00HELSINKI2613 |
FINNISH PRESIDENT HALONEN'S JUNE 7 [...]) FINNISH PRESIDENT TARJA HALONEN TRAVELED TO
MOSCOW JUNE 7 FOR THE FINLAND-RUSSIA SUMMIT AND HER
FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING WITH PRESIDEN[...] |
2000-06-12 13:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FI EUN RUPREL RU |
03HELSINKI1579 |
U.S. SPEAKERS LEO MICHEL (TRACKER 19904) [...]OGRAM DESCRIPTION: Dr. Leo Michel, INSS, and
Dr. John Hulsman, Heritage Foundation, visited
Helsinki for two program days (November 20[...] |
2003-11-26 12:56:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO FI |
03HELSINKI262 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...]) ON MARCH 4 THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON PRESIDENT HALONEN
FOR A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF ISSUES ON THE INTERNATIONAL AND
BILATERAL AGENDA. [...] |
2003-03-07 14:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ CH FI |
04HELSINKI1006 |
FINLAND: BOLSTERING SUPPORT FOR LABOR RIGHTS AND [...]) As reported in Ref C, almost all official contact
between Finland and Cuba has ceased, and Finland does not
maintain an embassy in H[...] |
2004-08-03 10:46:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB CU FI ILO |
04HELSINKI1010 |
FINLAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SYRIA-IRAQ [...][...] |
2004-08-04 08:28:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY FI |
04HELSINKI1023 |
FINLAND: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR THIRD PARTY [...]C) This message contains an action request from the
Government of Finland for additional information. See para
¶6.
[...] |
2004-08-06 05:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL FI IQ |
04HELSINKI1024 |
FINLAND: NO INTEREST IN CAMP ASHRAF MEK DETAINEES [...][...] |
2004-08-06 05:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER IR FI IQ |
04HELSINKI1025 |
KFOR: FINLAND'S CAVEATS IN KOSOVO [...]) According to the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF), Finland
has the following national caveats on the use of Finnish
troops in Kosovo: [...] |
2004-08-06 08:11:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL YI FI NATO |
04HELSINKI1132 |
E-PINE: FINLAND COMMITS TO SEND OBSERVERS TO [...]C) Per reftel instructions, Pol Chief and Poloff
demarched Tuula Yrjola, the desk officer for Ukraine, and
Terhi Hakala, Director on [...] |
2004-09-01 11:19:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | KNEI PGOV PREL PHUM FI OSCE |
04HELSINKI1137 |
GYMNICH MEETING: FINLAND SAYS EU "FAIRLY [...]) Summary: In an August 27 meeting with the chief of the
MFA's EU coordination unit, we reviewed the agenda for the
September 3-4 Gymn[...] |
2004-09-02 14:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FI IZ CH TU IR SU ZL XF EUN |
04HELSINKI1288 |
CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...]) I spoke today with Jaakko Kalela, President Halonen's
chief of staff. I noted news reports over the past few days
that a cache of w[...] |
2004-10-01 13:40:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH FI EUN |
04HELSINKI1360 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY RADEMAKER'S CONVERSATIONS IN [...]) Summary: On October 7 Assistant Secretary for Arms
Control Stephen Rademaker and AC Special Advisor Paul
Janiczek, en route back to[...] |
2004-10-19 13:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MCAP PINS KHDP FI UNGA RU |
04HELSINKI1406 |
FINLAND: SUPPORT FOR TURKISH ACCESSION TO THE EU [...]U) Several Finnish officials and opinion makers have
recently expressed support at a variety of fora for eventual
Turkish accession to[...] |
2004-11-01 12:27:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM TU FI EUN |
04HELSINKI1407 |
FINLAND AND THE NOVEMBER 2 GAERC MEETING [...]) We delivered the demarche points from Ref A-C messages
to Leena Alto, deputy European Correspondent in the Finnish
MFA, and to Jonna[...] |
2004-11-01 15:39:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IZ IR RS SU FI EUN |
04HELSINKI1420 |
SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES VISIT TO [...]) Your visit to Helsinki, coming just days after the
U.S. election, will be an excellent opportunity to review our
bilateral and multi[...] |
2004-11-04 17:35:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP PTER IZ AF RS CH FI EUN |
04HELSINKI1442 |
FINLAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SECOND ROUND OF [...]C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Tulla Yrjola, the
Counselor for Ukraine in Finland's MFA on November 10.
Yrjola confirmed that t[...] |
2004-11-12 14:40:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU UP FI |
04HELSINKI1443 |
FINNISH VIEWS ON THE GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION [...] November 2, Acting Econ Chief delivered the reftel
demarche to officials at the Ministry of Trade and Industry,
the Radiation and Nuc[...] |
2004-11-12 14:56:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY AORC PTER FI IAEA |
04HELSINKI1444 |
SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL: FINLAND [...]) Embassy delivered Ref A demarche November 10 to Anu
Laamanen-Ryter, Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for
Civilian Crisis Managemen[...] |
2004-11-12 15:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC PTER PREF IZ FI |
04HELSINKI1445 |
DISBURSING PLEDGES FOR THE UN PROTECTION FORCE IN [...]) POL Chief delivered reftel demarche November 10 to
Elina Kalkku, Director of the Finnish MFA's Security Policy
Unit. Drawing on ref[...] |
2004-11-12 15:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ FI |
04HELSINKI1468 |
FINNS AGREE TO EXTENSION OF MOTAPM COORDINATOR AT [...]) Netherlands Ambassador Engels telephoned U.S.
Ambassador Mack on November 10 to report that he had received
instructions from The Ha[...] |
2004-11-17 01:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PARM PREL FI |
04HELSINKI1472 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY BETH JONES' MEETING WITH [...]) During her November 8 meeting in Helsinki with Finnish
Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, Assistant Secretary Jones
said that the Admi[...] |
2004-11-17 14:57:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EU PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TU FI |
04HELSINKI1482 |
FINNISH PM VANHANEN TELLS VISITING EUR A/S JONES, [...]) In a November 9 meeting with Finnish PM Matti
Vanhanen, visiting EUR
A/S Jones reassured the Prime Minister of the importance the [...] |
2004-11-19 08:16:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC ETRD EU PHUM PREL SMIG AF IZ TU FI RU |
04HELSINKI1486 |
FINLAND: NOVEMBER GAERC STRATEGY [...]C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to officials at the
MFA and to Jonna Partanen, Special Advisor on EU Affairs to
Prime Minister Va[...] |
2004-11-19 14:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU FI |
04HELSINKI1489 |
FINLAND: RESPONSE TO REPORTING REQUEST ON [...]U) Embassy Helsinki addressed anti-Semitism in Finland
in our draft 2004 Human Rights Report submitted in October.
