Daily News

Week 44

Thursday, 31.10.2002

Myyrmanni shopping mall re-opens; no shortage of customers and plain sightseers

Libel charges to be brought against Finnish news magazine for rape claims

Number of malpractice cases varies widely between hospitals

Helsinki City Council lambasts Finnish government in city budget discussions

Former Danish PM asked Nordic colleagues for help in dispute with Russia

Israel annoyed with Finland over export ban

Minister Itälä criticises Swedish refugee policy

Wednesday, 30.10.2002

Prime Ministers of Nordic EU states critical of draft for EU constitution

One out of five Finns scared of flying abroad

Bridge repairs, Kamppi Center construction cause delays in Helsinki Metro schedules

Aki Kaurismäki receives first-ever Nordic Council Film Prize

OECD study: Finnish school system efficient

Finland Post to begin delivering mail early in the morning

Eleven Finnish companies to participate in fair in Iraq

Tuesday, 29.10.2002

Mention of common defence in draft EU constitution draws reactions from Finns

Dispute brewing over home visits of EU farming inspectors

Police make arrests in large smuggling case

Advertising planned for Helsinki trams and taxis; debate over revenue and aesthetics

Swedish Social Democrats anticipate a referendum next year on joining EMU

No layoffs in store at Ericsson Finland; subsidiary to receive added responsibility

Price of electricity may rise by one fifth by end of next year

Monday, 28.10.2002

Criminal law expert warns against tightening sentences

Prime Minister attempts to calm down heated incomes agreement debate

CD copying for private use: law permits, protection technologies prevent

Nordic Royalty to visit Helsinki on Tuesday

EU enlargement means Finnish farmers face cuts in subsidies

Finland, Russia, and Estonia work together to fight drugs trade

Sawmills have key role in maintaining employment in rural areas

Week 43

Friday, 25.10.2002

Finnish pensions come out on top in OECD comparison

Court lifts temporary ban on reporting on private life of celebrity model

Blacks and Arabs most frequent victims of racist violence

Ministry for Foreign Affairs urges travellers to stay alert throughout South-East Asia

UNDP administrator says helping the poor gives long-term insurance against terrorism

Doctoral thesis: Own employees pose greater risk than hackers

Norwegian book claims Kaisa Varis also had abnormal blood count in Lahti

Thursday, 24.10.2002

Split court acquits Maritime Administration executives of bribery charges

Prime Minister responds to Vanhala - says monetary policy has led to more job losses than incomes policy

Flares fired at Air Force Hawk trainers

Correction of clerical error deprives Helsinki of millions in state tax rebates

Seven injured in tram collision in Helsinki; accident disrupted rush hour traffic

Lipponen: Prodi's statements weaken credibility of EU

Police to investigate use of telephone records at Sonera

Wednesday, 23.10.2002

Finance Minister Niinistö calls Prodi's EMU statements stupid

Opposition Centre Party takes lead in latest opinion poll - overtakes Social Democrats

Bank of Finland Governor criticises collective bargaining system

Customs confiscates Viagra ordered over the internet

Erkki Tuomioja: agreement near on Kaliningrad dispute

Nordea life insurance companies fleeing from stock market

Stora Enso CEO Härmälä sees positive signals in paper market

Tuesday, 22.10.2002

Battle between Nokia and Microsoft heating up

Finns increasingly critical towards EU enlargement

Minister Biaudet wants to make purchase of sex services illegal

Winter comes to southern ski resorts

Lipponen meets Blair - no disagreement over Iraq

Corruption discussed during visit to Finland of Nicaraguan President

Gustav Hägglund: NATO's rapid deployment force would benefit the EU

Monday, 21.10.2002

Brain drain not a problem in Helsinki region

Health care funds insufficient to buy improved, expensive treatments for all patients

More Finns staying at work past retirement age

Wholesalers ask police to investigate legality of internet sales of beer and wine

Children's music ensemble to receive state grant normally allocated to symphony and chamber orchestras

Pori Jazz Festival suffers loss - fewer performers at next year's event

Finnish football championship goes to Helsinki's HJK

Week 42

Friday, 18.10.2002

Study reveals employment prospects of immigrants in Finland affected by nationality

