will see more women, more younger generation in the lead of government so maybe it will become normal. so let's look at the future. word target when it comes to climate, saying finland pledge to be carbon neutral by 2035. that's not far away, some would say very ambitious and brave but perhaps not realistic. how would you pull that off? i think that's realistic but of course a lot of things need to be done. of course we need to lose using fossilfuels, done. of course we need to lose using fossil fuels, but we also need the carbon sink. so we need to do more in raising the carbon sinks. when we look at the emissions reduction targets that we have, we need to do changes in traffic, in housing, in energy consumption and also the production of energy. we've already done a lot. we ne

this is northern finland the baltic coast after hearing the song or nothing beats a quick dip in the cold river. very refreshing when you share in the water you really feel like a part of nature we love walked out of it sometime. said to me we live right in the middle of nature that means that we can enjoy the woods to pick berries and go hunting. it's important for us that we can grow our own food here and that we have the forest and access to nature in general. this town's name is spelled out i suggest a simple and straightforward as the town itself a few roads to supermarkets and just under $10000.00 inhabitants. is considered one of europe's greenest communities the town has managed to reduce that c o 2 emissions by 80 percent. sap how much does the c n n again it's become clear to us that climate change is not on the way it's already here. and we've understood that it's not just the big players that have to make the change by. taking we have to be a part of the changes well because you. made. the key to their success has been creating incentives so that everybody does their part

help finland poster.what happens, of course, is hoover does poland, then on november 30, the russians invaded finland, and immediately, hoover decides to start finish relief. then he is in contest with roosevelt again and the american red cross over relief for finland. he does extremely well. it gets into difficulties, but americans go head over heels for the finns. david and goliath contest. the war in poland is over. it is during the boer war, there is nothing going on besides the finish campaign from the fall of poland until the invasion in the spring. i would call this period waiting for hitler. you know what hitler's going to do after the fall of poland. i think the finnish relief effort galvanizes people and provides relief for relief, if i can make a bad pun. there are lots of people who volunteered to fight in finland and the word was if you missed the spanish civil war, this was your chance. americans, hungarians, canadians, even some japanese, came to fight for the finns against the soviets. loo

the most remote village in finland, he says, which is saying something. and every day, he travels up 60 miles each way, through the few hours of dim winter light, to find the herd and check it's okay. how many reindeer do you herd? how many do you have? >> i have some reindeers. but it's the same thing if i ask you, how much you have money in the bank. >> reporter: to you, the reindeer are money in the bank? >> the reindeer is my whole. >> reporter: whatever you're worth? >> my whole worth. >> reporter: they run about 5,000 animals. and right now, it's reindeer roundup time. ante and his wonder dog, benna, drive the herd south where they can give them feed. and where a few are sold to the reindeer meat market. it's a gorgeous fridged dance of animal, man and machine. it's hard work. >> it is hard work. >> reporter: why don't you leave and go work in the city? >> this is my life. >> reporter: the reindeer in finland are the lucky ones. they have the sami herders to look after them. for tens here's a simple true-or-false quiz for you. if you're between age

the outback of finland near the baltic coast a session in the sauna punctuated by dips in a cold river is obligatory. very refreshing and when you're in the water you feel so much like a part of nature that of it if it's going this town in finland is called spelt simply with 2 eyes just as simple and straightforward as the town itself a few roads to supermarkets and not quite 10000 people but even a very well be europe's greenest town the community has succeeded in reducing its emissions of c o 2 by 80 percent. come out of the sea and we here in realized that climate change is not yet to come it's already here. and we understood that it's not just the world's big movers and shakers that have to act. we ourselves have to do something about. the key to their success has been creating incentives so that everybody pitches in. it all started with a $5050.00 project we tried it in 3 schools the children had to monitor the power and water use and they got back half of whatever money was saved then they could decide for themselves what they wanted to spend the money on the model was such a suc

it watching good news from bed then coming up how finland has managed to keep its corona virus infection rights under control that's going well stories the weekend reports this morning is on the data putting us at our website of course at the w dot com you can also follow us on instagram and twitter as well as they debate us more news coming up at the top of the. why are people forced to hide in trucks planes. there are many receptionists place there are many cancers placed subtle and there are many stories on the to. play make up your own money play . w. make for mines claiming. this week on world stories. russian funeral homes at capacity. german clinics search for volunteers but we begin in sudan the african country is a haven for thousands of refugees fleeing war torn ethiopia the fight over the tea grain region has torn families apart and half of those seeking safety are children . that's. a year of likes to sing songs he learned growing up and he misses playing with his friends and especially with his older brother this. you know. i miss them all and i want to go back home because

