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- Botnia to Significantly Cut Pulp Production in Finland
Jan. 7, 2009 - Botnia today announced plans for significant cuts in pulp production during 2009 which will affect 678 employees at its five mills in Finland. A steep drop-off in demand for pulp in the latter part of 2008 has increased producer
- World Bank highlights Estonia&#...
TALLINN- A recent report by World Bank writes that the Estonian bankruptcy process is three times as long as Finland. While the same process in paying back creditors takes less than a year, Estonia?s process can take up to three years. According to
- Great-Serb myths block Serbia's European future
Following her participation in a European parliament debate, the president of Serbia's Helsinki Committee discusses divisions within the Serbian political elite over European integration, Kosovo, Croatia, Bosnia, international justice and human rights
- Govt, ex-rebels meet in Helsinki
JAKARTA: Government officials held a two-day meeting in Helsinki with former leaders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel group, more than three years after both sides signed a peace pact in the Finnish capital. Tarmizi Age of the World Acehnese
- Shoplifters have developed taste for tenderloin in Helsinki
Shopkeepers believe stolen meat is being traded on By Jorma Erkkil Helsinki resident happened to notice two young men in an Alepa store in Helsinkis Ullanlinna on New Years Eve. The men had loaded their shopping basket full of the most expensive
- Finland can provide education for provincial school boards
Editor: Teachers opposition to standardized testing relates more to the method of administration than the use of such assessments. This position is founded in research which indicates standardized testing like the Foundation Skills Assessments (FSA) in
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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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