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Wednesday, 30.9.2009

Vanhanen goes on offensive against YLE over corruption allegations

Younger Finns most eager supporters of Finnish peace-keeping operation in Afghanistan

Melting polar ice could allow Finland to utilise its Arctic know-how

At kidnapping trial, Turunen admits taking hostage

Construction company Lemminkäinen handed massive fines for running illegal asphalt cartel

Tuesday, 29.9.2009

YLE claims: PM Vanhanen received building materials from construction company free of charge

Parliament receives huge bill for centennial wines

Helsinki seeks to shift care for long-term patients to Social Services Department

Eastern Lapland receives autumn’s first snowfall

Court blocks expulsion of Angolan asylum seeker

Roma couple pressured by other Roma to leave Kouvola home

Employee assaulted in Chinese restaurant in Helsinki

Monday, 28.9.2009

Vanhanen refuses to accept sole responsibility for election funding row

Accident investigator: “Sinking of Estonia will haunt people for a long time to come”

Passengers are to get refund for delays in public transport services

Moneta mint accused of overcharging for collectibles of questionable value

Forty years on for Temppeliaukio Church

Finland lobbies to get two-year stint on UN Security Council

Arctic Sea re-appears on list of arrivals at Algerian port

Finland given a workover in Transparency International corruption report

Friday, 25.9.2009

Election funding causes rumblings in government

Symbolic funeral procession commemorates closing of Pori Brewery

Police cracking down on speeding as of next month

Entire apartment block left without electric power and heating in Eastern Finland UPDATED 30.9.

City of Espoo considering major cost-cutting measures in education services next autumn

Recession causes financial distress among Helsinki taxi drivers

Lawyer: Arctic Sea crew had fun with hijackers

Cost of building repairs rising in spite of recession

Thursday, 24.9.2009

Election funding row sparks serious discussion of dissolution of Parliament

Centre Party offer of reimbursement of election donations not enough for Nova creditors

ETLA forecasts slow recovery in exports

Sleeping pills and antipsychotics given less to the elderly in institutional long-term care

Cargo vessels float adrift in the Baltic almost daily

Temperatures in various parts of Helsinki may vary by as much as 9°C

Nokia disappearing from Bochum map

Rulebook interpretation speeds up Hannu Manninen’s comeback to Nordic Combined by three months

Wednesday, 23.9.2009

RAY Chairman Vihriälä resigns in midst of election funding furore

Women’s employment figure reaches that of men

News Analysis: One year on from Kauhajoki

Man finds 50 truffles in leaf compost in Joensuu

Senior physician concerned over on-call duty arrangements at maternity wards in Helsinki and Uusimaa hospitals

Espoo building authorities to inspect Big Brother house

Mattila sings well, but Met audience rails against Tosca direction

Retailers prepare for cut in VAT on food

Tuesday, 22.9.2009

Vanhanen sees no problem with foundations making campaign donations

Rocket-propelled grenade fired at Finnish forces in Afghanistan

Minister of Migration says Finland could face pressures to accept more refugees

Finnish Patria constructs twin-seat Hornet fighter jet from fuselages of two old aircraft

Climate change could lead to darker winters in Helsinki

Summit planned in Helsinki to save Baltic Sea

Nobel economist Krugman warns that road to economic recovery will be long and slow

Six suspects still in frame over Finnish Ski Association doping case

Monday, 21.9.2009

Vanhanen got campaign contributions from nonprofit housing foundation

Pekkarinen and gold prospectors meet at Lemmenjoki

Finland squeeze past Cyprus in Davis Cup thriller

Swine flu vaccination programme to keep local authorities busy in coming months

Expert criticises law on internal family restraining orders as contradictory

Does swine flu compromise taxi drivers’ occupational safety?

Vantaa fears that congestion tolls could slow down airport traffic

New York is ready for Karita Mattila’s bold Tosca

Friday, 18.9.2009

Centre Party to pay back all Nova donations

Swine flu vaccinations to start in late October

Number of applications for old-age pension is expected to increase dramatically this year

Up to 100 couples could be getting hitched at Vantaa’s Church of St. Lawrence tonight

Helsinki and state leaders more amenable to congestion charges

Police to monitor Helsinki’s bus lanes next week

US interceptor missiles could also be launched from ships in the Baltic Sea

Thursday, 17.9.2009

Prosecutor in genocide case takes court on tour of Rwanda village

National Coalition Party and candidates to return donations from Nova Group

Finland’s employment measures are lagging behind other OECD countries

Halla-aho case to go to Court of Appeal

No speedy outcome expected in investigation into Patria and its former management

