ARTICLES 2005

December 10-17, 2005
Jblog: 12/12: Diário de Helsinki - Finnair
Pontualidade é um dogma entre os finlandeses. E é até estranho observar isso, já que a maior parte dos 5 milhões de habitantes do país vive sob condições climáticas que não são exatamente as mais favoráveis.

December 5, 2005
Vedomosti

December 5, 2005
Construction Weekly

November 29, 2005
People's Daily

November 22, 2005
The St Petersburg Times: Finns In Hunt For Russian Opportunity
Finland and Russia have always been close, but a new wave of Finnish investment points to accelerated cooperation between the two countries, with St. Petersburg perfectly placed to take advantage. Compared to other foreign investors Finns say they boast special knowledge of the local market and experience of dealing with both the local business community and the city's administration.

November 21, 2005
European pensions & investment news: Ruukki outsources foreign equities, ups hedge funds
Finnish fund hopes to bring additional value to its portfolio via outsourcing Ruukki, the E530m pension fund for the Finnish steel and metal company, has outsourced parts of its equity portfolio and increased its exposure to hedge funds.

November 21, 2005
OKO Bank becomes parent company of Pohjola Group
Finland’s OKO Bank has become the parent company of Pohjola Group and its subsidiaries after acquiring approximately 58.5 per cent of the firm’s outstanding shares and voting rights from E6.3bn Suomi Mutual Life Assurance Company and E19.3bn Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company.

Septermber/October 2005
SPPS Newsletter: Scandinavian research institute: Plant Signal Research, University of Helsinki
If you want to know anything about Finnish research in plant molecular biology you should definitely talk to Professor Tapio Palva who is heading the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Plant Signal Research.

June 6, 2005
Pro-physik.de: 1000 Mbit/s via Handy?
Physik Journal - UMTS hat sich noch nicht durchgesetzt, dennoch arbeitet man bereits an der 4. Generation mobiler Kommunikation.

March 23, 2005
The Baltic Times: Nordic competition forces Estonians to think innovation
Taking a lesson from their Nordic neighbors, Estonian banks have decided to skip over a natural stage in development and boldly adopt the newest technologies as a means of keeping abreast of the competition.

March 7, 2005
Food Manufacture: Finnish all-in-one brewery is a wizard
Automation is a core part of the new Hartwall all-in-one brewery, cider and soft drinks production plant and distribution complex at Lahti, north east of Helsinki in Finland, which recently became part of Scottish & Nescastle (S&N) group.

March 7, 2005
Food Manufacture: Functional in Finland
Land of the midnight sun, lingonberries, and Laplanders. Paper mills, pine forests, and pickled herring. Ryebread and reindeer. There are as many clichés about Finland as there are lakes (187,888 of them, actually), or islands (179,584), or Nokia phones (61 models at the last count).

March 7, 2005
Food Manufacture: Berries and birch leaves beat burgundy
Studies into the antioxidant properties of over 100 plant materials at Helsinki University in Finland have shown that the flavanoids in blackcurrants and pine needles are more effective antioxidants than red wine.

January 28, 2005
Financial Times Deutschland: Martti Ahtisaari: Der Friedensbringer
Seine Staatsangehörigkeit ist Martti Ahtisaari während seiner steilen Diplomatenkarriere stets von Vorteil gewesen. Vor allem, wenn es darum ging, zwischen Parteien in Unabhängigkeits- oder Bürgerkriegen als Mediator zu wirken.

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