There has been not[...] |
2004-11-22 11:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM FI |
04HELSINKI1490 |
FINNISH FM TUOMIOJA OPINES ON THE EVILS OF [...]C) Finland's Foreign Minister, Erkki Tuomioja (SDP),
raised eyebrows by posting an essay to his personal website
alleging a "systemat[...] |
2004-11-22 12:46:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI FI |
04HELSINKI1499 |
NATO AMBASSADOR NICHOLAS BURNS' VISIT TO FINLAND, [...]C) Of all the open questions in Finnish foreign policy,
the issue of whether to join NATO is the biggest. It is
debated endlessly in [...] |
2004-11-26 06:13:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL FI EUN NATO |
04HELSINKI1504 |
FINLAND WILL SIGN BILATERAL INSTRUMENT TO U.S.-EU [...]U) Poloff on November 29 spoke about the bilateral
instrument with Matti Joutsen, the Director for International
Relations at the Min[...] |
2004-11-29 13:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KCRM KJUS PREL FI EUN |
04HELSINKI1535 |
FINLAND: NO CHANGE IN CUBA POLICY [...]C) Poloff spoke with Veikko Suralahti in the Office for
Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and
confirmed that th[...] |
2004-12-08 12:36:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU FI |
04HELSINKI1536 |
FINLAND: FY-05 UPDATED IVP SLATE OF ALTERNATE CANDIDATES [...]Following are the names and titles for our slate of
alternative candidates for FY-05. Individual nominations for
alternative IV [...] |
2004-12-08 14:17:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FI KPAO |
04HELSINKI1547 |
FINLAND: VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 13-14 GAERC [...]) We met with Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Kimmo
Lahdevirta to discuss the agenda for next week's GAERC
meeting and the European Counc[...] |
2004-12-10 14:28:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC XF CH HR IR TU UP FI EUN EU GAERC |
04HELSINKI1571 |
NATO AMBASSADOR BURNS' VISIT TO HELSINKI [...]) U.S. Ambassador to NATO R. Nicholas Burns visited
Helsinki November 29-30. Following remarks given to the
Atlantic Council of Finla[...] |
2004-12-16 12:06:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MARR AF IZ FI NATO RU |
04HELSINKI1592 |
MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES IN FINLAND: [...]mmary: The following is Embassy Helsinki's submission
to the money laundering and financial crimes section of the
2004-2005 Internati[...] |
2004-12-23 12:22:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN FI |
04HELSINKI1603 |
FINNS FIND PUTIN "FRUSTRATED, ANXIOUS" [...]) Finnish President Tarja Halonen's most recent meeting
with Vladimir Putin left the Finns with the clear impression
that the Russian [...] |
2004-12-29 14:17:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KNEI RS FI EUN |
04HELSINKI1604 |
FINNISH AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS DISCUSS ESTONIA, [...]) On December 22 Jarmo Viinanen, advisor to Finnish
President Halonen, gave us a read-out on the December 14
meeting between Halonen a[...] |
2004-12-29 14:17:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS EN LG |
05HELSINKI1013 |
EXTREMISM IN FINLAND [...]C) Summary: Finland has a small but growing Muslim
population of approximately 20,000. Extremist sentiment is
not widespread throug[...] |
2005-09-26 06:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI KPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID FI |
05HELSINKI1015 |
FINLAND WILL NOT (YET) SUPPORT LISTING THE LTTE AS [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Ambassador
Mikko Pyhala, MFA office director for South Asia. Pyhala
noted that the GOF has p[...] |
2005-09-26 09:46:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KTFN PTER PREL CO FI |
05HELSINKI1022 |
FINLAND: TURKEY, IRAN AND CROATIA TO DOMINATE [...]) SUMMARY: Finland believes discussions of Turkey and
Iran are likely to dominate the Oct. 3 GAERC meetings. The
GOF is optimistic ab[...] |
2005-09-27 12:22:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KPAL FI TU EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI1047 |
CODEL HOBSON VISIT TO FINLAND [...]ummary. CODEL Hobson -- House Appropriations Energy and
Water Development Subcommittee Chairman David Hobson (R-OH),
Representative Ed[...] |
2005-09-29 13:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | OREP ENRG PREL FI EUN |
05HELSINKI1066 |
FINLAND: PLANS FOR UPCOMING EU TALKS ON UNCHR [...]SBU) Poloffs on Oct. 3 spoke with MFA Director for
Human Rights Johanna Suurpaa and other Finnish officials
about Finland's and the E[...] |
2005-10-04 14:07:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL EUN UNGA |
05HELSINKI1113 |
FINLAND: MY THOUGHTS AS I DEPART POST [...]BU) Summary: Finland's 2006 second-term EU
Presidency offers the opportunity to strengthen trans-
Atlantic ties and advance key U.S. [...] |
2005-10-18 13:40:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI FI EU |
05HELSINKI1114 |
AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...]C) The Ambassador on Oct. 7 paid a farewell call on
President Halonen. Halonen began her remarks by pointedly
telling the Ambassador[...] |
2005-10-19 05:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1116 |
FINNISH PRESIDENT HALONEN'S TRAVELS TO RUSSIA, [...]) SUMMARY: In late Sept. and early Oct., President
Halonen has made official visits to Russia and to Georgia,
Armenia and Azerbaijan. [...] |
2005-10-19 06:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SENV FI AJ EU RS LG UK EN AM |
05HELSINKI1128 |
BMENA FUND/FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE - FINLAND [...][...] |
2005-10-21 14:09:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PHUM EU DA |
05HELSINKI1131 |
FINLAND TO CONTRIBUTE WINTER TENTS TO PAKISTAN [...]BU) In response to reftels, Ulla-Maija Finskas, Director
of the MFA Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, said that
Finland will donate 8,[...] |
2005-10-24 10:53:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1137 |
Finland Prepares for EU Presidency and CSD 14 - [...]BU) Summary: In preparation for Finland's upcoming
presidency of the EU, OES representatives Jonathan Margolis
and Griffin Thompson v[...] |
2005-10-26 10:51:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY TSPL XG FI |
05HELSINKI1139 |
EVERY FINN'S PRESIDENT: WHY TARJA HALONEN REMAINS [...]BU) Social Democratic President Tarja Halonen remains
enormously popular in Finland, and polls consistently
predict that she will easi[...] |
2005-10-26 11:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FI |
05HELSINKI1141 |
FOLLOW-UP ON FINNISH ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...]) This is an action request. See paragraph 4.
