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Published 10.3.2010. Next update on Thursday 11.3.2010 at c. 13:00 (GMT +2)
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Foreign ministers Stubb and Lavrov discuss visa-free travel between EU and Russia
The issue of establishing visa-free travel between Russia and the European Union was a key topic of discussions on Tuesday, when Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Stubb met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday. Stubb said that before giving its endorsement to lifting the visa requirement, Finland wants Russia to ease red tape facing foreigners in Russia. Stubb also discussed issues of human rights with Lavrov, and met with representatives of Russian NGOs.
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Mediation efforts in harbour strike suspended until Wednesday afternoon
A strike by stevedores at Finnish harbours continues for a seventh day. Mediation efforts resumed on Tuesday, but late in the evening National Conciliator Esa Lonka did not feel that it was yet feasible to put forward a proposal for a settlement. The two sides in the dispute have differing interpretations as to what they agreed two years ago. Negotiations aimed at ending the stoppage will continue on Wednesday afternoon.
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Here to stay? Snow cleared from capital area’s streets and public places may not melt before next winter
The snow dumps in the Greater Helsinki area are so full that this winter’s snows may last until the coming winter. The City of Helsinki Public Works Department reckons that the largest piles of snow in the dumping areas contain enough snow to last until the first snow of next winter. This year's bounteous harvest from Mother Nature may therefore be able to achieve what many northern ski resorts have been trying to manage for years: snow that lasts from one season to the next.
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 Three fur farms lose association certificates
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Centre Party Parliamentary group leader: Valio election funding OK
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Grandmothers not giving up in spite of deportation order
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Ilta-Sanomat: Filmmakers want to blow up Turku’s sagging bridge
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Growth in industrial output from late 2009 stalls in January
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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.
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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
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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
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Smartphone applications track location of friends
PEOPLE
“This looked much easier on TV”
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