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...
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…
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.
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...
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."
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 [...]...
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...
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, [...]
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...
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.
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 ...
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.
kansascity.com (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.
San Diego Union (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.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
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.
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