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Latest Finland News

Oft-Criticized US Embassy Prepares to Open on July 4
China's may have the better view, and Finland's the better architecture, but America's is the biggest. DW-WORLD.DE sent Jefferson Chase to check out the much-maligned new US embassy in Berlin.

Sjælsø sells three retail projects in Finland of approx. ?37 mln. (FI/DK)
Sjælsø has sold three retail projects in Finland of approx. DKK 300 million (ca. ?37 mln.) to Property Group. In 2007, Sjælsø entered into an agreement with Property Group about delivery of a number of retail projects to Property Group as the

Nokia and Interdigital end patent dispute in UK (Reuters)

Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia and InterDigital agreed to drop patent cases in the British courts against each other, sending the wireless technology firm's stock up as much as 7 percent.

Nokia plans to close Navteq deal within five days (AFP)

AFP - Finnish mobile phone goliath Nokia, which received clearance from Brussels on Wednesday to acquire US digital navigation group Navteq, said it expected to complete the deal by early next week.

Metso wins 7 million euros mining gear order in Brazil
HELSINKI (Thomson Financial) - Metso Oyj said it has won an order from Brazil for mining equipment worth about 7 million euros. Anglo American has ordered the equipment, which includes jaw crushers, cone crushers, screens and feeders, for its recently

Skanska wins 330 mln sek order to build business center in Slovakia
HELSINKI (Thomson Financial) - Skanska AB said it has won an order worth 330 million Swedish crowns to build a new administrative building and business center in Kosice, Slovakia. The contract will be included in the company's second-quarter order

Warner Music Group to offer music through Nokia phones (AFP)

AFP - Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia said Tuesday that the Warner Music Group had agreed to join its soon-to-be launched music service programme, giving its device users access to music published by Warner.

Carbon Sciences Announces Joint Research Agreement With Abo University, Finland
Carbon Sciences Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) into high value, earth-friendly products, today announced that it has signed a joint research agreement with Abo University, Finland. The research

SCANDAL. Presidents of Estonia, Hungary and Finland demonstratively leave Russia
For censorship considerations, Russian media have concealed from their readers the fact that Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves left not only the conference room in protest of the slander against Estonia voiced at the so-called 'Fifth World Congress

Carlsberg and Coca-Cola extend cooperation in Denmark and Finland
Carlsberg and The Coca-Cola Company have entered into an agreement about extending their cooperation in Denmark and Finland.According to the agreement, Coca-Cola acquires Carlsberg's mineral water brands Kildevaeld and Kurvand in Denmark and also enters

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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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