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Wednesday, 29.2.2012

Finnish opposition parties want Greece out of euro

Halonen to work with UN after presidency

Environmental organisation urges Finns to shun Baltic salmon

Government wants end to nuclear waste storage dispute

MP Teuvo Hakkarainen has embarrassing night out with biker gang

Difficult snow conditions continue to affect traffic and pedestrians alike in Helsinki

Police catch drunk driver on a joyride down a ski slope

Stiffening competition suits Nokia CEO Stephen Elop

Tuesday, 28.2.2012

Stratfor Wikileaks: Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs is cancelling credit cards

Majority of members of Helsinki City Council oppose Guggenheim

Helsingin Sanomat is to adopt tabloid-size format from next year

Timo Soini sharply critical of Finance Ministry’s decision to conceal collateral documents

Winter influenza epidemic is at its peak

Legal experts slam government plans for municipal reform

Police to examine claims that state-owned railway company kept illegal records of people

Surprising success for Kalevala comic

Nokia introduces five new handsets in Barcelona, including cheaper smartphones

Monday, 27.2.2012

Police not enthusiastic about lower legal limit for blood alcohol

President Halonen makes final official decisions of her term of office

Director General of National Board of Education would restrict free choice of schools

Hundreds march for tolerance in Oulu and Helsinki in reaction to Oulu pizzeria shooting

Sex crime allegations against two Latin American dance teachers spark online hate speech

YLE poll: Centre Party overtakes the Finns Party in popularity

Helsinki City Council groups undecided on stands on Guggenheim

Baana, Helsinki’s light traffic route from the West Harbour to Töölönlahti, is to be opened in June

Pernilla Karlsson is to represent Finland in Baku at 2012 Eurovision Song Contest

Widow’s pensions paid in Finland are very high compared with most other countries

Friday, 24.2.2012

Soini not apologising to Olli Rehn for Bobrikov remark

Environment Institute warns of dangers of dropping snow from roofs

Sanoma Group to divest its interest in teleoperator DNA

Finnish MEPs ask Stubb to take steps to stop costly shuttling between Brussels and Strasbourg

Thai woman initially suspected of human trafficking was apparently victim herself

First polar bear cub ventures outside at Ranua Wildlife Park

January saw ugly spike in road traffic accidents

Petrol prices hit record highs in Finland

European Commission: Eurozone economy will shrink slightly this year

SM-Liiga ice hockey league modernises its decision-making structures

Thursday, 23.2.2012

Finance Minister Urpilainen hopes Greece bailout will be enough

Teemu Tanner to be next presidential chief of staff

Parliamentary group leaders Backman and Vapaavuori regard results of HS municipal reforms poll as "encouraging"

Minister Räsänen defends her stand on licensing hours for restaurants and bars

Shock and outrage over suspected series of sex crimes at Tampere dance school

Study finds upper secondary school leaves pupils unprepared for later life

Criticism swells over actions of Minister of Health and Social Services Maria Guzenina-Richardson

Sakari Oramo is to become BBC Symphony Orchestra’s next chief conductor UPDATED

Holocaust exhibition to be staged in Helsinki

Milk producers argue about price of milk and Valio’s market leader position

Wednesday, 22.2.2012

Poll: most Finns oppose proposal to reduce number of local authorities to 70

Snow removal equipment straining to cope with massive snowfall in Helsinki region

Paavo Väyrynen can get compensation for his municipal trips

Police to investigate comments made on Facebook by Finns Party councillor

Tens of thousands of Finns demand Interior Minister Räsänen’s resignation on online petition website

Juhana Vartiainen to be appointed as Director General of the Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT)

Recent snowfalls have increased risk of avalanches

Finland has deployed special forces unit in Afghanistan

Pregnant princess’s baby bump takes centre stage on last foreign visit of Halonen presidency

Stora Enso pays higher remunerations to its executives than instructed by state owner

Tuesday, 21.2.2012

National Police Commissioner and alcohol inspector would shorten Finland’s licensing hours