¶2. (U) Follow-up to reftels, Post reports that the GoF will
donate EUR 2.7 [...] |
2005-10-26 12:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1145 |
FINLAND: PROPOSED RESIDENCY PERMITS FOR TIP [...]U) Officials at the Interior Ministry told Poloff that
they intend to draft a proposed amendment to Finland's
"Aliens Act" that would[...] |
2005-10-27 12:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI SMIG FI |
05HELSINKI1146 |
FINLAND SUPPORTIVE OF COORDINATED U.S-EU EFFORTS [...]) Summary: The GOF welcomes U.S. efforts to coordinate a
robust Belarus strategy with EU partners. It views a strong
message to Lukas[...] |
2005-10-27 12:52:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID BO FI PROG EUN |
05HELSINKI1162 |
FINLAND SUPPORTS BUERGENTHAL ICJ RE-ELECTION [...][...] |
2005-10-31 14:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | FI UNGA UNSC |
05HELSINKI1163 |
FINLAND CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S EXTREMISM [...]) The GOF has roundly condemned Iranian President
Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 call for Israel to be "wiped off
the map." On Oct. 27, Fo[...] |
2005-11-01 14:22:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV IR FI |
05HELSINKI1165 |
FINLAND OFFERS TO SEND FOUR SHORT-TERM ELECTION [...] August 25 post delivered reftel talking points to
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for America and
Asia Haiti desk officer Vei[...] |
2005-11-02 06:06:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA FI EUN |
05HELSINKI1170 |
FINNISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC [...]BU) PolChief delivered reftel demarche to EU
Correspondent Jarno Syrjala, who highlighted the Balkans,
ICTY cooperation, Syria, Iran a[...] |
2005-11-02 13:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI1175 |
FINLAND: SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON BOLIVIA [...][...] |
2005-11-04 06:35:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1186 |
FINLAND INCREASES ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTANI [...]) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA officials
noted that they would increase their Pakistan earthquake
relief assistance by anoth[...] |
2005-11-10 08:48:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1203 |
FINLAND: CUBA LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...]C) Poloff spoke with officials in the Office for
Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and
confirmed that there hav[...] |
2005-11-15 12:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
05HELSINKI1204 |
FINLAND CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR OAS COLOMBIA [...][...] |
2005-11-15 13:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER CO FI |
05HELSINKI1209 |
FINNISH REACTION TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...]C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tanya
Jaaskelainen, Deputy EU Correspondent in the MFA's Unit for
EU Common Foreign and Securi[...] |
2005-11-17 11:27:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IZ FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI1210 |
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM IN [...]) Summary and Action Request: This message contains an
action request. Please see para. 7.
¶2. (U) Charg and APAO called[...] |
2005-11-17 12:01:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV FI |
05HELSINKI1211 |
CHARGE'S MEETING WITH UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...]C) Summary: The Charge spoke with UN Special
Rapporteur for Human Rights Scheinin in Turku on Nov. 10.
Scheinin said he planned to b[...] |
2005-11-17 12:01:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FI UNGA EUN |
05HELSINKI1216 |
FINLAND: VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...]SBU) Finland shares USG concerns about possible
no-action motions on important Third Committee resolutions.
Johanna Suurpaa, MFA Dire[...] |
2005-11-18 13:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL FI UNHRC |
05HELSINKI122 |
2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...][...] |
2005-01-28 11:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR FI |
05HELSINKI1234 |
FINLAND: NO MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS [...]U) Poloff spoke with MFA desk officer for Bolivia
Anu-Vuori Kiikeri on November 28 about the rescheduled Dec.
18 elections. Kiikeri [...] |
2005-11-28 14:30:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BO FI |
05HELSINKI1263 |
FINLAND SUPPORTS MDA PROTOCOL [...]U) In response to reftel, post confirmed that Finland
strongly supports the U.S. position on the MDA protocol. The
MFA's Director of[...] |
2005-12-07 14:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL FI |
05HELSINKI1267 |
CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FINNISH PRIME MINISTER [...]) Summary: Prime Minister Vanhanen and Charge reviewed
several issues of interest to the U.S. and Finland Nov. 25.
Vanhanen raised the[...] |
2005-12-08 15:12:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON MARR MOPS FI EU |
05HELSINKI127 |
ACEH: FINNISH MEDIATOR AHTISAARI PLEASED WITH [...]C) Poloff on January 30 spoke with former Finnish
President Ahtisaari's special assistant Kristiina Rinkineva.
Ahtisaari is the head [...] |
2005-01-31 13:13:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS ASEC ID FI |
05HELSINKI1277 |
FINLAND MOVES TO IMPLEMENT NATIONAL ACTION PLAN [...]U) Summary: Finland is in the process of implementing
its new National Action Plan. Each ministry and agency has
created an interna[...] |
2005-12-12 11:28:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI1281 |
FINNISH RESPONSE TO S LETTER ON ALLEGED US [...]) Summary: Finnish MFA officials have offered
generally measured reactions to the Secretary's response
to Foreign Secretary Straw on a[...] |
2005-12-12 13:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM FI EUN |
05HELSINKI1286 |
DEMARCHE TO FINLAND - CONDEMNING THE ASSASSINATION [...][...] |
2005-12-15 08:20:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER FI |
05HELSINKI1290 |
FINLAND: UN RAPPORTEUR WELCOMES THE SECRETARY'S [...]C) Summary: UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights
Scheinin welcomed the Secretary's clarification of U.S.
