Finland News Archives

Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas departs a shipyard Friday in Finland. The largest passenger vessel ever built - with 2,700 cabins and 2,100 crew members - it is nearly 40 percent larger than the industry's next-biggest ship.

Interior view of the world's biggest cruise vessel, Oasis of the Seas, built by STX Europe's shipyard in Turku, Finland.

European Union leaders were facing tough talks Thursday about how much aid to offer developing nations to bring them into a new global climate change pact.

Kymmene Corp., the world's largest magazine paper maker, on Thursday reported a third-quarter net profit of euro40 million , mostly thanks to one-time gains and despite a drop in sales.

Is it OK for people to show their emotions when defending their homes and residential areas? a oeOf course they cana say residents of the eastern communities of Kontiolahti and Eno in the east of Finland, who have come out against proposals for mining uranium in the area.

A kindergarten in Turku, southwest Finland has been closed as half of its children have fallen ill with A/H1N1 flu symptoms, Finnish media reported on Tuesday.

To this end, Ruukki Metals is to initiate employer-employee negotiations regarding workforce reductions and temporary layoffs.

The Russia-Finland Forest Summit held in St. Petersburg on Sunday, at which Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen met his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin , produced a mixed bag of results.

Via YLE: Wave of New Swine Flu Cases in Lapland . Excerpt: Some 30 new cases of the H1N1 virus have been confirmed in Lapland during the past week.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia will further delay the introduction of a higher export duty on raw timber that has deeoply worried neighboring Finland.

Damascus, Oct 22 Finnish President Tarja Halonen began an official three-day visit to Syria, with talks with her peer Al-Assad on the European Union''s role in Middle East peace negotiations.

'We must review the association agreement with Europe,' Assad told a news conference after talks with visiting Finnish President Tarja Halonen.

The new facility is located in three buildings - 4, 6 and 8 - on Bolshaya Konyushennaya Ulitsa, a street long associated with Finland and Scandinavia.

A very special Halloween Theremin Concert is happening in Oulu, Finland with Lydia Kavina and the Oulu Symphony Orchestra featuring Howard Shore's Ed Wood Suite, the Rosza Spellbound Concerto and the famous Fuleihan Theremin Concerto.

Brigadier General Veli-Pekka Parkatti, the chief of operations of the Finnish army, told the Finnish News Agency on Tuesday that the Defence Forces would withdraw the extra troops deployed to secure Afghanistan's presidential election at the end of the month, before a runoff scheduled for 7 November.

According to the Finnish Border Guard, movements on the eastern frontier have this year been exceptionally persistent.

Ahlstrom's President & CEO Jan Lang will present the third quarter results in Finnish at a press conference in Helsinki on October 27, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. Finnish time.

A Finland Mangyongdae committee was inaugurated in Helsinki with due ceremony on October 10 to commemorate the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung.

A government report on climate issues aims at cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.

THE BAY AREA is about to experience some bracing energy from the north when Finnish-born Osmo Vanska assumes the podium to pilot the San Francisco Symphony through two weeks of concerts from Oct.

Therea TMs been plenty of talk in Australia and around the world over the argument for Internet as an essential service with a regulated minimum standard of service.

The government of Finland has passed a law that will guarantee all citizens be legally entitled to a minimum broadband connection speed of one megabit per second, according to media reports Thursday.

The Finnish Defence Forces said in a statement Friday that the Jager Brigade in Sodankyla in northern Finland had confined two companies to base after four conscripts had been diagnosed with swine influenza on returning from leave.

Five weeks after his ordination as Bishop of Helsinki, Bishop Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo, SCI, has warned the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland that ecumenical relations will suffer if Finnish Lutherans follow the example of Swedish Lutherans and bless homosexual marriages.

A court in Finland has given an 18-month suspended sentence to a Russian mother accused of kidnapping her own son, who has both Russian and Finnish citizenship, the woman's Finnish lawyer said on Tuesday.

According to a report by the news service of the Finnish Broadcasting Company , the STX Europe Rauma Shipyard has won a contract worth approximately EUR 160 million to build an Arctic/Antarctic research vessel for the South African Ministry of the Environment.

As they put the finishing touches on the Oasis of the Seas, some Finnish shipyard workers are too concerned about their futures to savour completing the largest cruise ship ever built.

Hartwall has announced plans to close its Tornio brewery and to consolidate production to its Lahti site, in a move the company said was designed to improve efficiency and "remain competitive in the current challenging beverage market". The Scandinavian brewer also said today that to better meet the present customer needs, a plan has been made to ...

An anonymous vigilante in Rovaniemi, Finland destroyed a speed camera with military-grade explosives on Wednesday.

Wales boss John Toshack blasted the "sloppy" goals his side conceded in a 2-1 World Cup Qualifying Group Four defeat to Finland in Helsinki.

JOHN TOSHACK is shrugging off a whole heap of new problems for Wales after their World Cup campaign descended into farce ahead of today's clash with Finland.

Latvia is close to ending a dispute with international donors including Sweden and the International Monetary Fund that jeopardized its bailout loan and raised devaluation speculation, the premiera s office said.

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Tarja Halonen, the Finnish president, on Thursday unveiled twin sculptures in Espoo symbolising the two countries' shared history.

The European Commission said Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and six other EU nations are breaking a key rule requiring them to keep budget deficits under 3 percent of gross domestic product.

Owing to political correctness, it is difficult to discuss Finnish immigration policy, estimates Timo Vihavainen , a professor of Russian studies at the University of Helsinki.

A recent Finland-based study found that middle-aged coffee consumption was not protective against "cognitive decline or preventive against dementia." Sorry coffee lovers - downing a few cups of coffee throughout the day may spark alertness, but it's unlikely to protect the aging brain from mental decline or dementia, according to researchers from ...

Expectant mothers who eat excessive quantities of liquorice during pregnancy could adversely affect their child's intelligence and behaviour, a study has shown.

In one of the quirkiest book cults America has never heard of, a round-snouted troll is hauling consumers' wallets from their pockets despite the worst recession in decades.

There are fears of a surge in crime by Estonians this autumn and winter when the unemployment compensation for those who lost their jobs in the early part of this year starts running out.

Finlanda s campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council is in full swing, with intense lobbying aimed at persuading enough member states to endorse Finlanda s bid for a two-year term on the Security Council.

Helsinki, Finland goth rockers The 69 Eyes are touring in support of their new album, "Back in Blood." They will perform at the Key Club in Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct.

Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat on Friday quoted its sources on the board and administrative council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company as saying that the chances of Mikael Jungner carrying on as director-general for another five years were slim.

Ambassador Laitiainen and Head of the State Protocol walking along the Guards of Honour line on the right.

A A A' Finland's government faced a motion of no-confidence in Parliament on Thursday over election and party funding, and Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen's Cabinet was expected to survive the vote with the support of his four-party governing coalition.