Finland's Prime Minister Vanhanen speaks about environment in Washington
Prime Minister of Finland Matti Vanhanen waits to speak about the environment and other issues in Washington on January 14, 2008. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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HELSINKI, Finland, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Natural gas piped to European consumers is the cheaper energy option, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a news conference in Finland.
HELSINKI, Finland, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The government of Finland said the e-mail account of Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen may have been breached by an information technology worker three years ago.
HELSINKI, Finland, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Moscow will provide Helsinki with the results of environmental surveys of the route for the Nord Stream gas pipeline through Finnish waters, officials said.
HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea may not be a security risk to Nordic countries, though environmental concerns remain, officials say.
HELSINKI, Finland, June 3 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived Wednesday in Finland to lobby for the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea, Moscow said.
ROME, March 26 (UPI) -- A top U.N. official met Wednesday with Pope Benedict XVI and Italian leaders in Rome to talk about climate change, religion and the poor.
HELSINKI, Finland, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- Helsinki Energy director Peter Manninen said the company is considering a switch from coal to wood chips at one of the company's power plants.
Finland criticizes EU's energy road map; Russia, Bulgaria to hold energy talks; France inks nuclear deals with Gulf states
BRUSSELS, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Norway has surplus funds for defense
BERLIN, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- What may turn into a Cold War-like resource conflict started quietly, with a vehicle called "Peace 1" some 2,500 miles below the North Pole. The Mir 1 miniature submarine, manned with three Russian scientists, on Aug. 2 planted a titanium capsule with a Russian flag into the seabed -- a symbol for Russia’s controversial claim of the vast resources that are believed to be stored below it.
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