policy on transportation [...] |
2005-12-15 12:32:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI1310 |
FINLAND'S "NATO CANDIDATE" STRESSES TRANS-ATLANTIC [...]BU) Summary: Swedish People's Party candidate and
MEP Henrick Lax briefed us on the presidential campaign
and the political challenges[...] |
2005-12-23 10:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR SENV PINR FI |
05HELSINKI1321 |
FINLAND: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...]U) This report is keyed to the applicable questions in
reftel paragraphs 7-10. Post's summary update has also been
emailed to Rhonda[...] |
2005-12-29 09:33:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER FI |
05HELSINKI1325 |
FINLAND: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...]U) This report is keyed to the relevant sections in
reftel. Embassy poc for the drugs and chemical diversion
control portion of the [...] |
2005-12-30 11:08:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SMIG SOCI PREL FI |
05HELSINKI137 |
FINLAND: REACTION TO IRAQI ELECTIONS [...]) Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja has not
issued a formal statement on the Iraqi elections, but told
reporters in Brussels [...] |
2005-02-02 15:08:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ FI |
05HELSINKI15 |
FINNISH AID IN SUPPORT OF TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT [...]BU) The Government of Finland is about to increase its
total disaster assistance donation to 12 million euros. GoF
donations have inc[...] |
2005-01-04 11:42:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR EAID PGOV FI |
05HELSINKI160 |
AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FM: MIDDLE EAST IS "NUMBER [...]) Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja invited the
Ambassador to a working lunch February 2. Tuomioja was more
relaxed and upbeat [...] |
2005-02-04 15:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF AF ID CH MARR CASC KIPR FI EUN |
05HELSINKI185 |
ACEH: FINNISH INTERMEDIARY MORE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...]S) DCM Weisberg met with Juha Christensen on February
11 to discuss the Aceh talks in Helsinki. Christensen is the
Finnish businessm[...] |
2005-02-11 14:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS ID FI EAID |
05HELSINKI186 |
AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...]) In a meeting over lunch February 11, Finnish President
Tarja Halonen reinforced in person what we have already heard
from her staff:[...] |
2005-02-14 17:01:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF AF CH IZ RS FI EUN |
05HELSINKI202 |
FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EU DESIGNATION [...]) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 14 to Jarno
Syrjala, MFA's "regional director" for Lebanon, Syria,
Israel, and the Palest[...] |
2005-02-16 14:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC EFIN XF LE FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI207 |
FEBRUARY 21 GAERC: FINLAND RESPONSE [...]) We delivered Ref A demarche to the Finnish MFA and the
Prime Minister's Office on February 11. In a February 16
follow-up conversat[...] |
2005-02-17 13:04:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP MD SR BK SU HR FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI224 |
NPT 2005 REVCON: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PD STRATEGY [...] February 7, the Embassy delivered the Ref A non-paper
on the upcoming NPT RevCon to Laura Kansikas-Debraise, new
director of the Finn[...] |
2005-02-22 12:34:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PARM KNNP FI NPT IAEA |
05HELSINKI228 |
ACEH TALKS: FINNISH MEDIATORS POSITIVE AFTER DAY 2 [...]C) Poloff spoke with Meri-Maria Jaarva of the Crisis
Management Initiative (CMI) on the night of February 22.
Jaarva is the chief ass[...] |
2005-02-23 09:04:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ASEC ID FI |
05HELSINKI242 |
ACEH TALKS: CONVERSATION WITH AHTISAARI'S OFFICE [...]) On February 24, POL Chief and UK DCM met with
Meeri-Maria Jaarva of former Finnish President Ahtisaari's
staff for a more detailed r[...] |
2005-02-25 13:22:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ASEC ID FI |
05HELSINKI273 |
FINLAND: 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS UPDATE [...]) The Finnish Government is set to release its new
National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons
sometime next week or th[...] |
2005-03-04 16:15:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI |
05HELSINKI274 |
CORRECTED COPY - SEE PARAGRAPH 2 -- FINLAND: 2005 [...]) The Finnish Government is set to release its new
National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons
sometime next week or th[...] |
2005-03-07 10:34:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI |
05HELSINKI287 |
FINLAND ON SYRIA'S PRESENCE IN LEBANON [...]) In a March 6 interview with local television, Finnish
Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said that withdrawal of
Syrian troops to the B[...] |
2005-03-07 14:27:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS SY LE FI |
05HELSINKI3 |
EMBASSY HELSINKI'S RESPONSE TO SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST [...]r reftel, Post submits the following updated contact
information on leading Finnish government figures.
¶2. COUNTRY: Repu[...] |
2005-01-03 06:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL AMGT FI |
05HELSINKI300 |
AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH NEW EU REP KEMPPINEN [...]) Reijo Kemppinen, who until recently was European
Commission spokesman, has been appointed the Commission's new
Head of Representatio[...] |
2005-03-10 15:20:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF RS FI EUN |
05HELSINKI303 |
FINLAND: CHILD MARRIAGE [...]U) The following responses are keyed to paragraph 6 of
reftel:
A) (U) The legal age of marriage for males and females in [...] |
2005-03-11 14:48:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI312 |
FINLAND: BELARUS RESOLUTION AT THE UNCHR [...][...] |
2005-03-14 13:42:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM BO FI UNHRC PDEM |
05HELSINKI320 |
FINLAND: CHR RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...][...] |
2005-03-15 14:27:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CU FI UNCHR EUN |
05HELSINKI321 |
FINLAND: VIEWS ON MARCH GAERC ISSUES [...]) On March 15 we met with Finnish MFA Acting European
Correspondent Leena Aalto to review issues on the agenda for
the March 16 GAERC,[...] |
2005-03-15 15:17:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM XF CH HR LE RS FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI328 |
FINLAND: 2005 INCSR SUPPLEMENTAL STATISTICAL DATA [...]U) Post obtained the following statistics regarding
narcotics arrests and seizures from Finland's National Bureau
of Investigation (N[...] |
2005-03-17 08:47:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR FI |
05HELSINKI345 |
FINLAND: SOMALIA-IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...][...] |
2005-03-22 14:54:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO FI |
05HELSINKI353 |
POSSIBLE GEORGIAN TRAFFICKING CONNECTION WORRIES [...]mmary:
--------