Police requested to investigate deaths of fur animals

Police clear 17-year-old of involvement in Myyrmäki bombing

Artists demonstrate for more money from Parliament

Controversial sculptress Miina Äkkijyrkkä finally gets recognition

Danish Prime Minister visits Finland; Denmark strongly in favour of EU enlargement

Communications Regulatory Authority not satisfied with Sonera report on telephone records

Evli Bank acquires leading Baltic investment bank

Thursday, 17.10.2002

Parliament to ponder supervision of internet

Israeli connection of planned missile purchase leads to dispute within Government

Dry summer leads to water shortages

Surge in drug overdoses in Helsinki this week; deadly heroin substitute found on black market again

Telecom companies utilise telephone records in differing ways

Nokia earnings improve in third quarter; net sales expected to grow in 4Q

EURO 2004: Yugoslavia 2 Finland 0

Wednesday, 16.10.2002

Police hold 17-year-old message board enthusiast in Myyrmäki bombing case

Electronic identification can be added to mobile phones next spring

Interesting work, calm pace, and security attract foreign experts to Finland

Middle-aged down-and-out men most typical perpetrators - and victims - of homicides in Finland

Finland faces new wave of Slovakian asylum-seekers

BREAKING NEWS: YLE radio personnel stage strike to protest job cuts

Helsinki living allowance funds for 2002 running out

Nokia and other technology shares rise sharply on Tuesday

WEDNESDAY Yugoslavia 2 Finland 0: Nobody said life was fair, but...

Tuesday, 15.10.2002

Police detain youth in connection with shopping mall bombing - flags fly at half staff all over Finland

Uosukainen accuses National Coalition party leaders of betrayal during Presidential campaign

Customs: Full enforcement of new piracy import ban close to impossible

Finland would allow GM content of one percent in food

Elk collisions on the increase: police in Western Finland to show zero tolerance to speeding

Police remand man and woman in deadly car bombing case

Mail-order companies face difficult times; Hobby Hall announces job cuts

Monday, 14.10.2002

Shopping mall bomber described as a loner

Serious hospital infections continue to spread in Finland; situation better than in many other European countries

Helsingin Sanomat survey: politicians' power increased at cost of labour organisations

Lipponen would increase funding of Russian traffic projects

Communications Regulatory Authority asks Sonera to explain HS claims

Finland's footballers head for Belgrade

Kimi Räikkönen ends Formula One season with podium finish

Week 41

Friday, 11.10.2002

SATURDAY updated 12.00 and 16.30: Bomb confirmed as cause for shopping mall blast; death toll rises to seven in "act of terror"; suspect among victims

Incomes talks to start after employers agree to seek centralised agreement

Sixteen applicants interested in Bank of Finland Board seat

Cash-strapped Vantaa borrowing money, raising property taxes

New copyright legislation to ban all imports of pirate copies

Sonera security unit studies phone records to find corporate information leaks

Finnish experts not impressed by Sweden's planned EMU exchange rate

300 to lose jobs at Sanmina-SCI factory in Central Finland

SATURDAY - Finland 3 Azerbaijan 0: Three points, but not many marks for style

Thursday, 10.10.2002

Botulinum confirmed as cause of poisoning deaths of more than 50,000 fur animals

Two key trade union confederations demand an addition of 3.7 percent to wages

Helsinki City Council overwhelmingly approves construction of Vuosaari harbour

Jaakko Frösén gets EUR 20,000 prize for studies of ancient world

Portuguese President visits Finland; calls for relaxation of EMU budget requirement

Internet company set to compete with Alko on sales of wines and beer

Sampo Bank mutual fund arm grabs market leadership from Nordea

Wednesday, 9.10.2002

Purchasing power of Finns among weakest in EU

Chancellor of Justice: Government did not break law in Sonera UMTS process

Finnish railways cut back on plans for high-speed train service

Kamppi construction major hindrance to bus traffic in central Helsinki

Trucks containing dangerous chemicals halted at Swedish seaport

Costs of Sonera-Telia merger criticised in Sweden

Downhill skiing season opens at Ruka; Finnish ski-resorts optimistic after good spring conditions

