Daily News

Week 48

Friday, 28.11.2003

Finland rejects proposal for automatic EU security guarantees

Children's mental health services to receive more funds in next year's budget

Former Prime Minister Esko Aho named President of SITRA fund

Alpo Rusi to enter race for European Parliament after spying charges dropped

Ministry: Helsinki should not favour children in municipal dental care

Arja Puikkonen receives Finlandia Junior Prize for children's books

Official warning: computer viruses could threaten electricity supply

Thursday, 27.11.2003

Finns take guarded view of Italian call for EU security guarantees

Doctor shortage at public health clinics gets worse

Politicians concerned over impact of cheaper alcopops

Lipponen says NATO membership need not raise defence spending

Lifestyles of teens in Finland and Estonia very similar

Subsidies to shipping companies to increase substantially next year

OECD: Finnish economic growth below expectations in 2003; outlook good for 2004

Wednesday, 26.11.2003

Time limit planned for university studies

One-day strike to hit paper industry on Wednesday next week

Committee proposes ban on buying sex services by civil servants during official travel

New procedure proposed for simple criminal cases

Police investigate numerous cases of suspected telecom snooping

Italian competitor wants to buy Hackman

Tuesday, 25.11.2003

New Nokia unit could go abroad

Mauno Koivisto turns 80; former President criticises transfer of Central Bank appointments to Parliament

Prime Minister surprised by difficulties facing Finnish Lapland

Helsinki spending EUR 7.1 million to improve suburbs

More than 40,000 tickets sold for third Lord of the Rings film

Finland not yet sending refugees back to Somalia

Monday, 24.11.2003

City of Helsinki has plenty of unused property; tight finances leave facilities idle

Officials differ on issue of drugging deportees

Quarter of taxes paid by Helsinki taxpayers go to other parts of Finland

EU plans joint deportation flights for illegal immigrants

Weak dollar eroding earnings of export sector

Pirate software to be weeded out with rewards to whistle-blowers

Palander opens slalom world cup title defence with victory in Park City

Week 47

Friday, 21.11.2003

Foreign Minister Tuomioja, Archbishop Paarma condemn Istanbul blasts

Test shows personnel often weakest link in data security

Protest in Helsinki against planned ban on masks during demonstrations

Finland may have deported up to 50 Jewish prisoners of war to Nazi Germany

Orion joins group of companies paying out extra dividends before tax changes

Security risk at Sampo Internet bank

Former skiing head coach to be charged with smuggling and fraud

Thursday, 20.11.2003

Finns want more than one candidate in next Presidential election

Veteran politician Kalevi Sorsa avoids touching Finlandization in his memoirs

Non-original mobile phone battery explodes violently

Trade union federations to join protest action against job cuts

Government orders investigation into extradition of POWs to Germany during Continuation War

Research institute: Flow of service-sector jobs abroad only beginning

Large Finnish construction projects underway around Tallinn landmark Viru Hotel

Wednesday, 19.11.2003

Over 50 municipalities to raise tax rate next year

Key white-collar union to join STTK 15-minute protest strike

Wiesenthal Centre wants more information on Finnish wartime deportations

Juhani Lönnroth to be named to top position by European Commission

Home-cooked dinner ends official visit of Russian Prime Minister

Amer Group giving up tobacco business; company to concentrate on sporting goods

Tuesday, 18.11.2003

Support from Russia for early ban on single-hulled ships

Helsingin Sanomat cleared in multi-million euro libel case

Suspected bribery at Directorate of Immigration

One in five absences from work caused by psychological problems

Head of Russian polling organisation warns of danger of dictatorship

Law expert praises government tax reform, lashes out at critics

Monday, 17.11.2003

Huge truck queues accumulating at Vaalimaa border crossing

Poll: Labour market organisations have right amount of power

Electric workers propose protest strike

Head of Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee on NATO: More positive than negative

Revival of interest in Finnish language in Estonia

Russia rejects possibility of visa-free cruises

Loophole found in anti-doping legislation

Week 46

Friday, 14.11.2003

Prime Minister vehemently defends corporate tax decisions

Finnish Rail Administration threatens to close hundreds of kilometres of track

President to lose right to appoint members of the Board of the Bank of Finland

Harbour tug capsizes and sinks: one crew member missing, presumed drowned

European Court raps Finland for taxing foreign lottery winnings

Food industry suffering from tight competition between retailers

Small industrial firms believe in export growth

Thursday, 13.11.2003

Government agrees on corporate tax reform

Air traffic control students involved in two close calls

Three Austrians arrested, suspected of planning fur farm raid

City of Helsinki to take part in construction of new nuclear power plant

Silja Opera collides again in St. Petersburg harbour

Around ten mobile phone batteries have exploded in Finland

Hayley Wickenheiser leaves Finnish hockey due to minimal ice time

Wednesday, 12.11.2003

MRSA bacteria continue to spread in Helsinki hospitals

Finland to set up national vaccination register

Defence Minister Kääriäinen denies joint military exercises planned with Russia

Improvements in status of Finnish language in Sweden delayed

St. Petersburg wastewater treatment plant scheduled for completion in summer 2005