(U) Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and
Frontier Guards announced on March 7 tha[...] |
2005-03-24 08:11:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI383 |
FINLAND'S ATTENDANCE AT THE OSLO DONOR'S [...] March 31, Ambassador Mack delivered the reftel talking
points to Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Paula
Lehtomaki, requestin[...] |
2005-03-31 12:23:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON FI |
05HELSINKI406 |
GWOT ASSESSMENT: EMBASSY HELSINKI RESPONSE [...]) Embassy Helsinki has found that our primary challenge
in dealing with the GoF on counterterrorism issues has been
to overcome the in[...] |
2005-04-07 14:22:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | PTER PREL FI |
05HELSINKI407 |
FINLAND: UPDATE ON TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS; FINLAND [...]) This supplemental report provides additional
information about trafficking and Finland, in particular
Finland's newly released Natio[...] |
2005-04-07 15:03:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI462 |
FINLAND: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MEETING IN CHILE [...]U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to officials in the
MFA's Global Affairs Bureau, noting that Secretary Rice's
participation in the[...] |
2005-04-20 11:51:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL FI |
05HELSINKI463 |
FINLAND: CHR RESOLUTION ON GUANTANAMO [...]BU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Johanna
Suurpaa, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Unit and
Finland's CHR Coordinator. Suur[...] |
2005-04-20 13:15:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM FI |
05HELSINKI471 |
FINLAND: UPDATE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...]U) In addition to the Finnish officials reported in
ref A, Finland's MFA advised post on April 22 that Ambassador
Marjatta Rasi will [...] |
2005-04-22 11:20:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL FI |
05HELSINKI475 |
APRIL 25-26 GAERC: FINLAND'S RESPONSE [...]) On April 22 we met with Jarno Syrjala, Finnish MFA's
new European Correspondent, to review the agenda for the
April GAERC meeting (R[...] |
2005-04-25 14:54:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAIR XF IZ SU LE CG ZI RS FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI476 |
FINNS SAY 'YES' TO EXTENDING POLICE TRAINERS AT [...]) We delivered reftel demarche to Anu Laamanen-Ryter,
Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Unit for Civilian
Crisis Management.[...] |
2005-04-25 15:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SNAR SOCI IZ FI |
05HELSINKI492 |
ACEH: AHTISAARI ANGRY OVER TNI MILITARY MOVES [...]C) Aceh mediator and former Finnish President Martti
Ahtisaari phoned DCM on April 28 and expressed anger and
dismay over reports tha[...] |
2005-04-28 13:53:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ID FI |
05HELSINKI586 |
FINLAND: UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR [...]U) Laboff delivered reftel demarche to officials at
Finland's Foreign Affairs and Labor Ministries. Tarja
Repponen, Director for Int[...] |
2005-05-26 06:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL FI ILO |
05HELSINKI587 |
FINLAND: CUBA LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...]C) Poloff spoke with officials in the Office for
Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and
confirmed that there hav[...] |
2005-05-26 06:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
05HELSINKI589 |
FINLAND: EMBASSY PARTICIPATES IN ORTHODOX CHURCH [...]U) Poloff David Schlaefer spoke at a conference on
trafficking-in-persons organized by the Finnish Orthodox
Church on April 11 in Joe[...] |
2005-05-26 07:49:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG SOCI FI |
05HELSINKI590 |
U/S BROWN'S MEETING WITH FINLAND'S INTERIOR [...]C) Summary: U.S. Under Secretary of Homeland Security
Michael Brown and U.S. Ambassador to Finland Earle I.Mack met
with Finland's I[...] |
2005-05-26 07:52:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PTER KCRM KWMN FI EUN NATO EU |
05HELSINKI613 |
OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...]) CODEL Hyde -- House International Relations Committee
Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL), HIRC Minority Leader Tom Lantos
(D-CA), Representa[...] |
2005-06-02 05:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT |
05HELSINKI670 |
FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO SWISS ON CONFERENCE FOR [...][...] |
2005-06-17 15:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM IS SZ FI ICRC |
05HELSINKI677 |
FINLAND: ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY ON IRAQ [...][...] |
2005-06-20 14:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | PREL IZ SY FI |
05HELSINKI690 |
CODEL HYDE VISIT TO FINLAND [...]) CODEL Hyde -- House International Relations Committee
Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL), HIRC Minority Leader Tom Lantos
(D-CA), Representa[...] |
2005-06-27 11:06:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT FI |
05HELSINKI695 |
FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA [...]) Acting Pol Chief delivered the reftel talking points
to Anne Lammila, Director for the Latin America Unit at the
Finnish MFA. Lammil[...] |
2005-06-28 06:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE FI |
05HELSINKI710 |
FINNISH BORDER GUARDS STRIKE CONTINUES WITH [...]) The Finnish border guard strike remains unresolved
after the Finnish Border Guards Union rejected a proposed
settlement by Frontier [...] |
2005-06-28 13:41:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS ELAB ASEC FI |
05HELSINKI735 |
IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE BW-RELATED TECHNOLOGY [...]U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3.
¶2. (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Finnish
officials fro[...] |
2005-07-01 09:40:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR FI |
05HELSINKI75 |
OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...]) Beth, I would like to ask for your support and
assistance in requesting that the President meet bilaterally
with Finnish Prime Minis[...] |
2005-01-14 16:42:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT |
05HELSINKI8 |
FINLAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...]U) This report is keyed to the applicable questions in
reftel para 15. The Embassy's summary update has also been
emailed to John Ki[...] |
2005-01-03 13:13:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER FI |
05HELSINKI810 |
FINLAND: LIKELY TO ACCEPT UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS [...][...] |
2005-07-18 06:31:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL FI IDP |
05HELSINKI873 |
PUTIN VISITS FINLAND [...]C) Summary: Ambassador Earle I. Mack met privately
with Jarmo Viinanen, Chief of Staff to Finland's President
Tarja Halonen, on Augu[...] |
2005-08-04 05:11:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM RS EN FI |
05HELSINKI906 |
FINLAND: SUPPORTING TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...]C) The Government of Finland supports Turkish accession
to the EU and the start of accession talks in October.
