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- Girl feared kidnapped found safe in Finland
The 16-year-old girl from northern Sweden who was feared kidnapped has been found across the border in Finland. Teenage girl kidnapped in northern Sweden (30 Nov 08) ?She is now at her sister?s in Finland,? Norbotten police spokesperson Petra
- Poyry Plc wins engineering services contract in Poland
Finnish consulting and engineering group Poyry Plc (OMX Helsinki:POY) said on Monday (1 December) that it has been awarded a contract by the Finnish forest industry group Stora Enso Oyj (OMX Helsinki:STEAV) to supply implementation engineering services
- Double delight for Finland from Koivuranta and Ryynaenen
Kuusamo, Finland - Anssi Koivuranta and Janne Ryynaenen delighted a Finnish home crowd with a one-two finish in Nordic combined skiing on Sunday. Koivuranta, 20, got his first World Cup career win when he dominated the 10-kilometres cross-country portion
- Teenage girl kidnapped in northern Sweden
Police in Sweden and Finland are looking for a 16-year-old girl feared kidnapped in Haparanda in northern Sweden on Saturday morning. Police: Swedish teens offering sex for booze (26 Nov 08) Australian boys feared abducted in Sweden (18 Nov 08) Court
- Ammann wins season's first jump; Finland clinch team event
Kuusamo, Finland - World champion Simon Ammann of Switzerland clinched the first individual ski jump of the World Cup season in blustery conditions in Kuusamo on Saturday. Amman jumped 131 and 126.5 metres for 260.5 points to get the better of Austrians
- Norway sweep up podium places in men's sprint
Kuusamo, Finland - Norway claimed a clean sweep of the classic sprint final in Nordic skiing's cross-country World Cup in the Finnish venue of Kuusamo on Saturday. Ola Vigen Hattestad led the way, followed by compatriots Tor Arne Hetland and John
- Finland donates KEPA compound to Zambia
FINLAND has handed over to Zambia the KEPA compound in Lusaka's Kabulonga Township. Minister of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane said at the handover ceremony in Lusaka yesterday that government was grateful for the donation. He also
- Finnish Vietnamese Epic Debuts In Hanoi
The epic tale of 'The Descendant of Mon Man' (The Descendant of the Fairy and the Dragon), a cultural cooperation project between Finland and Vietnam, debuted in Hanoi on Nov. 25. The project, sponsored by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, began
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Ruled by Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and by Russia from 1809, Finland finally won its independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its freedom and fend off invasions by the Soviet Union and Germany. In the subsequent half century, the Finns have made a remarkable transformation from a farm/forest economy to a diversified modern industrial economy; per capita income is now on par with Western Europe. As a member of the European Union, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system at its initiation in January 1999.
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