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2 hrs ago | VietNamNet

Vietnam, Finland foster bilateral ties

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

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Matti Taneli Vanhanen, Nguyen Tan Dung, Nguyen Minh Triet

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Helsingin Sanomat

PM Vanhanen to Speaker of Parliament: President and ministers must...

On Thursday, Speaker of Parliament Sauli Niinisto did not get any support for his proposal that the President and the government ministers should be allowed to jump ahead of the queue to get their H1N1 shots.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Matti Taneli Vanhanen, Europe, Finland, World News

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Egypt Today

Welcometo Finland

Aside from blonde, Barbie-like women, freezing cold weather and Nokia mobile phones, there is little the general public associates with Finland.

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News, Cell Phones, Weather, Electronics, Africa, Egypt

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Helsingin Sanomat

Finland in no hurry to reassess Afghanistan schedule

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.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Europe, Finland, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Helsingin Sanomat

News Analysis: Confusion over Afghanistan peacekeeper effort a typically Finnish muddle

This could come as a disappointment, but there are no sinister plots in the strange confusion over the additional Finnish forces sent to Afghanistan, nor is there a single guilty party.

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News, Matti Taneli Vanhanen

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Al-Ahram Weekly Online

Syria's cold feet

For the past four years Syria has been begging for a partnership with the EU. Now the EU agrees, Syria says it'll think about it, Bassel Oudat reports from Damascus On 8 October, the EU said it was ready to sign a Syrian- European Partnership Agreement.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Syria, World News, Europe, Finland

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Helsingin Sanomat

EU countries start behind-the-scenes discussions on leadership posts

The upcoming appointments to leadership positions of the European Union dominated the summit of the leaders of EU member states in Brussels on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News, Matti Taneli Vanhanen, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Vaclav Klaus

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Star Online

East-west rift hampers EU talks on climate funds

European Union leaders argued on Thursday over how to split the bill for helping poor countries tackle global warming in a deal to be agreed in December in Copenhagen.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Europe, Spain, World News, Finland, Donald Tusk

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Helsingin Sanomat

Government ponders Afghanistan confusion

Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Stubb says that the government has not yet decided whether or not to give Parliament any additional reports on the timing of the withdrawal of a contingent of Finnish crisis management forces from Afghanistan, and on a break in communications linked with the schedule.

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Newsroom Finland

Finland's Korkeaoja faults ministries over Afghanistan withdrawal date

Juha Korkeaoja , the chairman of the Finnish Parliament's defence committee, was quoted as saying by regional daily Aamulehti on Tuesday that the defence staff had informed the defence ministry about the withdrawal date of troops deployed into Afghanistan to help secure the country's presidential election.

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Helsingin Sanomat

Foreign Minister Stubb apologises to Finnish peacekeepers

Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Stubb has accepted partial responsibility for not sufficiently informing President Tarja Halonen about the schedule of the departure of the contingent of Finnish crisis management forces from Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Prensa Latina

Syria, Finland Talk EU Role in MidEast Peace

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.

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Related Topix: Europe, Middle East, Syria, Finland, World News

Sat Oct 24, 2009

People's Daily Online

Syria urges to form national unity gov't in Lebanon

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday in Damascus affirmed Syria's support for Lebanon in forming a national unity government, saying such a government would bring the situation in Lebanon back to normal after years of turmoil and division.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Travel, Syria Travel, Europe, Finland

Helsingin Sanomat

Prime Minister promises clarification of confusion over Afghanistan

Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said on Thursday that he would order an investigation into why some of the country's leaders were in the dark about when Finnish soldiers in Afghanistan would be withdrawn.

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Related Topix: Matti Taneli Vanhanen, Europe, Finland, World News

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Jordan Times

Assad wants to review EU pact before sealing deal

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

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Europe, Finland, Travel, Syria Travel

Helsingin Sanomat

Swedish newspaper writes of "tired" and "homesick" Finnish soldiers

The confusion on when Finnish forces would leave Afghanistan has added fuel to a long-standing rivalry between Finland and Sweden.

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News

Al-Ahram Weekly Online

A win-win situation

THE PALESTINIAN question topped the list of issues that President Hosni Mubarak discussed with European leaders this week.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Egypt, Europe, Finland, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, Hungary, Croatia

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Ynetnews

Assad: Israel must choose between occupation, peace

" Israel must choose between occupation and peace," Syrian President Bashar Assad said Thursday, adding that the two concepts "do not go hand in hand". Cooperation Syria says to hold military exercises with Turkey / Reuters After cancelation of Turkish military exercise with Israeli participation, Syrian Defense Minister Ali Habib says Syria, ...

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Europe, Finland

Helsingin Sanomat

Defence Forces never considered extension of Afghanistan mandate

The additional force of about 80 Finnish crisis management soldiers sent to Afghanistan to help ensure security during the Presidential elections in August will definitely be brought back to Finland in October.

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News,

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Newsroom Finland

Finland to withdraw extra troops before Afghanistan runoff

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.

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News

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