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Finland country news

In a move analysts depicted as well-timed and particularly shrewd, mobile phone giant Nokia announced it plans to acquire 100 percent ownership of the British... full story

Finnish-Estonian nuclear power station

Fortum and Hafslund Infratek will combine some operations

Stora Enso to sell Helsinki HQ building to Deka

Neste to build 80 mln Euro isomerisation unit

Azeri-Finnish Presidents talk in Helsinki

TietoEnator’s top owners reject a bid from Cidron

Estonia mulls buying 122 mm artillery howitzers

Neste Oil wants to bring in the bio-fuels for diesel

Asian business is up, but Finnair’s profits fall

Political

OSCE cooperation discussed

Visiting OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, recently held negotiations with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on June 2. Stubb also had meetings with... full story

HES construction starting up soon

Austrian Chancellor coming to talk on range of issues

Finland joins consortium buying transport planes

Government appoints forum to curb retirement woes

Iran must obtain nukes

Finland may join NATO response force this year

Forces to be withdrawn from UNIFIL

Calls for greater engagement in CDMs with India

Greenpeace members protest at nuclear reactor

more political news...

Business

Fortum strengthens its hands in German market

Finland’s Fortum Service has signed a longterm operation and maintenance contract with German Trianel Power Kohlekraftwerk Lunen GmbH & Co KG. The agreement covers the... full story

Metso to acquire GE’s Lachine Main Plant

Not good chemistry for Kemira, 1,000 jobs will go

Stora Enso may cut capacity to cut costs

Nokia knows the market, launches new e-mail phones

Global slowdown and lower demand hit Finnair

Areva workers walk out in Finland once again

Tanla board approves acquisition of Openbit

Fingrid plans new reserve power stations

TeliaSonera signs a big iPhone deal with Apple

Economic

Business federation seeks to limit jobless benefits

The Director General of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK), Leif Fagernas, said that shortening the period when earnings-linked unemployment benefits are paid would help... full story

Gyrating railway cost estimate jumps to over 590 mln

Nord Stream spots mines in Gulf of Finland

Ramirent’s Q4 pretax up at 44 mln Euro

SRV posts 5 mln Euro loss in final quarter

Finland to sell OMX slice to Borse Dubai

UPM-Kymmene Q4 pretax slumps to 92 mln Euro

Kone profits jump by 150 mln Euro at 2007’s end

Kemira not doing well, profits fall short

Stora Enso to press charges for Kemijarvi takeover day

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Bylines & Interviews

Blatant Benevolence
By Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University

IS THIS REALLY RIGHT?
By Clare Payne manages the Integrity Office of an Australian Investment Bank

Migrants should not be seen as criminals
By Paulo Casaca is as Member of the European Parliament from Portugal

Towards a European Public Sphere
By Georgios Papastatmkos is a Member of the European Parliament from Greece

Saving Resources to Save Growth
By Jeffrey Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

Europe’s Calamity
By Joschka Fischer, Germany’s Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor from 1998 to 2005

From Lisbon to Dublin and back again
By MEP Costas Botopoulos is a Member of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament for Greece

Kashagan development postponed until 2013
interview with Timur Kulibaev, KazEnergy Association head

Scarcity in an Age of Plenty
By Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor at Columbia University

European vision of Serbia
interview with Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, Bozidar Djelic

Green Economy, Green Jobs
interview with Nikolaus G. van der Pas. Director General

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