Finland

Russia Wants to Purchase Finnish Electricity

Russia wants the opportunity to purchase electricity from Finland in the next few years. According to YLE News website, Russia want cross border grid lines to operate in both directions.

Popularity: 2% [?]

May 31, 2007

63% of Russians Did Not See Eurovision

63% of Russians questioned in a survey did not see television broadcasts of the latest Eurovision song contest in Helsinki this month.

Popularity: 4% [?]

May 26, 2007

Finland and Russia Plan Joint Peacekeeping Exercises

Finland and Russia are planning joint peacekeeping exercises, Xinhua news agency reports.

Popularity: 1% [?]

March 9, 2007

End of Timber Imports from Russia may Lead to Loss of Jobs in Finland

The end of timber imports from Russia may lead to the loss of thousands of jobs in Finland’s forestry industry according to Finnish Forest Research Institute.

Popularity: 1% [?]

February 22, 2007

Finnish and Russian Universities to Cooperate

Five Finnish and four Russian universities will begin a cooperation programme next autumn.

Popularity: 1% [?]

December 15, 2006

Russian Post Starts Delivering of Letters Sent From U.S. in 1999

Russian Post has started delivering 4.5 tonnes of letters and parcels that were sent from the United States in 1999, Reuters news agency reports.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Russia to Increase Gas Prices to Europe in 2007

Russian natural-gas monopoly OAO Gazprom plans to raise the price of gas it sells to Europe next year by almost 15 percent, Vedomosti newspaper reports.

Popularity: 1% [?]

November 27, 2006

EU Will Assist Russia’s WTO Entry

Russia has received EU assurances of support in the swift conclusion of multilateral talks on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), a Russian delegation member said on Friday quoted by Interfax.

Popularity: 1% [?]

November 24, 2006

Kremlin Says Litvinenko’s Death “A Tragedy”

A Kremlin official today described the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London as a “tragedy.”

Popularity: 2% [?]

Putin Urges Poland to Start Direct Talks on Meat Exports

Russia’s president said Thursday that Poland should stop defending illegally-shipped food products and start direct negotiations with Russia on meat exports.

Popularity: 2% [?]