Price of hotel overnight in Helsinki comes down by a fifth

Commission steps back from EU Baltic Sea strategy

Seventy years ago today: Taisto Mäki breaks through 30-minute barrier

Another Vikström elected as new Bishop of Porvoo

Wednesday, 16.9.2009

Finnish genocide trial in Rwanda interrupted twice by technical difficulties

YLE buys rights to several HBO series in million-euro deal

Russian mother charged with abducting her son

Planned legislation to ban smoking in cars while children are inside

Survey: Printed media increases its popularity

Häkämies: USA not yet asking Finland for more forces in Afghanistan

Tuesday, 15.9.2009

More workers have died in construction-site accidents than a year ago

Finance Ministry expects slight economic improvement next year

Burning wood chips would bring timber truck rally to Helsinki

Jokela massacre: media restrictions at school violated freedom of speech

Man gets life sentence for murder committed nearly 22 years ago

Significant decline in Helsinki greenhouse emissions

Helsinki Help tourist guides assist more than 100,000 tourists

Consumer Agency to clamp down on “vague” environmental claims in car advertising

Monday, 14.9.2009

Ten Years After

Finnish police set up courtroom in Rwanda for genocide trial

DUI cases increase among under-30s

Sotkamo return to gold standard in Finnish-rules baseball

Sea salmon are relocated in upper reaches of northern Iijoki river past chain of power plants

Common fruit flies again pestering Finnish kitchens

Man shoots wife then himself with homemade gun in Mikkeli

Sweden starts testing vaccinations against swine flu

Construction industry urges expansion of building materials manufacture in Russia

EU placing restrictions on subsidised employment

Friday, 11.9.2009

First swine flu shots may be given in early October

Lowering of VAT on food will see two prices marked on food items during transition period

Quality of water in Helsinki’s indoor swimming pools is generally good

Branding and IT experts to start planning future of military service

Government wants to make job alternation leave a permanent fixture

Proposed cost-cutting measures would decrease supply of YLE programmes

House prices started to rise in the spring

Six-goal Germans take fifth successive European Championship title

SM-Liiga ice hockey games to be shown by cable networks after all

Thursday, 10.9.2009

Records of Nova Group bankruptcy estate show reckless spending

Major political row brewing over ownership of state-owned companies

Liechtenstein 1 Finland 1: Not with a bang...

Minister of Justice: Children not to live in prison cells without toilets much longer

Finnish balloonists stray to Algerian coast

Häkämies: Russia remains key security challenge for Finland

Rautaruukki Personnel Fund to sue asset manager Bank of Åland

Wednesday, 9.9.2009

Court finds City Council member guilty of insulting religion

Roma liaisons interfere in moves by other Roma

Finland remains 6th in recent WEF competitiveness study

OECD comparison report: Finns educate themselves longer and longer

Russian inspectors: Arctic Sea only carried timber cargo

Stubb on Afghanistan: “We are all on the same football team”

Nokia to reward recyclers of old handsets

This season’s Finnish premier ice hockey league games available to exceptionally small number of cable-TV subscribers

Tuesday, 8.9.2009

Taxation task force wants to cut back on tax deductions

Families of Kauhajoki victims claim large compensation in damages from government

Record number of students start autumn semester without a roof over their heads

Objects placed on train tracks cause hundreds of dangerous situations each year

Finland’s second-quarter GDP falls by 9.4 per cent from last year

Finnair seeks partners for aircraft maintenance

UPM wants forests for lease in Finland

The iceman cometh (back)

Monday, 7.9.2009

Ex SUPO-chief denies Dumell espionage investigation was ordered by President Koivisto

NBI: no knowledge of alleged weapons cargo on Arctic Sea

Defenders spare Finnish blushes against Azerbaijan

Present government’s tax reductions focusing on people with low incomes

Only minor changes in party support at re-runs of municipal elections

Swine flu outbreak at Espoo day care centre

Finnair to start outsourcing domestic flights this autumn

Friday, 4.9.2009

Audi representative quits over furore sparked by comments seen as misogynist

Defendant in Rwanda genocide case had trouble remembering days before massacre

Government speeds up ratification of convention on rights of indigenous peoples

Baltic Sea gas pipeline would pass near environmentally-sensitive areas in Russia

