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Published 9.3.2010. Next update on Wednesday 10.3.2010 at c. 13:00 (GMT +2)
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BUSINESS & FINANCE
Harbour strike forces UPM to shut down three paper mills
The Finnish paper manufacturer UPM has shut down three newspaper and magazine paper mills over the ongoing strike by stevedores at Finnish harbours. If the strike continues, and stockpiles of manufactured paper continue mount, further closures are possible at plants run by UPM and other manufacturers. The chairman of the Finnish Paperworkers' Union does not expect the situation to cause strains between his organisation and the Transport Workers' Union, which is behind the strike. Talks aimed at resolving the dispute continue on Tuesday.
BUSINESS & FINANCE
Finnish customers demand that regular Valio milk stays in grocery stores
Last week, HOK-Elanto, the largest regional cooperative retail chain in Finland, announced that it would no longer sell any regular milk products produced by the dairy cooperative Valio, the most significant milk processor in Finland. Earlier the chain had decided to drop Valio milk products from its assortment, with the exception of specialist milks, following a deal struck with the Swedish-Danish dairy Arla Ingman. Following a heated discussion in Finland over the decision, HOK-Elanto - part of the retail S-Group - has now promised that it would be keeping Valio’s fat-free and low-fat milk cartons at least on its Prisma supermarket shelves after all. Some have queried why there was so much outrage over domestic milk when 40% of the cheese consumed in Finland is actually of foreign origin.
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True Finns MP's off-colour floor show gets unplugged by Viking Line crew
A training seminar arranged by the True Finns party for prospective election candidates brought around 300 party activists on board the Viking Gabriella at the weekend, on a two-day cruise to Stockholm and back. The ship's crew groaned inwardly at the prospect of a large group of the anti-immigration party's mostly male members meeting with another sizeable group of pasengers on the ship - some six hundred Iraqis living in Finland who were travelling to Sweden in order to vote in their country's elections. For the most part the encounter went off without incident, but the plug was pulled on a nightclub show by True Finns MP Pertti "Veltto" Virtanen after he launched into a children's song with racist and non-PC lyrics.
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 Police find kidnapped 3-month-old baby alive under 20-cm layer of snow - search for perpetrator in progress
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Nurse convicted of insulin murder found dead in prison cell
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Poll: Finns question legal system’s capabilities in handling rape cases
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Two grandmothers to be deported
METRO
Freedom-seeking wolverine escapes from Helsinki Zoo but is recaptured on nearby island
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Updated 9.3. Next update on Tuesday 16.3. at c. 17:00 (GMT +2)
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PEOPLE
Jorma Multanen helped monitor non-intervention in Spanish Civil War
In the late 1930s, both sides of the Spanish Civil War attracted volunteers from many countries, including Finland. The conflict was something of a precursor to the Second World War. In an attempt to prevent the war from setting a spark that would engulf the rest of Europe, a Council of Non-Intervention was set up. Helsingin Sanomat met the last surviving Finnish naval inspector working for the council, 97-year-old Jorma Multanen who recently wrote a book about his experiences.
COLUMN
GUEST COLUMN: Winter mayhem could be reduced by listening to researchers
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What if the Winter War broke out now?
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Somali League takes up fight against intoxicants
METRO
Bread-lines getting longer and longer in Helsinki area
FOREIGN
Finns in Chile cope in aftermath of earthquake
CULTURE
Émilie is arguably Kaija Saariaho’s most beautiful opera
CONSUMER
Smartphone applications track location of friends
PEOPLE
“This looked much easier on TV”
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