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Only one-third of those West Africans who had been selected to study in Finnish educational institutions last spring and in early autumn were granted a residence permit.

The EUR 60m contract, awarded to AE&E's Swiss subsidiary Von Roll Inova by Westenergy Oy, comprises the furnace and steam generator, as well as the ancillary systems for the entire plant.

HELSINKI, June 21-Expressing the hormone-addled anguish of youth is never easy, particularly in a glacial deep-freeze that essentially has just two seasons: winter, which lasts about 11 months and is as dark as the inside of a cow; and summer, which is a solid month of brilliant sunshine and lush green growth.

Nokia plans to align its research and development operations in Finland and Denmark to be in line with the company's focused portfolio of future products.

Mikko Paatero, Finland's national police commissioner, was quoted as saying by national daily Helsingin Sanomat on Thursday that the supreme police command would look into the Security Police's actions over a Finnish citizen deported from Sweden.

Sweden last year deported a Finnish citizen suspected of involvement in a terrorist organisation, Finnish national daily Helsingin Sanomat quoted Swedish justice ministry documents as saying on Wednesday.

South Africa has signed a R1,3-billion contract with a Finnish shipbuilder for a polar vessel to replace the 31-year-old SA Agulhas, the Department of Environmental Affairs said on Tuesday.

TOPICS: History KEYWORDS: milhist ; realtime ; worldwarii First session: September 1, 2009.

Finnair pilots went on strike a minute past midnight on Monday, grounding most of the Finnish flag carrier's fleet.

Here's how artists Suzi Davidoff and Rachelle Thiewes spent their summer vacation: They lived for two months in an artists co-op in Finland; stayed six days in St.

Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen will pay an official visit to Vietnam on November 15-17 at the invitation of PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

The 16-country eurozone has officially joined the United States and Japan out of recession, after figures showed its economy grew by 0.4 percent in the third quarter from the previous three-month period.

Main Category: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Article Date: 11 Nov 2009 - 20:00 PST In collaboration with Eira Hospital in Helsinki, Global Health Partner has started up obesity treatment operations and the first bariatric surgery procedure has now been performed.

Handset sales saw sharp drops earlier in the year as consumers around the world cut back on spending in the economic downturn Tarmo Virki HELSINKI, FINLAND: The fall in the handset market stopped in the third quarter, helped by clearing of inventories of unsold phones and booming sales on the so-called grey market in countries like China, research ...

An analysis conducted by the Finnish Breast Cancer Group and published in The Lancet Oncology shows women at intermediate to high-risk of early breast cancer recurrence who received capecitabine as part of their chemotherapy regimen had a 34% reduction in the risk of the disease returning or death, compared with those taking the chemotherapy ...

Finnair PLC said Wednesday it has appointed Mika Vehvilainen, the chief operating officer of Nokia Siemens Networks, as president and CEO to replace Jukka Hienonen, who announced his resignation in August in "crisis conditions." Vehvilainen will take up the position on Feb.

A radio listener in Heinola, Finland wrote to us to say that he actually picked up the signal of our KOMONews Radio broadcast halfway around the globe.

Nokia, the Finnish handset group, is replacing 14 million malfunctioning phone chargers after warning they could cause an electric shock.

Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen says that Finland does not have possibilities of getting the post of Foreign Minister of the European Union.

Finland's foreign policy leaders are in no great hurry to update their assessment of how changes in Afghanistan's international crisis management will be reflected in Finland's contribution to the international effort.