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Tuesday, 6 January 2009

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Finland country news

The Swedish division of global home furnishings giant IKEA reported pre-tax profits of 2.1 billion Swedish crowns (189.8 million Euro) for the 2008 fiscal year,... full story

Commission approves Finnish and Italian schemes

EU okays JV between Finland’s UPM and Maltese BRIST

Nokia takes charge and takes over Symbian

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

Political

Finnish ministers appeal to Stora Enso, UPM-Kymmene

Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and Economic Affairs Minister Mauri Pekkarinen have appealed to Stora Enso and UPMKymmene to help those affected by their capacity... full story

OSCE cooperation discussed

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Forces to be withdrawn from UNIFIL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

more political news...

Business

Finland extends Nord Stream’s permit

A consortium that plans to build an underwater Baltic Sea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany was on December 30 granted extended permission to investigate... full story

Finland isn’t finished yet, good and bad news for business

Finnair to cut jobs in its cargo units

Metso says it will lay off another 400 workers

More job cuts, Vapo letting 70 workers go

Air Finland to lay off up to 100 staff

YLE to merge Finnish, Swedish networks

Nokia lowers outlook for global mobile phone sales

Nokia Siemens will cut 750 jobs in Finland

Metso in the same boat, 1,100 workers laid off

Economic

Finnish nuclear reactor project further delayed

The construction schedule for Finland’s fifth nuclear reactor has run into a new delay, Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said. Work on the third... full story

Itella to outsource or close 38 post offices

YIT reports 13% pre-tax profit drop

Business federation seeks to limit jobless benefits

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

more business news...

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Bylines & Interviews

The Tragic Cost of Being Unscientific
By Peter Singer is Professor of bioethics at Princeton University.

Australia’s goal of cutting emissions by 15% in 2020
By Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change and Water, Australia

Normalisation amidst recession
By Sreeram Chaulia is a researcher on international affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in Syracuse, New York.

INTERVIEW with Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of Croatia
interview with Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of Croatia

INTERVIEW with Mariano Rajoy Leader of Partido Popular
interview with Mariano Rajoy Leader of Partido Popular

Firm action more important than noble goals
By Jorgo Chatzimarkakis is a Member of the European Parliament from Germany

The Sarkozy EU Presidency: an assessment
By Philippe Le Corre is a Partner at Publicis Consultants and a former Ministerial Adviser in the Chirac Government

Asia to the rescue? Prospects and trade-offs
By Shada Islam is a Senior Programme Executive at the European Policy Centre, www.epc.eu

Eight years on
interview with Vlodomyr Shandra

The triumphant return of John Maynard Keynes
By Joseph E. Stiglitz, professor of economics at Columbia University

EU seeks dialogue with uninformed citizens
By Jo Leinen is a Member of the European Parliament from Germany, the Socialist Group, and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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