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Thursday, 30.12.2004

ASIAN TSUNAMI

UPDATED SATURDAY 1.1. Police post revised list of missing persons: 193 Finns still unaccounted for in Thailand

UPDATED 01:30 FRIDAY Police publish names of missing Finns; upwards of 260 now feared dead in Thailand

Around 250 Finns still missing in crisis area as hopes fade

Nearly 50 evacuees from Asian disaster zone hospitalised in Finland

Finns open hearts and wallets to tidal wave victims

Popularity of Vanhanen government grows

Population increase largest in Espoo and decline fastest in Helsinki

Ahonen wins first Four Hills event; Poutiainen extends World Cup lead

Wednesday, 29.12.2004

Fourteen Finns confirmed dead, hundreds still missing in tidal wave catastrophe

Airlift operation to bring out all Finnish tourists from Southern Asia by Sunday

Foreign Minister Tuomioja apologises for problems with telephone hotline

Decade in EU changes Finnish security policy

Travel industry suffers worst economic losses from Asian earthquake

Tanja Poutiainen takes giant slalom 2nd place and goes back to top of FIS standings

Tuesday, 28.12.2004

Foreign Ministry now fears several Finnish deaths in Asian disaster area

First flights from earthquake zone bringing injured Finns home

Foreign Ministry crisis line ringing non-stop

Minister of Justice believes class-action suits will come to Finland

Tighter restrictions planned on smoking in restaurants

High consumer confidence and tax refunds spur Christmas sales to new records

Monday, 27.12.2004

Several thousand Finns in Asian quake zone; concerned relatives block crisis hotlines

"The first big wave came at us like a 10-metre wall of water"

Finnish Red Cross and others appeal for donations for earthquake relief

Accidents around Finland kill four during holidays

Storm leaves thousands of homes without electricity for Christmas in Finland

Poll: President Halonen remains very popular

Thursday, 23.12.2004

Season's Greetings

Powerful winter storm wreaks havoc; damage around Finland

State to sell Edita publishing house to Alma Media company Talentum

Short Christmas holiday period restricts travel to relatives

Acquittals in day care drowning case

Old Market Hall in Helsinki is expecting Christmas rush on Thursday and Friday

Father takes Jacob and Alexander Rogers back to USA

Wrestler Yli-Hannuksela adds Sports Personality of the Year title to Olympic silver medal

Wednesday, 22.12.2004

Parliament reaffirms militarily non-allied status of Finland

Top Security Police figures acquitted in telecommunications privacy case

Wind and snow threaten to hamper Christmas traffic in Finland

Finnish health care favours the rich

"Sausage building’s" parking ramps may be demolished after all

Bid for Alma Media seen as prelude to shake-out in Nordic TV market

Paper manufacturer M-real cuts jobs in Germany and Britain

Tuesday, 21.12.2004

Opposition conservatives break ranks over defence policy

Norwegian Schibsted Group seeking to buy Alma Media for EUR 705 million

Supreme Court rules for father in final decision in international custody case

High hopes for white Christmas all over Finland

Suomenlinna ferry out of service for rest of year

EU satisfied with Finnish measures to protect flying squirrels

Mobile phone subscribers tempted with increasingly valuable freebies and giveaways

Forest industry worried over possible British certificate rejection

Monday, 20.12.2004

Intervention by President topples conservative NATO operation

Large meat packers give up on organic meat due to weak demand

Suomenlinna ferry collides with pier again - two people slightly injured

Finance Ministry official Raimo Sailas warns of sharp increases in municipal taxes

Finnish soprano Karita Mattila said to earn USD 15,000 a performance in New York

Finnish Marimekko finds buyer for Grünstein furs

Ahonen, again (twice)

Friday, 17.12.2004

Centralised incomes agreement finalised after delays - harbour workers opt out

Fake invoice scam spreads rapidly from Sweden to Finland

Safety issues over Suomenlinna ferry scare island inhabitants

Inspector veterinarians fined for switching BSE test samples

Defence Staff acquisitions officer faces corruption charges

Increased disappointment with EU membership among company executives

Janne Lahtela begins new freestyle moguls season where he left off

Thursday, 16.12.2004

Enlargement Commissioner Rehn says Romania not yet ready for EU

Finland wants to set date for EU membership talks with Turkey

Deadline for incomes agreement postponed until Thursday afternoon

State alcohol monopoly outlet closed down temporarily for selling liquor to minors

Key witness gives evidence from behind bullet-proof screen on day three of murder trial

Charity Christmas cards popular among Finns

Police swoop closes down Finland’s largest file download site

Wednesday, 15.12.2004

Presidents Halonen and Putin underline good relations in St. Petersburg

Finland wants to ascertain feelings of Russian leaders

Metal hammers out incomes agreement - talks stalled on many sectors

Murder trial hears defendants' explanations on Tuesday

Romania denounces Finnish demands on EU membership conditions as "Calvinist conspiracy"

