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FINLAND: Close victory for continued neutrality
President Tarja Halonen won re-election in the second round of the presidential election yesterday.
FinlandFINLAND: Halonen to preserve country's neutrality
President Tarja Halonen failed to gain an outright majority in the first round of the...
FinlandRUSSIA/TURKEY: Telecoms deal broadens Alfa's options
A group of investors filed a lawsuit on December 2, seeking to overturn a ruling by Turkey's...
RussiaRUSSIA/TURKEY: Alfa Group buys shares in Turkcell
Russia's Alfa telecom announced yesterday that it had sealed a deal to buy a 13% stake in...
RussiaBALTIC STATES/RUSSIA: Plane crashes in Lithuania
A Russian Su-27 bomber crashed near Vilnius yesterday, while performing a flight from St...
RussiaKYRGYZSTAN/UZBEKISTAN: UN evacuates Uzbek refugees
The UN flew eleven Uzbek refugees, who had fled to the neighbouring Kyrgyzstan in the wake of the...
KyrgyzstanRUSSIA/FINLAND: Helsinki resists Moscow pressure
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday completed a visit to Helsinki in which he condemned...
RussiaFINLAND: Globalisation altering trade union movement
An agreement on June 29 ended a six-week labour conflict in the Finnish paper industry. The...
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