Matti Vanhanen

Singapore and Finland hope to boost economic and social ties

Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hosted a lunch on Wednesday for his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen.

Vietnam, Finland to expand economic, trade ties

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

The agreement was reached during talks in Hanoi on November 16 between Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen, who began a two-day visit on November 15.Mr Dung noted that two-way trade remains modest, standing at merely US$240 million last year, which has yet to match the two countries’ potential. He suggested increasing the exchange of commodities between Vietnam...

Latvia and Finland prepared to support Estonian leader for EU President

The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

Latvia and Finland are theoretically prepared to support Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves for the President of the European Union, Estonian media reports. Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis said that Ilves is an honourable candidate for the unelected EU presidency. Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said today that Finland is ready to support Ilves as the EU President.

Spain and Finland stress need for new political culture at EU

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Madrid - Spain and Finland on Tuesday stressed the importance of the new phase which is set to open for the European Union under the Spanish EU presidency in the first half of 2010. The Czech constitutional court's green light Tuesday for the EU's Li...

EU presidency: why Tony Blair's hopes are fading fast

The First Post (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009

Earlier this week, Tony Blair was laying down the terms under which he would accept the EU presidency - or least his friends were on his behalf: it…

EU debates climate fund for developing world

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009

European Union leaders met Thursday in Belgium to begin talks to determine how much aid they were willing to offer developing nations to bring them into a new climate change pact.

Russia to delay timber export duty hike: Putin

People Daily (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

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...

• Putin says Russia will delay wood export duty hike - Sify
• Putin says Russia will delay wood export duty hike - Seattle Times
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Tanja Aitamurto: Disillusionment of a Finnish Maiden: Political Corruption, Quality Hardwood

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009

Next time, when talking about corruption with my African friends I will say: "Yes, I know what political corruption is -- it is decadent, repulsive, and it happens in Finland too."

Three no-confidence votes

Fruits and Votes (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009

Three no-confidence votes have been held, or soon will be held, against coalition and minority governments in Canada (a parliamentary system), and Finland and Romania (premier-presidential systems). Via AHN, Ottawa: The Conservative minority government of PM Stephen Harper survived on Thursday a no-confidence motion initiated by the Liberal Party. The vote was 144-117, with the New Democratic [...]...

Finnish PM pleased with Lisbon Treaty approval in Ireland

People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009

Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said that he was glad that the Yes side has won in the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland, Finnish media reported on Saturday. According to Vanhanen, for the European Union, the Lisbon Treaty is obviously a better alternative than the currently valid the Treaty of Nice. Lisbon Treaty passed in Ireland can exert pressure on Czech Republic for its...

Open Doors at the 200 Years Old Finnish Government

Helsinki According to PPusa (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009

Prime minister Matti Vanhanen welcomed people to Government Palace. Today all government ministries had open doors day in celebration of the 200 years old Finnish Government. It was a chance to visit places that everybody knows from the news but which are usually off-limits to regular people. Posted in Event, History, Politics Tagged: 1809, daily photo, finland, [...]

Finnish prime minister wins confidence vote

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009

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...

Finnish government faces no-confidence vote

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009

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.

Finnish government faces no-confidence vote in Parliament regarding funding

Helsinki City (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009

Finnish government faces no-confidence vote HELSINKI ? Finland’s government faced a motion of no-confidence in Parliament on Thursday over election and party funding, and Prime ...

Finnish government faces no-confidence vote

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009

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.