push hillis says finland is grappling with whether it can do that and stay safe. and it's something that looking a little bit worried, a little bit terrified. all thought out that we have to have to have any kind of a good model to work with the border if you have through to maintain the situation here in finland, one government proposal is the travel restrictions could be eased by making it mandatory to be tested on a rival is deputy mayor of where the airport is located and he's responsible for security there. he says his city doesn't have enough medical professionals to carry this out. community communicated to the government that if you lift restrictions and if you make the law that forces our staff to move over to the airport, the situation is so that we cannot treat our finnish people anymore. so well, that is like difficult decisions lie ahead for finland as it tries to figure out how to continue blocking the virus, but not visitors. let's take a look now. at other developments in the coronavirus pandemic, france is relaxing its restrictions following a dro

numbers down and we're off to finland. is the only e.u. country with all the wrong materials for making electric car batteries. not all things to fans of its massive mining strategy. this is a business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. they've been grounded for more than 18 months. the boeing 737 max jets could be soon returning to the skies. the models expected to get the green light to go back into service from u.s. regulators on wednesday. but passengers will need reassurance of the 7367 max. they say hundreds of people lost their lives in 2 separate. boeing, 737 max crashes just months apart. that led to the grounding of the models, entire fleet in march 2019. but now it looks like the planes could soon be airborne in the u.s. . again, the country's federal aviation administration is expected to lift its grounding order on wednesday and particular will not approve the plan for $200.00. sure those. until i'm satisfied that we've got a quote, we would reverse all of the known safety issues that played a role in the tragic loss

wrote in finnish that vast war me good finland and i have also received several e-mails and. from international media who want to know more so i look as good copy for the helsinki times i would imagine yes there are plenty of both the formation of the government has not always 5 parties be led by a young woman but 2 thirds of the new cabinet are women as well yes that's right it's even for finn that this is a new record of female leaders and especially their age is very young tell us about the finnish politics for our international audience or you know a 5 party coalition the social democrats who are the lead party the prime minister's spot here they had less than 20 percent of the vote in the elections just passed when that is a quite remarkable reaves well how do you manage to keep coherent living for 5 parties in a coalition of bust like having cats well this is this is not uncommon with the finnish finnish politics it has happened several times that there are many different parties and especially these are small parties who get just a fraction of the wards they sometimes

the youngest serving prime minister is in finland. the coa of five parties all led by women. bbc had exclusive access behind the scenes to explore how the coalition works in practice as the prime minister pushed forward the new equality program. >> these were the images that went viral around the world in december. finland's new centerleft femalee ad coalition government. with four leaders in their 30's. within months they faced a pandemic. like new zealand, taiwan and germany, finland has been praised for its quick and decisive response to coronavirus. havountries led by men also done well. i don't think it is a gender-based issue, i think we should more focus on how the countries that have done well, what they have done, what they have lharned, andwe also have responded together, balause it is a pandemic. >> they and active the emergency powers act, which allowed them to restrict movements and getting control over people's salary. finland's prime minister, the 35-year-old, raisedot by a sink hoher, was the first in her family to go

how has finland managed to keep the coronavirus said big during this 2nd wave, it's not due to harsh restrictions on citizens because there aren't any masks or recommended but not required in most places. all stores are open. restaurants and bars are 2 orders for alcohol and at 11 pm is director of the national coronavirus strategy. he explains. it relies on a sense of personal responsibility. near recommendations wouldn't work everywhere, but here they do start to try to maintain avoid a lot of gathering as a lot of parties. many people intend to work with the way it is suggested. says many finns are working from home and surveys show in person. social contacts have been cut by 2 thirds. so while the situation in finland is very good at the moment, compared with the rest of europe, health authorities warn that this requires constant vigilance. so while they are not making mass wearing mandatory, they put out friendly reminders like this one on city hall. it's a very good idea if his want to maintain this way of life. but the number of new cases has started to rise. so now the govern

so while the situation in finland is very good at the moment compared with the rest of europe, health authorities warn that this requires constant vigilance. so while they are not making mass wearing mandatory, they put out friendly reminders like this one on city hall. it's a very good idea if his want to maintain this way of life. but the number of new cases has started to rise. so now the government has ordered students over 12 to wear masks in school, and limited the size of social gatherings in the helsinki area to 20 people. it also extended until at least mid december, a ban on all non-essential travel into the country. finish officials say in the summer, half of new coronavirus infections came from abroad. that's dropped to 6 percent. now that tourists aren't allowed in. the european union is pressing governments to restore open borders as soon as possible. says finland is grappling with whether it can do that and stay safe or something about looking a little bit worried a little bit terrified also about that. we have to have very good moral through work with the border throug