Tuesday, 8.10.2002

Trade union confederation calls for wages hikes of 3.8 percent next year

New law to reward - not punish - those who surrender illegal weapons

Fur animals in Ostrobothnia killed by powerful toxin in feed

Espoo budget leaves municipal tax rate untouched for 2003

Kamppi construction site permitted to blast until 23.00

Russian newspaper says Putin used new tactics on Halonen on Kaliningrad issue

Retail giant to begin mailing coupons to loyal customers

Monday, 7.10.2002

Putin to Halonen: Kaliningrad must not turn into new Cold War Berlin

Tainted animal feed likely cause of death of 20,000 fur animals

Court bans magazines from publishing details of private life of celebrity model

Heavy snowfall took Southern Finland by surprise; nearly 20,000 households without electricity

Saraste chosen as Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Man speaking of hand grenade removed from Finnair flight

Marcus Grönholm secures World Rally Championship in New Zealand

Half of Lahti skiing medallists had abnormal blood counts

Week 40

Friday, 4.10.2002

New rules to give teachers more rights to discipline pupils

Jukka Rusi reportedly gave documents to KGB as well

State agrees on 4.2 million euros for stadium repairs for IAAF World Championships

EU drugs agency reports illegal drug use fairly rare in Finland

Stock market experts puzzled by Sonera bonuses

Research institute: Unemployment likely to rise over winter

Funds reserved for neighbouring region cooperation suffice only for basic export projects

Thursday, 3.10.2002

Security police complain of interference in Stasi espionage case

Public health clinics burdened with need to write medical certificates

Helsinki prepares to join nationwide emergency response centre network

This year's Ars Fennica prize goes to Heli Rekula

Aatos Erkko tells youngsters good education starting point for employment

New EU Commission proposal would allow Finnish companies to keep two stock series

Sonera executives to receive hefty bonuses if Telia merger succeeds

Wednesday, 2.10.2002

Dozens of municipalities to raise taxes next year

Lipponen launches personal parliamentary election campaign

Foreign programmes account for quarter of television output in Finland

Some 41 million euros missing from cultural budget due to weak lottery revenues

Human smuggling ring led from Tallinn; seven suspects indicted in Estonia

Polar regions attract atmospheric mercury, scientists learn

Sonera institutional shareholders disappointed with Telia exchange offer

Tuesday, 1.10.2002

Helsinki to tighten municipal taxes considerably

Delay in planned incomes talks - employers not ready yet

Nail clippers allowed in carry-on bags once again

Kaurismäki boycotts New York Film Festival

Soile Isokoski CD goes one better - picks up Gramophone Editor's Choice Award for 2002

George Bush Sr. in Finland - meets former President Koivisto three times

Helsinki joins plummeting trend of European stock exchanges

Weekly Articles

Week 44

From Helsinki to Rhode Island, by way of the movies: the story of Soviet submarine K-77

Stability of the economy under threat

The Commission's new clothes

Total ban on smoking takes Seinäjoki hospital employees by surprise

Hundreds of companies test employees for drug use

Organised prostitution leagues amicably divide Finland into zones

Serendipity Part II: Nick Harper (guitar, vocal) at Semifinal

Week 43

Myyrmanni: Net detectives found the bomber by themselves

Nations and governments

Two Soviet WWII pilots exhumed from resting place of 60 years

Youth books: are there any taboos left?

Swedish, German, and Russian capital meets in Latvia

Who will stay, who will go?

Week 42

Elimination round to begin among shipbuilding companies

The power of official optimism

Et in Arcadia...

Baltic ringed seal population estimated at only 100 in south-west archipelago

Double shift in London for Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Finnish historian says Stalin agreed to end Winter War based on inaccurate intelligence

Iraqi officials give foreign journalists tour of alleged weapons' factory

Week 41

Where the Inner Ring Road meets the Vantaa River

Will the UN bend to the will of Washington?

Teaching kids about proper condom use

Second part of published diaries reveal details of President Kekkonen's private life

Finnish pilot flew illegal weapons in Western Africa

The amorous (and widely-aired) adventures of Ms Blab and Mr Whited-Sepulchre

Victims of prevailing circumstances never admit their own mistakes

Finnish retail chains dividing up Baltic markets

Week 40

Much remains to be studied at Qumran on Dead Sea

Tiptoeing toward NATO

Inequalities found in Finnish public health care: poor fall ill more frequently - rich have better access to surgery

Court decision on rape case sparks furious public debate

Elk-hunting season launched; record number of hunting permits granted

Journal entries indicate President Kekkonen considered resignation during Czech crisis of 1968

New Nordea head in Helsinki for the two hundredth time

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