Helsinki, Monday 8 am …The Finnish capital seems strangely calm during rush hours. Trams and cars intersect, but very little traffic. The city of 650,000 inhabitants doesn’t know the traffic congestion. On the radio, not really traffic information, it is necessary only in case of snowstorm. In the city in June, many bikes. Passersby and cyclists even take the time to stop to answer questions. ...
Author: Benjamin - Belgium
Benjamin Carlier is a FCP participant from 2005 and he works as a journalist for the main Belgian French-speaking tv and radio channel RTBF. He covers political issues both on national and on international level. He regularly covers also a wide range of other topics on European and international level. He works mainly for television but reports weekly also for radio and web/social media.
He is interested to know the background and reasons for Finland’s success in many surveys. He also wants to get background information for Finland’s presidency of the EU. In news Benjamin still gives a special look about what’s happening in Finland currently, so a new visit will provide him with the newest updates from Finland.
From Belgium with love…
My name is Benjamin, Benjamin Carlier. My talent is not to save Great Britain against the evil but to help belgian viewers and listeners to understand the world they live in. I don’t have the pretension to know everything about everything, and after 15 years of practicing journalism I still learn new things daily. I have the chance to meet a lot of different people every week. It can be a student, ...