Somalis no longer eager to apply for family reunifications

Watch out for icicles as the weather warms up

Finland wants changes to proposed EU directive promoting immigration by corporate elites

Ministry planning coerced treatment for substance-abusing pregnant women

2,300 Spanish nurses seek employment in Finland

Lorin Maazel brings Vienna Philharmonic to Helsinki this week

Figure skater Laura Lepistö regrets the distress her trip to North Korea may have caused

Monday, 20.2.2012

Transport Minister wants breathalyser ignition locks on all new cars

Katainen proposes carrot and stick approach to labour supply

Local pizzeria became murder scene in Oulu; gunman died of self-inflicted wounds on Sunday

Aurora borealis light up skies in Lapland

Helsinki is drowning in snow - Sunday pushed the capital deeper into the white mire

Finnish ex-European Champion takes part in North Korean figure skating event

No Finns among those injured in chlorine explosion at popular Thai holiday resort

Turisas grabs four prizes at Finnish Metal Awards

Dividend payout of Finland’s listed companies to shrink this year owing to Nokia’s reduced generosity

Friday, 17.2.2012

Middle East dominates meeting between Erkki Tuomioja and Hilary Clinton in Washington

UPDATE: Hautala now convinced nothing improper in Finnair CEO apartment deal

Municipal tax rates hit hardest in Lapland

Transparency Finland: ”Old boy networks” are problematic

Schoolgirl dies in ski accident on the eve of skiing holiday season

Air traffic between Helsinki and Tokyo enjoying growth

Moody’s puts three Finnish banks under observation

Talvivaara mining company reaches only half of its nickel production target in 2011

Teemu Selänne is now in shared 12th place in NHL all-time scoring list

Thursday, 16.2.2012

Sluggish exports put Finnish current account into deficit

Russia to store miscellaneous waste in nuclear waste repository at Sosnovy Bor plant near St. Petersburg

Cost of medicines to go up for almost everyone

Anneli Auer charged with crimes of violence and sex offences

Eurobarometer: level of political corruption in Finland is lower than before

Wrangling over second bailout package to Greece continues

Gartner: Nokia remains world's largest mobile phone manufacturer by volume

Wednesday, 15.2.2012

Minister defends proposed municipal reform in North Karelia

Minister of Defence denies threatening Finns Party MPs

Electric utility Helsingin Energia wants to reduce annual revenue paid to City of Helsinki by EUR 150 million

Several designer drugs to be classified as illegal

VR hopes to attract more passengers by offering train ticket discounts

Pohjola Insurance to set up orthopaedic outpatient hospital in Helsinki

Nearly a fifth of Estonian children live in poverty

European Commission warns Finland of economic situation

Rovio launches Facebook version of Angry Birds in bid to attract one billion users

Tuesday, 14.2.2012

Poll: Finns Party support plummets, National Coalition Party most popular

Hautala: Finnair remains important, but means to reach goals are new

Urpilainen: no rise in minimum retirement age in this electoral term

Väyrynen: Government’s proposed municipal reform would cripple rural areas

Finnair phasing out traditional check-in for economy class passengers

Finnair CEO sells his flat to pension insurance company - and continues to live in it

Waste management company executives face prison terms for fraud and environmental violations

Nuclear accident “narrowly avoided” in fire on Russian submarine in December

Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) to celebrated across Finland throughout the year

Monday, 13.2.2012

UN takes issue with Finnish expulsions of torture victims

Sunken cognac-laden vessel found north of Åland

Kaisa Mäkäräinen scores second biathlon win on home snow

Police case against Anneli Auer and former boyfriend sent to prosecutors for consideration

Finnish police are to combine their registers

Nearly 300 take part in “Stop ACTA” protest in Helsinki

Members of Helsinki municipal boards to get cautious assessments of Guggenheim from city officials

