Tuomioja and Heinaluoma are top Finnish SDP chair contenders -Poll
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Finnish Social Democratic Party (SDP) party secretary Eero Heinaluoma and Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja are the most likely to be chosen to succeed Speaker Paavo Lipponen as party chairman, ...
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The head of the Social Democrats, which won the most seats in Austrian elections, said Monday he was considering inviting either the center-right People's Party or the leftist Greens to hold coalition talks.
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Hungary s Socialists said they will name a new candidate for prime minister today as they sought to keep a coalition with the Free Democrats after Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy quit amid a dispute between the ...
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Polls have closed in Estonia where voters were asked to elect a new parliament. It's widely believed that they will return to power the coalition made up of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's centre-right Reform ...Comment
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Â· Poll finds support rising for EU membership  Â· Labour up a point to 35%, Tories down two to 37%
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Finland, current holder of the European Union presidency, has become the 16th member of the bloc to ratify the EU constitution which was thrown into doubt after referenda in France and the Netherlands last year put the document's implementation on hold.
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It is not advantageous for political parties, that have many seats in Saeima - New Era (JL) and People's Party (TP) - to disclose their candidates for prime minister and ministers at this time, which is why ...
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Hungary's ruling socialists have seen their popularity rise since Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany came to power, an opinion poll suggested Monday.
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Dr. Aatos Erkko, the former chairman and the largest single owner of the SanomaWSOY media group, feels that it is important for Finlands success for Finns to enjoy life in Finland, and that they should have ...
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Finnish Europarliamentarians are split down the middle on how they plan to vote on Wednesday on the European Commission designate headed by Jose Manuel Barroso.
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Party Seats won Seats +/- Votes Votes % +/-% Democratic Unionist Party (Protestant) 36 6 207,721 30.1 4.4 Sinn Fein (Catholic) 28 4 180,573 26.2 2.6 Ulster Unionist Party (Protestant) 18 -9 103,145 14.9 -7.7 Social Democratic and Labor Party (Catholic) 16 -2 105,164 15.2 -1.8 All others 10 2 71,717 13.5 4 SOURCE: BBC
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A former Finnish defence minister and an influential academic were quoted as saying in Saturday's Hufvudstadsbladet, the Swedish-language daily, that the potential opponents of President Tarja Halonen and the ...
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Why the Finnish mobile phone manufacturer could be a strong long-term stock.
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In her speech at a globalisation discussion arranged by FinnChurchAid (FCA) and the periodical Suomen Kuvalehti in Helsinki's Lutheran Cathedral on Wednesday, President Tarja Halonen called on the Finnish ...
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Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's center-right Reform Party and the left-leaning Center Party led by political veteran Edgar Savisaar have topped most surveys in the run-up to Sunday's vote.Comment
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Latvian lawmakers will Thursday vote for a successor to President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, who has stamped her personality and vision for the Baltic country on the largely figurehead presidency.
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Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair is greeted by Finland's Prime Minister Maati Vahanen, whose country currently holds the European Union presidency, prior a European Union summit in Brussels.Comment