Former Finnish Preside[...] |
2005-08-16 12:06:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU FI RU EUN |
05HELSINKI920 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CONSERVATIVE PARTY [...]) Summary: Conservative Party presidential candidate
Sauli Niinisto provided us a candid summary of his views on
the upcoming campaig[...] |
2005-08-23 13:17:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU FI TU |
05HELSINKI924 |
FINNISH EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF UZBEK REFUGEES IN [...]BU) PolChief met August 24 with MFA Human Rights Unit
Director Johanna Suurpaa and Legal Officer Janina Hasenson to
request additional[...] |
2005-08-25 09:15:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM NL SW FI KG UZ |
05HELSINKI930 |
FINLAND: PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER 1-2 GYMNICH MEETING [...]ummary:
(U) The GoF plans to concentrate on three issues at the
Gymnich: EU enlargement, the Middle-East Peace Process, and[...] |
2005-08-26 14:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EU PGOV PHUM PREL FI EUN |
05HELSINKI94 |
FINLAND: DEMARCHE ON MARKING AND TRACING OF SA/LW [...]) We delivered Ref A demarche to Laura
Kansikas-Debraise, Director of MFA's Unit for Arms Control,
Disarmament, and Nonproliferation, [...] |
2005-01-21 14:36:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM FI CDG UN |
05HELSINKI947 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: FINLAND DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE [...]) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary
for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. Lyra said that the GOF
would be disinclined[...] |
2005-09-02 11:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR FI |
05HELSINKI948 |
GOF RESPONSE ON IRAQ CONSTITUTION [...]M met September 1 with Finnish MFA Undersecretary for
Political Affairs Markus Lyra to discuss the GOF's public
response to the Iraqi [...] |
2005-09-02 11:03:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ FI |
05HELSINKI949 |
GOF CONCERNED ABOUT SYRIA BUT HESITANT ABOUT [...]) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary
for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. The GOF has not received
a request from Syr[...] |
2005-09-02 11:03:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY FI |
05HELSINKI956 |
FINLAND: ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSIONS IN HAITI [...]U) Anne Lammila, the Director for Latin America at
Finland's MFA, told Poloff that Finland will not send a
national electoral observa[...] |
2005-09-06 10:13:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID HA FI |
05HELSINKI958 |
FINNISH SUPPORT IN RESPONSE TO KATRINA ON THE [...] Sept. 1, the Embassy received general offers of
assistance from the GOF in support of the victims of
Hurricane Katrina (ref B). Foll[...] |
2005-09-06 13:07:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC US FI |
05HELSINKI974 |
TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF FINNISH ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR [...]r reftel instructions, Embassy Helsinki has conveyed to
the GOF the USG's acceptance of part of Finland's offer for
assistance, to inc[...] |
2005-09-13 05:09:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT AMED |
05HELSINKI988 |
FINLAND'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SPAR OVER [...]BU) Summary: The unofficial opening rounds of
Finland's presidential campaign appear to indicate that
European and trans-Atlantic secu[...] |
2005-09-16 07:51:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR FI NATO |
06HELSINKI1003 |
FINLAND: DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH FM TUOMIOJA AND [...]) Summary: In Helsinki Sept. 27, DAS Bryza
encouraged the Finnish Presidency to implement its plan
for helping the EU and Turkey move [...] |
2006-10-02 11:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN FI CY GR TU |
06HELSINKI1025 |
FINLAND: I2010 INFORMATION SOCIETY CONFERENCE [...]ropean decision-makers and leading experts convened in
Espoo, Finland on September 28th to discuss the challenges
of the information s[...] |
2006-10-10 13:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT ELTN FI |
06HELSINKI1032 |
CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR MCCARRY'S DISCUSSIONS [...]) Summary: Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb
McCarry delivered well-received messages in Helsinki
Sept. 29, emphasizing that change is[...] |
2006-10-11 13:43:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD CU FI EUN |
06HELSINKI1037 |
DAS PEKALA,S OCTOBER 4 MEETINGS WITH FINNISH MFA [...]BU) EUR DAS Mark Pekala visited Helsinki October 4-6 to
participate in the Nordic-Baltic Chiefs of Mission Conference
and to consult w[...] |
2006-10-12 08:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV ENRG ECON FI AF GT VE RS GG |
06HELSINKI1042 |
OCTOBER GAERC - FINNISH PRESIDENCY VIEWS [...]) PolChief met with Finnish EU Correspondent Jarno
Syrjala Oct. 12 to discuss the October GAERC. Syrjala
welcomed our demarche points[...] |
2006-10-12 12:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN EU YI SR BO MK SU CG IS LE |
06HELSINKI1050 |
EU PRESIDENCY WAITING FOR UNSC ACTION ON NORTH [...]) PolOff met with Foreign Ministry Director for Asia
Pekka Metso and North Korea Desk Officer Jari Sinkkari
Oct. 12 to discuss reftel.[...] |
2006-10-16 07:20:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
06HELSINKI1058 |
PUTIN AT THE OCT. 20 EU HEADS OF GOVERNMENT [...]) SUMMARY: The October 20 EU Heads of State or
Government Informals will feature two main components:
(1) the informal EU leaders' ses[...] |
2006-10-17 13:30:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ENRG ETRD PGOV EUN MOPS FI RU SU |
06HELSINKI1064 |
THE VIEW FROM HELSINKI: PREPARING FOR THE HIGH [...]BU) Because of their long-held interest in climate
change and related issues, and their keen interest in
launching this dialogue durin[...] |
2006-10-20 05:12:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG EUN FI |
06HELSINKI1073 |
A READ-OUT ON THE EU-INDIA SUMMIT [...]BU) Emboffs met Oct. 18 with Johan Schalin, Prime
Minister Matti Vanhanen's Special Advisor for Foreign
Affairs. Schalin offered the [...] |
2006-10-20 11:08:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PGOV EUN ETRD FI IN |
06HELSINKI1088 |
ENERGY, IMMIGRATION, AND INNOVATION: EU HEADS OF [...]) The EU Heads of State or Government on 20 October met
in Lahti, Finland to discuss external energy relations,
immigration, and techn[...] |
2006-10-26 11:22:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD EUN FI MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
06HELSINKI1092 |
CORRECTED COPY: ENERGY, IMMIGRATION, AND [...]) Summary: The EU Heads of State or Government on 20
October met in Lahti, Finland to discuss external energy
relations, immigration, [...] |
2006-10-27 12:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD EUN FI MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
06HELSINKI1093 |
PUTIN IN LAHTI: MAKING FRIENDS AND INFLUENCING [...]) Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin was the
guest of honor at a dinner following the EU Heads of State or
Government summit in[...] |
2006-10-30 06:40:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM FI MOPS ENRG ETRD EUN RU |
06HELSINKI110 |
FINLAND: REACTION TO TURKISH INITIATIVE ON CYPRUS [...]SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to officials from