Rents are no longer reasonable in Helsinki

Labour leaders accuse Nokia of shirking responsibility for terminated employees

Tuomioja disagrees with Hautala on Finnair ownership rules

Angry Birds receive awards in New York

Latvala overcomes late puncture to win in Sweden

Friday, 10.2.2012

Military spending cuts: Defence Forces to save nearly EUR 20 million by relinquishing real estate holdings

Joint French-Finnish operation results in 24 arrests in human smuggling case

Finnish government mulling over loosening its ties with Finnair

Three Bulgarians suspected of copying thousands of debit and credit cards in west and north of Finland

Recount brings Helsinki presidential election result even closer

Presidential meeting causes congestion in Helsinki traffic

Jukka Savolainen to head Finnish Design Museum

Saariaho’s opera reaps success in Canada

NEWS ANALYSIS: Pension age controversy heats up again in Nordic region

UPM was the largest Finnish forest company in Q4/2011

Finland 0 Russia 2: A lot colder, but much more cordial than the football match in 2009

Thursday, 9.2.2012

Municipal reforms: Helsinki would swallow four neighbours

Initiative for same-sex marriage gets signatures of 76 MPs

Military cuts have greatest impact on civilian employees

A PISA study for university students is called AHELO

Supreme Administrative Court: Supo does not have to release Stasi documents to media

Helsinki organises warm accommodation for homeless

Russian online publication says Niinistö could cause problems for Russia

Elimination of 60% of jobs at Nokia factory has severe implications for Salo economy

Stora Enso annual result: Finland is only a nuisance

Mergers to continue in Finnish insurance sector

Less than a fifth of Ice Hockey World Championship games to be shown on free-to-air television channels

Wednesday, 8.2.2012

President Halonen presides over her last opening of Parliament

Up to 1,000 jobs to go from Nokia factory in Salo

Paavo Väyrynen announces bid for Centre Party leadership

Significant cutbacks planned for Defence Forces

Working group wants to reduce municipalities from 336 to about 70

OECD: 30-50 municipalities appropriate for Finland

Björk and Madonna to play Helsinki on the same day this summer

Aki Kaurismäki to shoot short film in Portugal

Surge in traffic to Estonia brings congestion

Major Olympic Stadium renovation "unavoidable”

Tuesday, 7.2.2012

President-elect visits future home at Mäntyniemi

Pekka Haavisto returns to Parliament

Opinion polls almost score a bullseye

Niinistö’s votes slightly more expensive than those of Haavisto

COMMENTARY: What to do with an election victory?

Helsinki Mayor not surprised at announced closure of Berlin Guggenheim Museum

Human rights to be guiding light of Finnish development cooperation policy

Weaker euro benefits Finnish exports, as big trade deficit is announced for 2011

Markku Lehtola to become acting President of Finnish FA as Sauli Niinistö steps down

Monday, 6.2.2012

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Sauli Niinistö, 63, is Finland's 12th President, after defeating Pekka Haavisto by a wide margin of 62.6% to 37.4%

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Sauli Niinistö's dominance was unprecedented

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Spoiled ballots at a record level

Jorma Ollila to head working group on road use fees

Finland has no collateral agreement with Greece yet

Flybe is taking over more and more domestic flight routes in Finland

Retired Finnish nuclear safety boss hired by Russian nuclear energy company

In deep-freeze conditions, HIFK beat Jokerit in this year’s “Winter Classic”

Friday, 3.2.2012

Pekka Haavisto triples presidential election budget

More than 40 injured in multiple accidents and massive delays to Helsinki public transport as snow and ice compound the chilly conditions UPDATED SATURDAY

Cash-strapped police putting lower priority on petty criminals

Sarvamaa, not Penttilä to replace Ville Itälä in European Parliament

Demand for personal bodyguards is growing in Finland

Tuula Haatainen leaves Helsinki to become next deputy CEO of the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities

Finnish soldiers again under fire in Afghanistan

Kone Foundation grants EUR 6 million for language programme

Kesko Corporation considers setting up logistics centre in Estonia

The cold weather limit for Saturday’s “Winter Classic” open-air ice hockey match has been set at -20°C

