Finland
Centre Party drops to third place after Finnish local elections
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 09:05.Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen's Centre Party dropped to third place after local elections held Sunday, final tallies showed Monday.
Vanhanen noted that his party had probably suffered from being in office and said election results differed.
The Centre Party dropped 2.7 percentage points compared to the 2004 local elections, scoring 20.1 per cent.
Four detained over attempted arson on Turkish embassy
Submitted by William Kaelin on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 21:13.Four young men were detained early Tuesday on suspicion of an attempted arson attack on the Turkish embassy in Helsinki, police said.
Police said the four were being questioned about the alleged attack but declined further comment when contacted by Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Nokia reports lower net profit in Q3
Submitted by William Kaelin on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 20:45.Finnish-based Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said Thursday its operating profit dropped 21 per cent for third quarter 2008.
Operating profit for the quarter was 1.46 billion euros (1.98 billion dollars), compared to 1.86 billion euros for the corresponding business period 2007.
Net sales dropped 5 per cent in the quarter to 12.2 billion euros.
Forssell on spot to give Finland first win in World Cup qualifiers
Submitted by Anna Tomova on Sat, 10/11/2008 - 20:47.Mikael Forssell scored from the penalty spot in the second half to give Finland a 1-0 win over Azerbaijan in Group 4 of the European qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup on Saturday.
The Hanover striker converted in the 62nd minute to give the Finns four points after two games, the same as Germany who lead the group going into a later game against Russia in Dortmund.
Germany welcomes Nobel award to Ahtisaari
Submitted by William Kaelin on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 21:52.Germany welcomed Friday the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Martti Ahtisaari of Finland.
Deputy government spokesman Thomas Steg said the former Finnish president, 71, was a "meritorious European."
Berlin was delighted at the Nobel judges' choice. Ahtisaari's greatest credit had been resolving the Kosovo conflict, Steg said.
Firing of female editor generates row in Finland
Submitted by William Kaelin on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 14:42.
A row continued to rage Friday in Finland over the hiring and subsequent firing of a female chief editor, allegedly due to her same-sex relationship.
Prosecutor to probe police over Finnish school shooting
Submitted by William Kaelin on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 16:08.A Finnish prosecutor was to probe police over events in the run-up to a school shooting in western Finland a week ago that claimed 11 lives, reports said Tuesday.
The probe was linked to the fact that police had allowed the 22-year-old man who killed 10 people to keep his gun.
Finnish police: School shooting victims shot at close range
Submitted by William Kaelin on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 16:12.
All 10 victims of a school shooting in the west of Finland a week ago were shot at close range, police said Monday.
London - Aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce said Thursday it would cut up to 2,000 jobs worldwide as a result of the current economic "uncertainties."
Washington - Buying a new computer usually involves comparing models. Comparisons are more difficult than they used to be, as the number of choices has grown and manufacturers have started marketing computers with specific uses in mind.
Indian authorities have issued a birth certificate to a Japanese baby born to an Indian surrogate mother, easing the way for her Japanese father to take her home, news reports said Saturday.