the MFA's Southeast Europe and EU Affairs offices. The Finns
expressed disap[...] |
2006-02-07 13:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CY TU FI |
06HELSINKI1109 |
FINNS VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. AT THE ITU [...]BU) Econoff delivered diplomatic notes (Refs A
and B) regarding U.S. candidacy to the ITU Council and
Mrs. Julie Zoller to ITU's Radio[...] |
2006-10-31 13:48:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON ITU AORC FI |
06HELSINKI1112 |
EU-RUSSIA JHA PERMANENT PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL READOUT [...]e EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council on Justice and Home
Affairs met in Helsinki on 30 October. The Finnish Minister of
Justice [...] |
2006-11-01 06:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS PHUM PTER EUN FI RU |
06HELSINKI1119 |
PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 - [...][...] |
2006-11-02 14:28:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS FI |
06HELSINKI1131 |
EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY [...]) SUMMARY: POLOFF on 6 November met with
Finnish MFA Counselor for Russia Paivi Laine to
discuss the Nov. 3 EU-Russia foreign affairs [...] |
2006-11-07 09:07:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ENRG PL FI RU |
06HELSINKI1137 |
U.S.-EU HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...]t the first-ever High Level Dialogue on Climate Change,
Clean Energy and Sustainable Development (HLD) October 24-25
in Helsinki, the [...] |
2006-11-07 12:50:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TRGY TSPL ELTN EUN EPET FI |
06HELSINKI1148 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM VANHANEN [...]) Ambassador Ware met with Prime Minister Matti
Vanhanen Nov.8. Fresh from having recently hosted the
EU-Ukraine Summit and the EU He[...] |
2006-11-09 14:41:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ENRG EUN FI RU UP |
06HELSINKI115 |
SHIELD S59-05: AG ALERT ON IRANIAN PROCUREMENT [...]) On February 8, Political Section Chief delivered
subject demarche to Laura Kansikas-Debrais, the Finnish MFA's
Director for Arms Con[...] |
2006-02-08 13:54:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR FI CBW |
06HELSINKI1153 |
INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION - FINNISH [...][...] |
2006-11-14 09:15:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ILC UNGA FI |
06HELSINKI1157 |
DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN - [...]BU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Kimmo
Lahdevirta, Director of the Finnish MFA's Office of
Security Policy. Lahdevirta expr[...] |
2006-11-15 11:40:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS |
06HELSINKI1158 |
DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN - [...]BU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Kimmo
Lahdevirta, Director of the Finnish MFA's Office of
Security Policy. Lahdevirta expr[...] |
2006-11-15 13:57:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG FI |
06HELSINKI116 |
S23B-04: IRANIAN RESEARCHER AND DUAL-USE RESEARCH [...][...] |
2006-02-08 14:01:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR FI CBW |
06HELSINKI117 |
MTAG 05-96: IRANIAN UAV/CRUISE MISSILE ENTITY [...][...] |
2006-02-08 14:09:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL FI MTCRE |
06HELSINKI1173 |
DAS KRAMER AND FINNISH DG ESKELINEN DISCUSS [...]BU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer on
15 November met with Finnish Director General Eskelinen and
other foreign mini[...] |
2006-11-21 14:26:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RU FI EUN BO MD PL UP |
06HELSINKI1176 |
FINLAND TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON LRIT AT IMO,S [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the
International Maritime Organization,s (IMO) Maritime Safety
Committee meeting (MSC) to Ca[...] |
2006-11-22 14:37:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KTIA AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EUN FI |
06HELSINKI1178 |
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): REQUEST [...][...] |
2006-11-24 10:09:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | MTCRE KSCA PARM PREL ETTC FI |
06HELSINKI1193 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...]BU) On 29 November, DCM delivered demarche to Finnish
Foreign Ministry Political Director Pilvi-Sisko Vierros
Villeneuve. Vierros Vil[...] |
2006-11-30 13:08:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU |
06HELSINKI1197 |
EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: FM TUOMIOJA'S SIDEBARS WITH [...]) On 29 November, DCM met with Finnish MFA Political
Director Pilvi-Sisko Vierros Villeneuve and discussed FM
Erkki Tuomioja's recent [...] |
2006-12-01 12:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU GG FI |
06HELSINKI1198 |
EU DECISION ON AVIATION EMISSIONS TRADING SET FOR [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the EU,s
proposal to include international emissions from non-EU air
carriers in its Emission[...] |
2006-12-01 13:39:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV EUN FI |
06HELSINKI1199 |
ENERGY FROM THE EAST: FINNISH RELIANCE ON RUSSIAN [...]) Summary: Gasum, Finland,s sole supplier of natural
gas, has managed to settle into a peaceful coexistence with
its notorious Russian[...] |
2006-12-01 14:47:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD EUN FI RS |
06HELSINKI1200 |
FINNISH POLDIR ON EU'S NEXT STEPS IN THE MIDDLE [...]) Summary: The Finnish EU Presidency has emerged
from the Nov. 27-28 EUROMED Ministerial with a decidedly
upbeat impression of both th[...] |
2006-12-04 07:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EUN FI IS |
06HELSINKI1209 |
GAERC - FINNISH RESPONSE [...]) PolChief delivered December GAERC demarche to
Finnish EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala November 5 and
followed up further by phone Nov[...] |
2006-12-07 13:12:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UN EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR TU |
06HELSINKI1214 |
DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBERS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...][...] |
2006-12-08 12:11:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EUN LE FI |
06HELSINKI1215 |
AMBASSADOR WARE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT AHTISAARI [...]) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari told
Ambassador Ware that he remains determined to deliver his
recommendations for Kosovo[...] |
2006-12-08 15:16:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS FI RS YI |
06HELSINKI1216 |
IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS - FINNISH RESPONSE [...]BU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Middle East
Office Eija Rotinen Dec. 8. Rotinen said that US views
concerning Iran's upcom[...] |
2006-12-08 15:17:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR FI |
06HELSINKI1217 |
PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Middle East
Officer Eija Rotinen Dec. 8. Rotinen thanked us for
sharing further information [...] |
2006-12-08 15:17:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS FI |
06HELSINKI122 |
AVIAN FLU: ADDRESSING AI-RELATED IMPORT [...]e following is Embassy Helsinki's responses to reftel
regarding avian influenza (AI)-related import restrictions
on U.S. poultry. [...] |
