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Can Finland Retain the Title of “The Happiest Country in the World?”

The consequence of joining the NATO forces alliance.

Judith Uusi-Hakimo
2 min readMay 14, 2022
Photo by Stein Egil Liland: https://www.pexels.com/photo/northern-lights

Why is Finland the happiest country in the world? You’ll find some of the answers in my article about Finland.

The President and Prime Minister of Finland have finally decided to join NATO forces on behalf of the Finnish people without delay.

The membership means strengthening Finland’s security and the entire defense alliance.

But the Kremlin had openly stated its response to the membership as a threat to Russia and would trigger retaliatory steps.

Finland is so close to my heart, and the thought of Putin’s threats to strengthen nuclear weapons in the Baltic gave shivers down my spine.

I thought of my husband’s relatives, friends, colleagues, neighbors, acquaintances, and all the Finns I met along the way.

What are their thoughts right now?

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Judith Uusi-Hakimo
Judith Uusi-Hakimo

Written by Judith Uusi-Hakimo

A Nurse by profession. A mother of three and a wife of one. A storytellerl and an aspiring writer.

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