Current affairs
2.2.2010
Heads of state and government to attend Baltic Sea Action Summit in Helsinki
The Baltic Sea Action Summit to be held on 10 February 2010 at Finlandia Hall will bring high-level representatives of ten Baltic Sea states to Helsinki. Seven heads of state or government have confirmed their participation in the Summit which will also gather representatives of NGOs and the business sector.
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18.1.2010
18.1.2010
13.1.2010
Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen plays in Bucharest
Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen gives two recitals in Bucharest. He will be playing as a soloist with the George Enescu Philharmonic - Symphony Orchestra at the Athenaeum hall. The programme will include the piano concerto no 3 in d-minor by Sergei Rachmaninov.
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11.1.2010
The Finnish Immigration Service’s forms have been revised
The Finnish Immigration Service’s residence permit application and citizenship application forms have been revised. The new forms will be taken into use on Monday, 11 January 2010. The old forms are no longer available, but a residence permit application, a citizenship application or a citizenship declaration made on old forms will still be accepted at police stations in Finland and at Finnish diplomatic missions abroad until 28 February 2010.
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15.12.2009
2.12.2009
Helsinki World Design Capital 2012
Helsinki will be the World Design Capital of the year 2012. The designation was announced by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) at the Icsid World Design Congress 2009 in Singapore on 25 November. The title of Helsinki’s bid for the designation was Open Helsinki – Embedding Design in Life. The concept expressed by the title will form the basis of Helsinki’s programme for the design year 2012.
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18.11.2009
13.11.2009
In To service point attracts strong interest from foreign workers
In To, the joint Kela and Finnish Tax Administration service point, will continue operations at least until the end of 2010. Established one year ago in November 2008, the service point offers initial assistance and advice to foreign workers coming to work in Finland.
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9.11.2009
Finnish Government grants consent for Nord Stream’s offshore gas pipeline project
On 5 November 2009, the Government granted consent for Nord Stream AG’s plan to construct an offshore natural gas pipeline system that would traverse the Baltic Sea. Nord Stream will act as the operator of the natural gas pipeline system, which involves two parallel pipelines.
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