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Thursday, 25.6.2009

SUMMER RECESS

Wednesday, 24.6.2009

SUMMER RECESS

Four MPs tenants in buildings owned by pension company mired in election finance furore

Espoo city officials deny allegations of accepting bribes

Patria Industries sees its eye in the sky as part of future security

Pro-democracy demonstrators drive in convoy to Iranian Embassy

Archeologists unearth early medieval village in Espoo

Mauri Kunnas books to be published as series in Chinese

Kjell Westö novel translated into Spanish

Finnair suspected of unlawful haulage of defence equipment

Nokia and Intel to develop new products

Jussi Veikkanen to ride in Tour de France

Tuesday, 23.6.2009

Vanhanen wants other parties to disclose campaign finances, too

Office workers in Helsinki have more space than in many other European cities

Chemical spills on the increase as harbour storage areas become run down

Poll: Government approval rating falls over past six months

Passengers aboard incoming Finnair flight from Shanghai urged to prepare for emergency landing

Calls in Parliament for clarification of delayed justice

Vole populations about to collapse in Southern and Central Finland

Finland denounces violence in Iran

The Rasmus gig in Russia cancelled after stage collapse

Valio cutting producer prices of milk

Monday, 22.6.2009

PM hosted second meeting of Centre Party backers in 2007

Finland endorses second term for Barroso as Commission President

Midsummer tourists unprepared for largely deserted Helsinki as locals flock to countryside

TV report: surprisingly lenient sentences for sexual assault

Muslim and Christian drivers drop plans for boycott of buses with atheist ads

All nationalities welcome during “Muslims-only” hours at Helsinki public swimming pools

Week-long Helsinki Pride festival celebrates gay culture

Nokia Siemens Networks to buy parts of Canadian Nortel

Thursday, 18.6.2009

MIDSUMMER

Millions in municipal pension funds invested in Nova Group project

Prime Minister hounded by accusations of lying

Kidnapping case: Police retrieve all ransom money

Midsummer traffic eases Friday evening

BREAKING NEWS: No injuries as Finnish patrol hit by roadside bomb attack

Harvesting of strawberry crop to be delayed by cold early summer

Heikki Hursti’s bread feeds over 1,000 in Helsinki

Report: Congestion charges would improve appeal of downtown Helsinki

Suspicions of fraud at exhibition of Russian avant garde art

Wednesday, 17.6.2009

Prime Minister denies accusations of lying over campaign finance issue

Rwandan man accused of genocide says he tried to save Tutsis

In a historic move, Mgr. Teemu Sippo is appointed as Roman Catholic Bishop of Helsinki

Kidnapping suspect confessed already in first police interrogation

Police conduct coordinated child porn raids

Finnish house of documentary film director Andrei Nekrasov ransacked again

New dwellings selling just as well as a year ago

Finnish beef production down, pork up

Tuesday, 16.6.2009

Suspected kidnapper believed to have acted alone

Centre Party gets extensive funding from business

Under-21 European Championships opener brings disappointment

TT Foundation backed at least Centre and National Coalition parties

NBI to investigate smuggling of Anton Salonen into Finland

Bomb attack shocks residents in reception centre in Southwestern Finland

New guidelines put pressure on government to reduce benefits of present CEOs of state-owned companies

Monday, 15.6.2009

Member of Herlin industrial dynasty held hostage for over two weeks

Chinese lawyer investigating Stora Enso land dispute still faces threats

Significant increase in alcohol consumption among older age groups

Vanhanen expects detailed report from Centre Party secretary on 2007 election funding

Two schoolchildren contract swine flu from trip to USA

Railway workers' protest strike causes no major traffic jams in Greater Helsinki area

CEOs of state-owned companies continue to enjoy big pay hikes

Sampo Bank forecasts continued unemployment growth

Statistics Finland: deflation could be here

Finnish Under-21s start their European Championships bid with tough tie against England

