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Wednesday, 31.5.2006

Cathedral fire: Police have "strong suspicions" against suspects

Finnair expects no great changes over EC court ruling on passenger data sharing

Warm welcome for Pope leaves Finnair passengers out in the cold at Krakow Airport

News reports: Several attempts to smuggle Russian military equipment through Finland

Police believe they have solved Professor Tikka murder case

Polish Prime Minister assures Finns of Poles' pro-EU sentiments

EU service directive could bring more foreign competition to Finland

Tuesday, 30.5.2006

Several suspects apprehended over arson of Porvoo Cathedral

EU Nordic Battle Group staff headquarters opens in Sweden

Monument inaugurated for peacekeepers who died in line of duty

Two young men held in connection with murder of Professor Tikka

Lordi homecoming party was largest-ever public gathering in Helsinki

Finland considers aid to Spain to stop illegal immigration

Uruguay government reiterates support for Metsä-Botnia

Monday, 29.5.2006

BREAKING NEWS: Major fire severely damages Porvoo Cathedral

More than 90,000 celebrate Lordi and an end to Eurovision failure

Ships still discharging hundreds of tons of sewage into Baltic Sea

Oulu man charged with nearly 800 sex crimes

National Coalition Party MEPs speak out twice as much as Centre Party colleagues

Main opposition Party introduces monetary incentive for local organisations

Helsinki professor found murdered in apartment

Finnish companies experience rapid growth in China

Friday, 26.5.2006

Gulf of Finland an increasingly important conduit to the West for Russia

Lordi fans furious at "outing" by gossip magazine

NGOs get larger share of income from street fund-raisers

President Halonen: EU constitution being used as tool of domestic politics

Size of carry-on luggage under scrutiny at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport over weekend

Immigrants in Helsinki learning Finnish and finding work more easily

YLE: Finland gets extra time to respond to EU gaming monopoly charges

Wednesday, 24.5.2006

Amnesty International criticises Finland over violence against women

Foreign population in city of Vantaa more than doubles in ten years

Estonian PM confident that rising economy will keep workers home

Moscow Bolshoi to visit Savonlinna Opera Festival in 2007

Montenegro referendum brings changes for diplomat in Finland

Unemployment easing down toward target level set by government

Helsinki Exchanges bounce back after Monday's sharp fall

Tuesday, 23.5.2006

Helsinki Stock Exchange falls nearly four points - part of global trend

Cities of Helsinki metropolitan area agree on closer cooperation at joint session

Lordi meet press and PM - welcome-home concert for fans on Friday evening

Latest Kaurismäki film draws lukewarm reception at Cannes Film Festival

Finnish lawyer to press case for property rights in territories ceded to Russia

Tobacco company sent free cigarettes to minors

Sterling Airlines to discontinue flights from Helsinki

Monday, 22.5.2006

Lordi and Hard Rock Hallelujah bring it home after more than 40 years

Centre of Helsinki erupts in Eurovision frenzy Saturday night

Norrena shut-out helps Finland to win bronze in ice hockey

Record-tight security measures for EU conferences

Finnish emergency response centres flooded by bogus calls

Metsä-Botnia gives Argentine journalists tour of Finnish pulp industry

Kallio second at Le Mans despite wrong choice of tyres

Friday, 19.5.2006

SATURDAY NIGHT AT EUROVISION: LORDI, LORDI, LORDI, what HAVE you done?