Fans pleased with news of ownership change at Espoo Blues ice hockey team

Thursday, 2.2.2012

Support for conscription waning

Two suspected of plotting kidnap of millionaire’s son

Sales of Nokia Lumia commence in Finland

Government to publish municipal reform maps next week

Newspaper readership shows up in Finnish teens’ PISA results

Prosecution calls for six-year sentence in Nova case

Finns Party’s march into trade unions is postponed

No serious cases of malpractice by bogus doctor Laiho found in Lahti

Ministry of Culture trashes its own Guggenheim assessment

Ministry: Finland needs 150,000 new workers by 2020

Without paper production, UPM would be a decent company

Wednesday, 1.2.2012

A third of voters steadfastly opposed to Haavisto; fewer reject Niinistö out of hand

Finland’s wind power capacity to be increased by 50 per cent this year

Nokia Siemens Networks cutting 1,200 jobs in Finland

Court of Appeals increases sentence of Laestadian convicted of child abuse

Finland taking part in controversial border operation in Greece

Starbucks coming to Finland in April

Finland issues EUR 3 billion bond

Aki Riihilahti hangs up his boots

RoPS match-fixing scandal case continues in Court of Appeal

Weekly Articles

Tuesday, 28.2.2012

EDITORIAL: Halonen, President with a social conscience

Victims of workplace bullying often left alone

Transport Minister says Ministry of Justice protects drink drivers

Counting down the hours: people are queuing to change markkas for euros

Workshop of volunteers is building a website to facilitate the launching of citizens’ initiatives

Abandoned: Eliel Saarinen’s meticulously detailed Munkkiniemi-Haaga plan became a dead duck

Every winter, truckloads of garbage tipped into the sea - and quite legally

Race intensifies for Security Council seat

COMMENTARY: By Appointment - the Royal Carrycot

Finnish design is "big in Japan" and promises to get bigger

Tuesday, 21.2.2012

Finland’s proud neighbours

NOTES & QUERIES: Will the Social Democrats hold their nerve?

NEWS ANALYSIS - Violence professionals also endanger "civilians"

Rejected: a jewel in Helsinki's crown that never materialised

Not Welcome Here - Kamppi Center is trying to chase away youngsters loitering in its premises

Keeping tabs on Helsinki from the keyboard

NEWS ANALYSIS: Major merger project to be launched in Greater Helsinki area

St. Petersburg – a familiar city for Finns

Latvia rejects making Russian the second official language of the country

Timo Wright’s computer installation mocks people’s urge to categorise others

Finland’s competitiveness has declined sharply

Tuesday, 14.2.2012

The presidential perks and duties - what comes with the job

NEWS ANALYSIS: A president chooses his prompters

What's the attraction of Paavo Väyrynen to the good folk of Posio?

Was Wednesday "a good day to bury bad news"?

Cashing in by housing itinerant Roma

Tread lightly out there! The thickness of sea ice is below average for the time of year

Nazi humour from Finland at Berlin Film Festival

Björn Wahlroos – a portrait of a capitalist

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport needs efficient European connections

Sound work and steady progress: Sami Hyypiä’s coaching career is coming along nicely

IT man falls for Argentine tango

Tuesday, 7.2.2012

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Sauli Niinistö – a lone star

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - EDITORIAL: Niinistö received a very strong mandate from the people

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: EU and euro scepticism is alive and well in Finland

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - COMMENTARY: “A president of all the people”

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - COMMENTARY: What to do with an election victory?

An undersea passage across the Gulf of Finland?

Designing a bicycle city

Insurance aftermath of Friday’s pile-up may take months to sort out

4th Restaurant Day goes international

Sajos becomes hub for Sámi culture and administration

The men of ABBA put final touches to Helsinki musical premiere

No agreement near over Russian phosphorus emissions

Jukka Viljanen makes extreme sports history by completing first-ever solo run across Sahara Desert