Astronaut Timothy Kopra to head into space aboard space shuttle Endeavour

Friday, 12.6.2009

Health officials say WHO pandemic pronouncement does not alter Finland’s preparations for swine flu

Protest strike to stop rail traffic on Monday

Centre Party silent about major contributor

Kiss-and-tell book drama to continue at Supreme Court

Police acknowledge that Wednesday's football scuffles got beyond them

Air quality improved in Greater Helsinki area in 2008

Häkämies: Additional forces to Afghanistan only for election

Finnish-Russian transport negotiations fizzle

Nokia’s services get critical thumbs-down

Survey: Finns’ holiday budgets are now bigger than last year

Thursday, 11.6.2009

MP Paavo Arhinmäki wants greener shade of red for Left Alliance

Kauhajoki school killer planned shootings for two years

Finland 0 Russia 3 - "Déjà vu all over again"

Finnish rail transport threatened by 24-hour strike

Eleven prison sentences handed down to builders of Turku motorway

Esa Lonka to be appointed as new National Conciliator

Police crackdown against drunk driving reveals more than 100 intoxicated drivers

Finnish-Russian haulier takes Russia to court over road use fees

Wednesday, 10.6.2009

Election fallout: Left Alliance Korhonen goes, despite doubts it will change matters

Helsinki court rejects job discrimination lawsuit against Alma Media

Qualified immigrants to be given work to match their educational achievement

Divers find Soviet submarine sunk in Åland Sea in 1940

Appeal Court: Newspaper did not commit libel when reporting of celebrity's suspected biker gang link

Midnight Sun Film Festival opens in Finnish Lapland

IPI Congress: Online free speech seeps through cracks in great wall of Chinese censorship

Digital divide separates world's rich from poor

Tuesday, 9.6.2009

Timo Soini drew support evenly from across the country

Finland wants more information on risks of gas pipeline

Helsinki police warn of international groups of pickpockets operating in the capital

Russia: Finnish diplomat Pietiläinen is persona non grata

Recent frosty nights damage berry crops, chicks die in nests

Use of Southern Finland airspace limited by mysterious exercise

Finnish Museum of Contemporary Art wants to acquire golden replica of controversial "Bronze Soldier" statue

Economic crisis also difficult for business media

Monday, 8.6.2009

EDITORIAL: Protest strongly in evidence at the polls in Finland and elsewhere in the EU

True Finns and Greens advance in European Parliament elections as big parties suffer

SATURDAY - Finland 2 Liechtenstein 1 (UEFA World Cup Qualification Group 4)

Porvoo court to travel to Rwanda to hear testimony

Government plans targeted agricultural subsidies to help save Baltic Sea

OECD environment director praises Finnish environmental progress

SUNDAY: An award for dead journalists

Finnair announces new drastic cost-cutting measures

Finnish President urges Medvedev to fight climate change

Russian Transport Ministry does not want to shift container traffic from roads to railways

Friday, 5.6.2009

Brax: Rwanda trial set to cost hundreds of thousands of euros

President Halonen understands Putin’s sharp stand on Anton Salonen case

Helsinki entrepreneur says “humanitarian reasons" prompted him to organise illegal entry of Chechens

Three get prison sentences for organising illegal immigration

Unusually large number of Painted Lady butterflies reaching Finland

EU Parliament candidate would make sausages of great black cormorants and wolves

Congestion charging could bring the state more than EUR 100 million every year

Graffiti artists queue to showcase their art on Suvilahti’s new purpose-built wall

Helene Schjerfbeck's Roses fetches EUR 175,000 at Sotheby's

Thursday, 4.6.2009

Putin denounces diplomat for helping smuggle Anton out of Russia

Helsinki to offer incentives for low-emission vehicles

Funding secured - Mannerheim film may start shooting in August

European elections: Centre accuses National Coalition Party of dirty campaign tactics

EU candidates’ outdoor advertising has increased dramatically compared with previous Euro elections

Pygmy owls drafted in to control unprecedented vole damage in Savo Province

Soap opera episode sparks public debate on violence

Laaksonen marches on to semi-finals at Roland Garros

Matikainen-Kallström denies doping allegations in National Bureau of Investigation hearing

Wednesday, 3.6.2009

Finland considers organising OSCE summit next year

Finnish peacekeepers leaving Bosnia during political crisis

Government prepares changes to asylum policy

Parliament holds moment of silence in memory of MP Susanna Haapoja

EU Profiler finds congenial candidates in European Union member-states (Updated 4.6.)