SDP wants to extend tax progression to dividends

Ahtisaari: Presidency should be mainly ceremonial

Court rejects appeal over negative residence permit of Egyptian grandmother

England end Finnish women's involvement in Euro 2009

Thursday, 3.9.2009

Russia postpones wood tariffs again

Defence in Rwanda genocide case: defendant understood events late

Survey shows half of drivers exceed speed limits on Finnish main roads

Man shoots his parents then himself in Northern Finland

Helsinki hospital reports that mushroom poisoning victims are recovering

Patria suspends manufacture of vehicles ordered by Slovenia

Nokia throws down gauntlet to competitors with introduction of new multimedia handsets

Wednesday, 2.9.2009

Putin meets Vanhanen, urges Finland to speed up pipeline process

Police suspect Alma Media executive of discriminating against Johanna Korhonen

Ollila: creating positive image of country requires self-esteem

Elderly woman dies of Amanita mushroom poisoning

Swine flu may cause decreased intensive care availability

Professor Pekka Himanen to write handbook on promoting art and culture

Simon Beresford-Wylie replaced by Indian Rajeev Suri as CEO of Nokia Siemens Networks

Two economic forecasts promise slightly improved conditions for end of year

Tuesday, 1.9.2009

Genocide trial opens: defence motion to disqualify judge denied

Finnish-born Marutei Tsurunen could become Deputy Minister in Japan’s new government

Licencing authority calls schedule for gas pipeline licence process “challenging”

HS Gallup: Two in three Finns say that party subsidies should be completely public

HS tests quality of marinated meat: irregularities found in six cases out of ten

Local authorities incurring major expenses from long-term unemployed

Sweden reports first swine flu death

State to support struggling airlines through discounting airport operator Finavia’s fees

Weekly Articles

Tuesday, 29.9.2009

Our brother in Guantánamo

HS panel members do not see any reason to call for new elections

Director spoils Karita Mattila’s Tosca party at Metropolitan Opera

Herlin built up Kone industrial empire at family’s expense

Bodom mania grips the United States

The "Anti-Devil Defence Bunker" wins the day against architectural critics

International swindlers now approaching Finns by normal snail-mail letters

Sami Hyypiä soon finds his feet in the German Bundesliga

Last bingo in Rovaniemi?

Tuesday, 22.9.2009

“Benevolent narcissist” Arto Merisalo planning a new business

Afghanistan: Road map of chaos

Finland acting like a colonial power

Border drawn by 200-year-old Treaty of Fredrikshamn is nonexistent in practice

Disabled immigrants in danger of marginalisation

Young Sicilians visit Salamajärvi National Park in search of ideas for theme tourism

White-tailed eagle does its bit to keep archipelago’s feral mink population in check

Vantaa’s Medi-Heli moves into spacious new premises

COMMENTARY: Innocents and innocence over spree-killing trial

NEWS ANALYSIS: To export electricity, you also need a buyer

A family with children is still an oddity in a Finnish restaurant

Tuesday, 15.9.2009

TEN YEARS AFTER

Finnish images spreading out into the world

Feasibility tests continue for planned inland wind power station

Terms of Shengen visas force Russians to make repeat shopping trips to Finland

Beasts of prey at Helsinki Zoo soon to be fed with the city’s infamous urban rabbits

Things may come and things may go, but the barnacle geese are apparently here to stay

“Finnish Taleban” arrested in Pakistan

Pablo Picasso and his wall of myths

Diagnosis of economic crisis requires years of research, says Professor Bengt Holmström

RAY threatens game-maker with court appearance

Tuesday, 8.9.2009

Piping down over Nord Stream

Matts Dumell: They made me a spy

Finnish men often ignore warning signs and avoid medical attention

Prime Minister secretly pleased with portrayal in novel

Viruses prefer winter

Busting culinary myths requires scientific testing

Military vessel presence increases in the Baltic

Finnish pastor and economist gets portrait on wall of Swedish Finance Minister

Audi Finland’s sales manager: Women are like cars

Tuesday, 1.9.2009

Stora Enso’s jackpot

COMING HOME: They don't talk, they don't kiss, and they don't say hello

SUPO - world’s best genealogists?

Tax on sweets takes experts by surprise

UBI displays field-tested in Oulu

Skolt Sámi celebrate 60th anniversary of resettlement in Sevettijärvi in Finnish Lapland