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Greens Party leader Ville Niinistö says he is against a Russian nuclear deal. (Yle)
Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Fate of Fennovoima up to Russian brass says Finnish politician

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2015 at 15:48 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 18:22
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Finland’s Green Party leader Ville Niinistö says he considers the Fennovoima nuclear power plant project to be completely ruled by

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Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, Finland's new Environment Minister. (Yle Häme)
Finland Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland names new environment minister

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 20:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 18:46
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Finland’s new Environment Minister is to be Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, who until her selection had served as Prime Minister Alexander Stubb’s

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Finland's President Sauli Niinistö brushed aside claims made by his nephew, Green League chair and ex-environment minister Ville Niinistö that the country was lapsing back into Finlandisation. (Yle)
Finland Politics Politics (Finland) Special Features 

Finland’s president dismisses claims of Russian ‘appeasement’

Yle News
Posted: Friday, September 19, 2014 at 19:19 — Last Updated: Monday, September 22, 2014 at 20:57
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Finland’s president Sauli Niinistö has refuted claims by the leader of the Green League, Ville Niinistö, that the government’s approval

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Questions concerning violations of Finland's airspace and waters have gone unanswered by Moscow. (iStock)
Finland Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland’s environment minister defends “Finlandisation” comments

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 15:20 — Last Updated: Friday, September 19, 2014 at 19:59
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Environment Minister Ville Niinistö has taken to social media to defend comments he made to the influential business daily Financial

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland Special Features 

Finland ministers call for changes to solar energy tax

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 18, 2014 at 11:08
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Finnish Customs say that current legislation requires small-scale producers of solar energy to pay taxes, even if the power is

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Ville Niinistö co-chaired an informal discussion of forests and land usage in Warsaw. (Petteri Juuti / Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finland minister downbeat on prospects for Warsaw climate breakthrough

Yle News
Posted: Friday, November 22, 2013 at 10:31
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Finnish Environment Minister Ville Niinistö is pessimistic about the prospects for concrete decisions at the UN climate talks in Warsaw

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Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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