Nokia’s Ollila calls for more financial risk-taking in Finland

Rise in standard of living does not shorten bread-lines in Helsinki area

Finland's monster-heavy band hardrocks into Eurovision final

Åland agrees to EU demand to end sales of smokeless tobacco on its ships

One in four buyers of sex in Estonia comes from Finland

Handelsbanken economist: Finland experiencing balanced rising trend

Helsingin Sanomat online service chalks up ten years on the Net

Finland to meet Czech Republic in semi-finals of IIHF World Championships

Thursday, 18.5.2006

Russia to build new nuclear reactors on shore of Gulf of Finland

Rising fuel costs increase prices of crossings over Gulf of Finland

PM Vanhanen takes "more positive" attitude toward Turkish EU membership

Prison guards stage three-hour strike

Helsinki City Council decides to favour automation of Metro

Argentine environmentalists stage protest at Finnish Embassy in Buenos Aires

Wednesday, 17.5.2006

Chain of Finnish industrial villages to be set up in Russian Karelia

Russia blocks visit by Mari leader to seminar in Finland

Dozens of floating homes could be placed on Kaisaniemenlahti bay

Defence Forces will assist those made redundant with employment support

Police rescued mother bear from septic tank

Borrowers going back to housing loans linked to banks’ prime rate

Paper machines starting up again - office workers' strike begins

Finnish Lions to meet Belarus in World Championship quarter-finals

Tuesday, 16.5.2006

Rehn report sets conditions for Romanian and Bulgarian EU membership

Quarter of Finland’s emission allowances unused last year

Tallink replaces Finnish crew with low-paid Estonians

Social marginalisation increases immigrants’ risk of committing crimes

More money to be spent on security during EU Presidency

Metro drivers: Automation of Helsinki trains will not improve safety

Use of temp workers continues to increase

Monday, 15.5.2006

Two-day protest strike shuts down Finnish pulp and paper mills

Prime Minister admits to "moderately long" gap in high level USA visits

Stockmann department store launching extensive expansion

Left Alliance chooses MP Martti Korhonen as its new chairman

Majority in Finnish Parliament back EU constitution

No solution to pulp mill dispute at EU-Latin America summit

Mika Kallio takes first win of the season in Shanghai

Sami Hyypiä relieved after last-gasp FA Cup victory

Friday, 12.5.2006

Closer cooperation between Finland and Nato could take some time

President Halonen wants to discuss pulp mill dispute at EU-Latin America summit

City of Lahti to host informal European Union summit in October

Kesko CEO suggests spirits departments for supermarkets

Finnish Customs dog spots tobacco

Investigators of warehouse arson now searching for two 15-year-olds

Competition between banks in housing loans beginning to ease

Silja Line attracts several potential buyers

Thursday, 11.5.2006

Finland drops from sixth to tenth place in competitiveness figures

Dead birds in Turku archipelago did not fall victim to avian flu

Helsinki city employees abhor idea of smoking ban during working hours

Several allergy treatment products selling out after warm spell

HUCH Hospital Area to consolidate hospital queues

Widespread support in Finnish Parliament for draft EU constitution

Five Finnish suspects found in global child porn raid

Wednesday, 10.5.2006

Finland named member of new United Nations Human Rights Council

Prime Minister Vanhanen: EU constitution ratification proceeds in Finland

Bill Clinton speaks about major grievances and shortcomings worldwide in Tampere

More and more people disobeying traffic lights

Ministry was unaware of bird deaths

Helsinki Board of Health in favour of smoking ban during working hours

Kemira to produce all chemicals for Uruguay pulp mill

Tuesday, 9.5.2006

Hundreds of dead birds cause consternation in Turku Archipelago

Halonen downplays need for Finnish ratification of EU constitution

Criminal police hear several people over arson of railway warehouses

Police say main perpetrators of May Eve rioting still at large

Cigarette butts and beer caps top Helsinki city litter rankings

Family of slain Chechen leader wants asylum in Finland

Former management of Jippii charged with serious stock market violations

Monday, 8.5.2006

Police make progress in railway warehouse arson investigations

Number of traffic accidents expected to decrease this summer

Finnair to start negotiations on cutting 670 jobs to save EUR 80 million a year

Poll shows rise in support for Centre and National Coalition Parties

Life prisoners serve longer sentences during Halonen's presidency

Prime Minister and President deny alleged refusal to appoint secretaries of state to high posts

Soviet Union got kid glove treatment in Finnish textbooks during Cold War

Nieminen loses in Munich, but moves up ATP rankings

Friday, 5.5.2006

Finnish economy booming in nearly all sectors - employment also to improve

Several forest and bush fires raging in Russian areas close to Finland

Prime Minister Vanhanen: Finland wants to promote EU efficiency during Presidency

Two Hornet fighter jets sustain damage in mid-air collision

Finnish attitudes towards immigrants more positive

President Halonen: No political secretaries of state to high state jobs

Argentina to bring pulp mill dispute before Hague court

Thursday, 4.5.2006

Swedish Prime Minister sees green energy as possible joint project with Finland

Helsinki's air quality remains poor for nine straight days

Driving instructions kick off training for Finnish EU forces

Most members of criminal organisations are suspected of individual crimes

Demonstrators come to Helsinki to protest against uranium exploration rights

Police wish to remand two men over May Day Eve riots

Analysts: Nokia rethinking game phone strategy

Wednesday, 3.5.2006

Police searching for "organised core group" in Sunday night’s melee at storehouses

No avian influenza found among migrating birds yet in Finland

Interior Ministry plans to reduce number of new strategic shelters

Oulu man suspected of numerous cases of sexual molestation of children

Crime figures in Helsinki continue to fall - street security remains good

Asian tsunami takes centre stage at Asia in Helsinki arts festival

Contemporary Finnish art in Germany

Tuesday, 2.5.2006

Riot police battle crowds throwing stones and lighting fires on May Day Eve

Enlargement Commissioner Rehn: Excuses will no longer help Serbia

Finland could fall behind other countries in restricting smoking in restaurants

PM Vanhanen: Tax reduction to be continued during next electoral term

About 40 percent of Helsinki children born out of wedlock

Finland secures bronze in Euro Hockey Tour

Hakkarainen finally secures maiden victory on European Tour

Weekly Articles

Tuesday, 30.5.2006

The Northern Dimension initially got a chilly reception in Russia

Finland - almost too good to be true

Europe in year one after the rejection of the EU constitution

Students dream of career with bigger salaries and less work

Chinatown rises in Kouvola

Nokia's Ollila moving on to meet even greater challenges

Turkish Amnesty International in Finnish hands

Suursaari opens slowly for tourists

Tuesday, 23.5.2006

The two-metre monster who knows what he wants

Do you genuinely want to be Finnish? Answer and win!

Postcards from the REAL Helsinki

Remix, rethink, recycle art

Why do the doors stay closed to us?

"Rubber Product No.2" and other Soviet retro items on display

Finnish fireman tries to help colleagues in Kabul

Tuesday, 16.5.2006

Taxi driver by night, historian by day

On keeping up good relations with the U.S.

I want it all - and I want it NOW!

"Scarf? It's part of the religion, stupid"

Finland marks bicentenary of birth of J.V. Snellman

"A Hispanic in the Nightwish works"

Proximity to nature - a major theme of Finnish EU cuisine

Tuesday, 9.5.2006

The time of innocence is over

Hard to find a chink in Finland's economic armour

They are taking absolutely everything we've got!

Activist groups worried about tarnished public image

French riot expert says Finnish May Day mêlée probably not organised

Soviet nostalgia lives on in Russian anecdotes

North Pole conquerors return home

Sports biologist stays on for another year

Wednesday, 3.5.2006

China smothers Vanhanen in cordial language

Resistance and acquiescence in Europe

Homeless shelters are the only places for many in Helsinki

Art is a key part of the Arabianranta residential area

COMMENTARY: Danube connections

Diplomatically awkward

COMMENTARY: Small is beautiful - and a winner