BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline will be completed on time, Russia’s Prime Minister Putin said, adding that the gas pipeline could begin operations by 2011. The new gas project will transport the blue fuel from Russia to Europe while passing through several Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The route required approvals from several European countries....
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia will not raise export duties on raw timber in 2010 amid a trade dispute with neighboring Finland, Russian news agencies reported. "The moratorium on raising export duties on round timber will remain in force for the next year. I believe it possible to make a similar decision for 2011," Putin told a press conference after talks...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Helsinki - Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen Thursday won a vote of confidence in parliament brought on by an ongoing political row over election campaign financing. Finnish media have in recent weeks reported on several cases of questionable con...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
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.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
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.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
HELSINKI -- 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.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Helsinki - Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen rejected Tuesday allegations in a Finnish news documentary that he received building materials free of charge from a construction company. At a brief news conference, Vanhanen rejected a report on Monday eveni...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
2009 Global Creative Leadership Summit Delegates, including heads of state, acclaimed artists, Nobel Prize recipients, global CEOs and the most influential international thought-leaders will gather in New York City on September 23-25, 2009 for the fourth annual Global Creative Leadership Summit – a platform in partnership with the United Nations designed to address the challenges and opportunities...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
Parallel measures would help all of Europe: tax competition risk would be reduced and public finances of individual countries would improve, writes Matti Vanhanen
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen in Helsinki, Finland on Wednesday and pledged deeper cooperation in economy and trade with Finland to meet the challenges of ongoing global economic crisis. Putin arrived in Finland Wednesday for talks with his counterpart Matti Vanhanen. At the press conference held after themeeting, both Putin and Vanhanen stressed...
RSD Reports (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) -- Russia's prime minister warned on Wednesday that natural gas pumped via Ukraine to Europe could be cut off by early July if Ukraine fails to pay for its gas, and urged the EU to intervene. "During discussions with our European partners, I have called attention to this problem, and asked them not to leave us [Ukraine and Russia] to handle these issues one-on-one. We are...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009
Helsinki - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived Wednesday for a one-day working visit to Finland. In addition to talks with his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen, Putin was to meet with President Tarja Halonen and business leaders. ...
the optimum population trust blog (Free subscription) | 05/26/2009
Pollution is killing the Baltic Sea and coastal states must mount an urgent salvage operation, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said Tuesday. “The state of the sea is alarming,” Vanhanen told a meeting of the 47-nation Council of Europe parliamentary assembly in Helsinki. “It is, in fact, suffering a slow death — unless we do something, fast. [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/14/2009
Helsinki - The governments of Finland and Sweden held a historic joint cabinet meeting Thursday as part of events marking the bicentenary of the separation in 1809 of the two Nordic neighbours. Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said the Nordic re...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/15/2009
Helsinki - A kiss-and-tell book about Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and the related issue of how much privacy leading politicians can claim may feature in a new trial, reports said Wednesday. The prosecutor as well as the author and publisher...
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