Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
18.8.2008 at 16:44 Matti Vanhanen (centre), the Finnish prime minister, said Monday that there was no doubt that the conflict between Georgia and Russia would have a bearing on the security policy de...
A Step At A Time (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Via FinnRosForum : Paavo Lipponen becomes Nord Stream advisor Helsingin Sanomat, 15.08.2008 http://www.hs.fi/talous/artikkeli/1135238622077 Former Finnish Prime Minister and Parliamentary speaker, Mr Paavo Lipponen , will take on a post as advisor to the Russian-German gas pipeline developer, Nord Stream . Mr Lipponen will serve in the post for a period of one year. Mr Lipponen says he accepted Nord...
NHatky (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
China rolls out the red carpet for Sonia Gandhi once again. This time China has invited Congress President Sonia Gandhi to attend the upcoming Beijing olympics.China has extended an invite to Congress party president Sonia Gandhi to the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on 8 August. According ...
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
TALLINN - Estonia and Finland have marked a jointly built or run nuclear power plant in the Baltic state as one of many possible development projects between the two countries. Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and Matti Vanhanen, his Finnish counterpart, signed a rapport outlining several aspects of
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Juhan Tere Prime Minister of Estonia Andrus Ansip and his Finnish colleague Matti Vanhanen focussed on future co-operation between the two countries during their meeting on Wednesday. Ansip noted that Finland is the most important foreign trade partner for Estonia, writes Äripäev Online/LETA. When speaking about the state of relations between the two countries, Andrus Ansip remarked that they are very...
Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen met with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda yesterday. Although the average height of Finnish men is about 8-centimeters more than that of Japanese men, there seems to be a much bigger height gap between the two Prime Ministers: When one compares it to a photo of Fukuda shaking hands with Bush, [...]
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
A remark by the chairman of the dominant Centre party that he knowingly broke the law after failing to name campaign donors smears the world's second least corrupt nation
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
9.6.2008 at 11:43 Two Russian fighters intercepted a Finnair jet carrying Matti Vanhanen (centre), the Finnish prime minister, on Wednesday, regional dailies Keskisuomalainen and Savon Sanomat report...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Helsinki - The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) was inaugurated in Helsinki on Tuesday in the presence of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen. The agency was set up to monitor the use of chemica...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Helsinki - Thousands of emails have been sent to Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen's official email account protesting against cluster bombs, the prime minister's office said Wednesday. Since Tuesday, some 50,000 e-mails were sent to the premier'...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Heads of state and government, parliamentary leaders and officials of international organizations from 72 countries across the world have visited Chinese embassies, consulates or missions to mourn victims of a deadly earthquake, which hit C ...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Chinese embassies across the world Monday mourned for the dead in an earthquake which hit southwest China's Sichuan province exactly a week ago. Some leaders and senior officials in Asian, European and African countries attended mourning ce ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Helsinki - Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen is due to visit South Korea and Japan next month, the prime minister's office said Monday. During the June 4-11 visit, Vanhanen was expected to meet with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and attend...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Finnish President Tarja Halonen plans to travel to Beijing to watch the Olympic Games this summer, the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported on Monday. Halonen would not attend the Games' opening ceremony but would be in Beijing for ...
worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Visiting Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said here Tuesday that the European Union (EU) needs to diversify its sources to obtain sufficient energy. Although Russia is a reliable energy source, the EU needs to diversify its sou … Go to news source