Estonia to take part in EU's Nordic battle group

Virpi Kuitunen shines in skiing sprint event at Asiago, Italy

Tuesday, 14.12.2004

Foreign Minister Tuomioja wants equal treatment for Turkey in EU

Labour Ministry report criticises measures to fight unemployment

Four men on trial in murder case, despite lack of body

Parliamentary Defence Committee irons out differences on land mines

City of Helsinki intends to protect its most valuable shopping centres

Arrival of Lidl in Finland leads to sharp cuts in retail prices of food

Kalle Palander back on the slalom podium

Monday, 13.12.2004

Baltic Sea increasingly murky - unique study examines data over a century

Support in Defence Committee for EU mandate for deployment of forces

Market heats up for land for small houses in Helsinki metropolitan region

National Police Commissioner Naulapää sees no need for internal affairs unit

Business executives earn hundreds of millions less from stock options

Uusikaupunki car factory prepares for launch of Porsche Boxster's hardtop version

Sports Round-Up: Poutiainen and Ahonen continue their charge on skis

Friday, 10.12.2004

Foreign Minister Tuomioja says letter from MEPs may have provoked Russia

Parking ramps threaten to halt plans for Helsinki pedestrian centre

Great pay differences between doctors at public health clinics

Yet another reactor shutdown at Russian nuclear plant near Finland

Finland adds 700 square kilometres to its territory

Two Finnish companies cutting jobs in Sweden

Bank of Finland Governor Liikanen praises moderate wage contract

Thursday, 9.12.2004

Vanhanen criticises Putin spokesman for "sphere of influence" thinking

Polish PM says Finland and Poland belong in front line of EU Russia policy

Security Police anticipates problems on Finnish-Russian border

Finnish-American child custody case to go back to Supreme Court

Study: Pupils say school is boring but useful

Helsinki to evict planes from Malmi Airport

Over EUR 1 billion in state-owned shares of TeliaSonera to be sold off

Magazine survey indicates Nokia remains most attractive employer

Wednesday, 8.12.2004

Putin spokesman says Finland part of "Russophobic block" in EU

Presidents Halonen and Putin to meet in St. Petersburg on Tuesday

Trial over Security Police scandal opens behind closed doors

Practical use of computers ebbing away in Finnish schools

Ari Vatanen: Finns do not understand "alarming" developments in Russia

Parliamentary Defence Committee: Finland is militarily non-allied

Companies race to hand out more dividends

Tuesday, 7.12.2004

Independence Day brings Finns together, if only around their TV sets

Finns active in shady construction business in Estonian

Finnish youngsters' high score in mathematics surprises experts

War-time leader Mannerheim voted "Greatest Finn"

Surveillance cameras reduce vandalism at Tampere school

Student exchange to be launched with Russia next year

Janne Ahonen continues to dominate World Cup ski-jumping

Friday, 3.12.2004

BREAKING NEWS: Resignations at Nokia Networks; Baldauf announces departure

Finnish EU policy comes under criticism in European Parliament

Finlandia Literature Prize to Helena Sinervo for her first novel

Police to set up network of service points around Finland

Ministry of Finance expects incomes agreement and tax cuts to bring job growth

Russian commercial envoy downplays prostitution allegations

Finnish airline pilot given prison sentence for being drunk in cockpit in UK

IAAF promises strictest ever doping tests for 2005 Athletics World Championships in Helsinki

Thursday, 2.12.2004

Competitors beat Nokia in major mobile network deal in United States

Finland to fine ships for oil discharges in international waters

Mysterious oil spill soils hundreds of birds off Estonian coast

Scrapping wealth tax raises wrath of some Social Democratic MPs

Suspected switching of BSE test samples casts shadow over slaughterhouse

EVA's Risto Penttilä proposes English as an official "auxiliary language"

Russian diplomats suspected of aggravated pimping

Wednesday, 1.12.2004

Wealth tax to be abolished in 2006 - Finance Minister calls it "a relic"

Two veterinarians face charges for BSE test sample switch

Vanhanen says new projects could boost Northern Dimension programme

Commercial radio stations more popular than YLE channels

Lipponen: Finland willing to lift China arms embargo

OECD: Finland to enjoy brisk growth, but stubborn jobless figures

Cheap dollar could lower clothing prices at H&M outlets

Weekly Articles

Tuesday, 21.12.2004

If you have time on your hands over Christmas...

Finding an eco-friendly Christmas tree

From lamentation to real foreign policy

Services slipping ever farther from the grasp of residents in remote areas

Heavy demand in Brussels for services of Finnish Santa Claus

Behind the wheel, the Finns are the most obedient souls in Europe

Russian book made generation of Turks familiar with Finnish sisu

Back with the police after seven-year term in prison service

Tuesday, 14.12.2004

What will be the hit gift this Christmas?

Land of tolerance

Anneli Jäätteenmäki and the missing medal

One or two mulled wines too many...get a mother into trouble with the child welfare authorities

City of Helsinki Rescue Department appoints first female firefighter

The Ministry of Truth on the loose in Iraq

Researcher warns against overdramatising relations with Russia

What will happen to Nokia when using mobile phones for speaking loses importance?

Wednesday, 8.12.2004

WHAT DOES FINLAND REALLY LOOK LIKE?

Model country of social harmony

Ants of our Lord

What a huge gang of refugees

What if Lenin had drowned here?

Leisure time has become increasingly important

Sari Baldauf: A life beyond Nokia