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Oil Straw for Norway. by Alexej Smirnov, Oslo
Norway is rethinking its government policy towards oil management and strategic funds. Many specialists agree that it is better to invest in conserving oil fields rather than stocks and bonds.
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For Better Education? by Thomas Romantschuk, Helsinki
Starting the beginning of this year higher education in Finland has undergone serious transformation. Universities are no longer under the wing of government structures and are required to seek funding on their own.
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Harnessing Sahara Heat. by Sergei Tushin, Ludvika
A bold and ambitious project of using the heat from the Sahara desert to power up Europe might soon become a reality thanks to Desertec, a conglomerate of companies willing to invest in "green" energy.
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The Action Summit for Baltic sea. by Gorran Svensson, Helsinki
On February, 10th, 2010 in Helsinki the Summit of actions across Baltic sea (Baltic Sea Action Summit) has taken place. Realisation acceleration «the Plan of action across Baltic sea» which has been developed by experts of the Helsinki commission (HELCOM), the uniting 9 countries of region became the purpose of the action devoted to ecology. The plan has been accepted by countries-participants HELCOM in 2007 as "road map" on rescue of Baltic.
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Bio Gas. by Victor Kononov, Trelleborg
The Trelleborg municipality found an effective way of solving the problem of unwanted seaweed, which has been plaguing the beaches of Southern Sweden for the past several decades. Poisonous seaweed will be turned into bio gas.
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Northerners in St.Petersburg. by Marina Koluyartseva, St.Petersburg
Interviews with Mira Pitkanen, the Director of the Institute of Finland in St.Petersburg and Jan Borekull, General Director of the Swedish Business Centre.
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Saving Saab. by Alexej Smirnov, Trollh?ttan
Who stands behind the small Dutch company Spyker, which bought out the failing Saab and is promising to save it from extinction?
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Think Global. by Konstantin Ranks, Uusikaupunki
A small Finnish company is going to try and succeed where an automobile giant has failed: a project dumped by America is picked up in Finland - Think City - an electro car for urban dwellers.
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Radon Fight. by Natalia Gracheva, Stockholm
Northern countries, having the highest natural concentration of the gas radon, a menace to the health of its citizens, are trying to fight back, tightening building regulations.
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Meat for All. by Olga Dal, Oslo
In vitro meat, or meat that has never been part of a living animal, may soon hit the consumer shelves. With global warming and growing appetites this artificially produced product could solve many issues.
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New Citizens for the Swedish Kingdom. by Nikolai Sokrut, Stockholm
The combination of high social benefits with a lenient immigration policy has made Sweden a heaven for all fleeing poverty of their native states. However tensions are building and new regulation is imminent.
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Delay that Cost a Kingdom. by Alexej Smirnov, Novgorod
An extract from Aleksey Smirnov’s book "Swedish King" which sheds a new light on Russian history of the 16th century: the early years of the Romanov dynasty.
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BMW X1 – German quality. by Liisa Rejonen
The family of compact crossovers has replenished recently with the beginner: concern BMW has let out BMW X1. As the Bavarian autodesigners consider, X1 is capable to win hearts of the owners preferring German quality and reliability in a compact variant.
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Business Legislation
Shareholders Agreements and their Role in Russian Joint Ventures (materials prepared by Deloitte).
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New Horizons/Gastro+
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Bite into the Future
This March Helsinki will host a tasty exhibition – Gastro 2010 promises its participants a diverse programme of tastings, work demonstrations, seminars and cuisine contests.
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Restaurant Woes
The global economic crisis has hit the restaurants hard, with shorter and fewer business lunches, less corporate events. But one thing that is keeping the food industry in Finland afloat is the reduction of VAT on groceries.
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Aki Arjola: products «from grandmother’s kitchen» again in a fashion
In the centre of Helsinki Eat&Joy Maatilatori "farmers market" welcomes you to get a bit of a fresh nordic taste. Its co-owner Aki Arjola considers that similar projects help to find the original local products, capable to decorate both a house table, and the restaurant menu and also to support the Finnish farmer and the small manufacturer of the food goods offering to buyers distinct from supermarkets and wholesale shops assortment.
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"Laboratory" in hotel
What becomes hotel in the future? That travellers will prefer: a dream in wood open-air or rest in a fantastic silver-black kingdom of the newest technologies? Whether the minibar is necessary to visitors and how to accelerate number cleaning, in which one of the main elements of furnish – glass? On this and many other questions Finnish hotels search for the answer in Helsinki to "future Hotel".
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