291. What is the Happiest Country in the Worl...

In 2024, Keir Starmer became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after leading the Labour Party to one of the biggest election victories in modern British history. Just two years later, he has announced his resignation… and Britain is once again preparing for a new leader. S ...  Show more

In August 2016, I moved to a small town on the Japanese island of Shikoku. I had almost no Japanese ability and I didn't have an expectation that I'd stay very long in Japan. Maybe I'd stay in Japan for one year. 10 years later, though, I'm still in Japan. I'm now married. I have ...  Show more

Alice Irizarry and Patrick Woodward share about the lifestyle in Finland and how it helps make this country to be considered the happiest place in the world. www.spotlightenglish.com https://spotlightenglish.com/culture/the-happiest-place-in-the-world/Download our app for Android ...  Show more

Alice Irizarry and Patrick Woodward share about the lifestyle in Finland and how it helps make this country to be considered the happiest place in the world. www.spotlightenglish.com https://spotlightenglish.com/culture/the-happiest-place-in-the-world/Download our app for Android ...  Show more

Bhutan: The country that measures happiness. Hear all about it and learn some vocabulary with Neil and Pippa. Find a full transcript, worksheet and interactive quiz for this episode at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2025/ep-250306Check ou ...  Show more

For eight years running, Finland has been rated the happiest country in the world by a peculiar United Nations-backed project called the World Happiness Report, started in 2012. Soon after Finland shot to the top of the list, its government set up a “happiness tourism” initiat ...