Seminar: Binding contracts needed in protection of Baltic Sea

Russian journalist says Putin turned Russia into “giant concentration camp”

Clarinetist Kari Kriikku wins 2009 Nordic Council Music Prize

Finland’s foreign trade continued on downward trend in March

Henri Laaksonen through to last eight in boys' singles in Paris

Tuesday, 2.6.2009

Russian plan to move container transport from highways to rails to be discussed during Putin visit

Prosecutor denies witness statements against Rwandan man acquired by torture

Big Russian contingent anticipated for World Cup qualifier in Helsinki

Finnish Pirate Party files for party registration

Fourth Finnish swine flu patient found

Journalist: Security Police did not leak information on Rusi espionage suspicions

Sea areas expected to have more abundant blue-green algae than last year

Helsinki-Vantaa merger study to cost more than EUR 2 million

200 super-cows mooing in Finland’s cowsheds

Monday, 1.6.2009

Good MEPs expected to form networks and have social skills

Häkämies wants to "restore discipline" to state-owned companies

Warm weather favoured weekend’s graduation celebrations

Lobby groups and NGOs stress economy and workers’ rights in upcoming EU elections

Man living in Porvoo indicted for involvement in Rwanda genocide

Harley-Davidson riders’ Super Rally 2009 in Ostrobothnia passes off without undue incident

Most Iraqi asylum-seekers still being granted residence permits

Helsinki’s energy choice: biofuel plant or nuclear power

Tall Ships to arrive in Helsinki in 2013

Scheduled Helsinki heavyweight world title fight cancelled on health grounds

Weekly Articles

Thursday, 25.6.2009

SUMMER RECESS

Tuesday, 23.6.2009

Albert Edelfelt's summer dominates as Retretti Art Centre offers something for everyone

Universities differ on implementation of Lex Nokia

Speeding fines for foreign drivers seldom enforced

Big break for American author living in Finland

Toivo Vierimaa turns 100

COMMENTARY: Time to measure Stuart Baxter's boldness

Owner Peter Ekelund has faith in URHO-TV

Tuesday, 16.6.2009

Afghanistan: Now it’s Finland’s war, too

Niinistö: NATO membership awaits at end of European road

COMMENTARY: The law, morals, and a dodgy memory

Combat exercises are imaginary - coffee with doughnuts is real

Helsinki - a city for just everybody

Olkiluoto III hasn't quite gone according to plan

TIMEOUT: Change of generation in prospect after Russian knockout

Tuesday, 9.6.2009

DEBATE: “Time running out on immigrant integration”

Chechen refugee came to Finland via Baku and Istanbul

Captain of a pirate ship

A broad green belt being planned in Greater Helsinki area

COMMENTARY: The collected excuses of the decimated left

Missionary work has turned Finns and Namibians into sister nations

“Boyish faces now dominate facade of Finnish politics”

Nepalese student-activist takes people to streets in protest

Tuesday, 2.6.2009

EU: Where's the joke?

COMMENTARY: A gap the size of a drunken shotgun spree

Not the first time people have snoozed through an election

Left in the dark: some protesters remain locked up 20 years after Tiananmen massacre

Swastikas meet disapproval at National Theatre of Karelia in Petrozavodsk

The black-hooded hacker and the secret recipes

Cape Horn sailors say trade winds were in their favour

More than just a football club