Pirate versions of Nokia N-Gage games appear on Internet

Ministry of Finance upgrades Finland's growth forecast

Tuesday, 11.11.2003

Prime Minister Vanhanen in Paris: EU coming to agreement on defence

Paperworkers' Union considers one-day strike

New calls to resurrect Vuotos reservoir project in Lapland

Camera busts cleared bus lanes in Helsinki

Refurbishment of west wing of Helsinki railway station complete

Ministry proposes replacing stock options in state-owned companies with shares

Low-cost airline Flying Finn accuses Finnair of dumping on shared routes

Monday, 10.11.2003

US war on terror imposes security measures on Finnish harbours

Trade union chief proposes new type of cooperation to employers

Underground parking facilities for 3,000 cars to be built in central Helsinki

Study: Mother's herpes raises leukemia risk for children

EU membership expected to bring down tuition fees for Finnish students at Estonia's universities

Minister Pekkarinen hopes to remove stock options from state-held companies

Finland moves to clear lead in Euro Hockey Tour after three wins in Helsinki

Week 45

Friday, 7.11.2003

Oxygen-rich salty water flows to bottom of Baltic Sea

Supreme Administrative Court upholds decision not to register Wiccans as religion

Three out of four Finns would increase development aid funding

Computer breakdown shuts down traffic lights in Töölö region of Helsinki

Minister of Finance: Corporate taxes must be cut significantly

Industry cautiously optimistic about future

Minister Wideroos backs down in dispute over Bank of Finland's capital base

Thursday, 6.11.2003

PM Vanhanen hopes corporations will show restraint in dividend decisions

Change of direction in tackling economic crime

Restaurant employees seen as major risk group for cancer

Insurance companies withdrawing from real estate investing

Finnish ships expect to be allowed to conduct visa-free cruises to St. Petersburg again

Proposed EU directive to mandate equal insurance premiums for men and women

Anonymous tip lines introduced in Finland in wake of Enron scandal

Wednesday, 5.11.2003

Economic slump eases regional discrepancies

Defence staff proposal: Voluntary territorial army would protect local targets

Study argues trees and forests are important for city dwellers' mental wellbeing

Drug stash found in Helsinki graveyard

Academy of Finland: Standard of Finnish science remains high, but pace slower than before

Finland to extend monitoring of maritime violations beyond territorial waters

Generous stock options attract top talent to Nokia

Komatsu buys Kone's forest machinery arm for EUR 120 million

Tuesday, 4.11.2003

More stock-option millionaires leave Nokia management

Finnish congregations concerned about fate of missionary money

Prison terms for EUR 10 bank heist

Russia rehabilitates Finns accused of espionage in 1940s

TeliaSonera pre-emptively shuts down Swedish Internet accounts sending out junk mail

Agricultural consultant: Some Finnish farms more profitable than farmers themselves think

Elisa personnel boycott talks with management

Monday, 3.11.2003

U.S. economic growth not yet boosting Finnish economy

New passports next year to contain electronic photograph

Sexual and gender issues high on agenda of Lutheran Synod

President Halonen praises Brazilian anti-poverty programme

New arrangements alleviating congestion at Russian border

Two dozen new shopping centres planned for Helsinki region

HJK Helsinki win league and cup double with disputed golden goal penalty

Weekly Articles

Week 48

Battery charger plant moves from Lapland to China

Refugee women plan to kill three birds with one stone

The people want a genuine Presidential election

Strange nimble crabs may have walked to Finland along sea bottom

Police Officer of the Year tries to prevent sex crimes

Humans are unfit for human consumption

Second part of Kalevi Sorsa memoirs gives inside view from top of political power in 1970s

Week 47

The Olympic Stadium: Built for an Olympics that didn't happen

First Finnish-bred sturgeon sold out in minutes

Finnish Professor heads for a chair in Cambridge

Exploring the Estonian coastline on foot

Most Finnish MPs want to avoid pro-NATO label

Nordic walking making great strides in Europe

Wartime refugees made pawns in cruel diplomatic game

Week 46

Seven myths about Finland

Ismo Tuominen: Our Man at the Ministry of Booze

Finland's war children: new documentary about a bitter legacy

Cold comfort in Russian Karelian homes this winter

From Vietnam to The Hague

Going cheap this week: human rights in Russia

It takes practice to survive in EU Brussels

Finnish media gets fairly high marks for Iraq War coverage

Week 45

Conductor in the City of Angels

Anyone for Mars? Finnish-made Mars rover needs ticket to the red planet

I have my temple at home

The first landlady and the loyalty card

Paasikivi biography: final part describes tough political balancing act as postwar President

More than just eight deportations to Nazi Germany

Endangered Karelian heritage village documented in Russian-Finnish volume

Finns Pekka and Toivonen main characters of new Norwegian joke book

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