Estonia mulls own nuclear power plant (Baltic Times)

2 July 2008, 3:52 pm

TALLINN - Estonia and Finland have marked a jointly built or run nuclear power plant in the Baltic state as one of many possible development projects between the two countries.... read more

Russia's chairmanship of Helcom to help solve Nord Stream problem (Russian Information Agency Novosti)

2 July 2008, 10:30 am

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Tatyana Sinitsyna) - On July 1, Russia assumed the rotating chairmanship of the Helsinki Commission (Helcom), the intergovernmental organization of the nine Baltic Sea countries and the European Community working to protect the Baltic marine environment from all sour... read more

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-02 12:29 Finnish govt denies plans to sell Vapo stake (Interactive Investor)

2 July 2008, 4:52 am

HELSINKI (Thomson Financial) - Finland has no plans to offload its majority holding in biofuels supplier Vapo, the government said on Wednesday, dismissing reports in the local media.... read more

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-02 10:03 EU should scrap VAT on food - Finnish minister (Interactive Investor)

2 July 2008, 2:24 am

HELSINKI (Thomson Financial) - The European Union should do away with value-added tax on food, Finland's agricultural minister was quoted as saying in a report published on Wednesday.... read more

Kesko hands property services contract to YIT (Sharewatch)

1 July 2008, 11:27 pm

HELSINKI (Thomson Financial) - Retailer and wholesaler Kesko Oyj said it has handed YIT Kiinteistotekniikka Oy, a unit of YIT Corp, a contract to provide property maintenance services for many of its Finnish stores.... read more

Warner signs up with Nokia's phone music service (INO News)

1 July 2008, 10:21 am

(AP:HELSINKI, Finland) Nokia Corp. said Tuesday that Warner Music Group Corp. has joined the mobile phone maker's music service, enabling customers to download and listen to tracks on Nokia handsets.... read more