2006-02-09 11:48:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR USTR TBIO FI |
06HELSINKI1221 |
FINLAND SAYS REBALANCE NEEDED TO LAUNCH U.S.-EU [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S.-EU Air
Transport Agreement to Petri Hakkarainen, North America Unit
of the GOF Minis[...] |
2006-12-11 14:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EUN KTIA EI FI |
06HELSINKI1227 |
FINNS BACK INTEROPERABILITY OF GPS AND GALILEO [...]) Dr. Matti Roine, Director of the Traffic Safety Unit
at the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications, said
Finland ratified [...] |
2006-12-12 13:47:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA SENV KTIA SPCE FI |
06HELSINKI1231 |
FINNS PREPARE FOR THE WORST: A RUSSIAN OIL SPILL [...]SBU) Summary: Fearing that Russia will react slowly to
an oil spill and utilize controversial environmentally
harsh clean up methods, [...] |
2006-12-12 14:57:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EWWT EPET EUN FI |
06HELSINKI1236 |
BEST PRACTICES FROM FINLAND'S ENERGY AND [...]U) Summary: In 2002, Finland established a unique Energy
and Environment Partnership with Central America, inspired by
U.S. private-[...] |
2006-12-14 11:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EUN FI |
06HELSINKI1238 |
REQUEST TO EXTEND INTERNATIONAL POLICE TRAINERS AT [...]lChief delivered subject demarche to Anu Laaminen,
Office Director of the MFA's Unit for Civilian Crisis
Management. Laaminen confirm[...] |
2006-12-14 13:42:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR AU HR IZ JO SI FI |
06HELSINKI1239 |
BILATERAL MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE WILTON [...][...] |
2006-12-14 13:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP NPT FI |
06HELSINKI1244 |
TRANSLATION GUIDANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING - [...][...] |
2006-12-18 08:57:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM APER KPAO |
06HELSINKI1248 |
FINLAND: NATO DEBATE HEATS UP [...]BU) Summary: The March 2007 parliamentary election
campaign is about to kick off and NATO is emerging as a key
theme, just as it did i[...] |
2006-12-19 13:12:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR EUN RU FI |
06HELSINKI125 |
U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICAO SECRETARY GENERAL: FINLAND [...]) Post discussed the reftel demarche with officials at
the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Finnish Civil
Aviation Administration [...] |
2006-02-10 13:04:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR AORC FI ICAO |
06HELSINKI149 |
FINLAND: REACTION TO AL- ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...]SBU) Poloff delivered statements in reftel to the MFA's
Middle-East bureau. The Director for Middle-East Affairs
said that Finland w[...] |
2006-02-23 08:46:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV PTER FI |
06HELSINKI16 |
HALONEN PRESSES TOWARD A FIRST ROUND VICTORY [...]) Summary: If the most recent polls are true and if
voter turnout among women is as high as expected, Tarja
Halonen will become the fi[...] |
2006-01-05 12:33:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL FI |
06HELSINKI18 |
FINNS SUPPORT JOINT STATEMENT TO BELARUS; WILL [...]) Following up on reftels, PolChief called on MFA
Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Matti Turunen to
discuss Belarus. The G[...] |
2006-01-05 14:50:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM BO FI EUN |
06HELSINKI182 |
FINLAND: 2006 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...]SBU) The following responses are keyed to the checklist
in ref A. Embassy Helsinki's point of contact on TIP is
Political Officer Da[...] |
2006-03-08 07:56:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI SMIG PGOV KCRM ELAB KWMN ASEC KFRD PREF FI |
06HELSINKI254 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA EXPECTED TO REACH FINLAND WITHIN A [...]e Finnish government (GOF) is convinced that avian
influenza (AI) will spread to Finland by migratory birds
returning north. GOF says[...] |
2006-03-27 12:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON AMGT AEMR CASC PREL WHO FI |
06HELSINKI297 |
ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION DURING FINLAND'S EU [...]BU) On April 4, Ambassador Ware met with Finland's
Minister of Environment Jan-Erik Enestam. Minister Enestam
reiterated his high reg[...] |
2006-04-07 13:28:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ENRG EU PREL FI |
06HELSINKI299 |
EU CLASSIFICATION OF BORATES AND BORIC ACID [...]) Econoff delivered the talking points in the reftel
demarche to officials at the Ministry of Environment,
Ministry of Social Affairs [...] |
2006-04-10 06:15:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP FI |
06HELSINKI355 |
HIGHLIGHTS OF ADMIRAL COLLINS VISIT TO FINLAND, [...]) Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast
Guard, visited Finland, March 28 - April 1, 2006. Finnish
Chief of the Border [...] |
2006-04-27 11:28:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHSA EWWT SENV IMO FI |
06HELSINKI405 |
ACTING DAS DISCUSSES POLIO ERADICATION, AVIAN [...]) Summary. On May 9, Acting OES S DAS Jack Croddy and
Embassy reps met with senior public health officials at the
Finnish Foreign Mini[...] |
2006-05-12 07:04:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TBIO WHO FI |
06HELSINKI465 |
FINNISH VIEW ON US-EU SUMMIT PREPARATIONS, AFGHAN [...]) SUMMARY: U/S for Political Affairs Lyra told
Ambassador that the US and EU are making good progress
toward finalizing Summit Declara[...] |
2006-05-26 09:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SENV PREL MARR FI EU |
06HELSINKI467 |
FINLAND: THE FAR LEFT SLOWLY IMPLODES [...]U) Summary: Finland's only far-left party, the Left
Alliance (LA), is struggling in the wake of the resignation
of its popular chair[...] |
2006-05-26 10:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV FI |
06HELSINKI495 |
SALE OF TELESCOPING MASTS TO SYRIA [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Laura
Kansikas-Debraise, MFA Director for the Unit on Arms Control.
Kansikas-Debraise was un[...] |
2006-06-01 10:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | ETRD ETTC FI PARM PCI PREL SY |
06HELSINKI505 |
FINLAND'S EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES [...]BU) During its EU Presidency, Finland will generally
be a cooperative partner for the US, keen to facilitate
US-EU cooperation and imp[...] |
2006-06-02 12:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG EAID EU FI |
06HELSINKI523 |
FINNISH VIEWS ON JUNE GAERC [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to European
Correspondent Jarno Syrjala June 7. Syrjala said the GOF
generally supports most of[...] |
2006-06-08 11:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ CU KPAL FI |
06HELSINKI524 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...]lChief delivered subject demarche to Laura
Kansikas-Debraise, MFA Office Director for Arms Control and
Non-proliferation, on June 8. [...] |
2006-06-08 11:20:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG FI |
06HELSINKI525 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL [...]nland will be represented at subject conference by
Helsinki-based technical expert Erik af Halstrom and by its
Ambassador to Poland. &[...] |
2006-06-08 11:20:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP PARM US PL XX FI |
06HELSINKI528 |
FINNISH TO DEMARCHE KYRGYZ REGARDING MANAS AIRFIELD [...]) In response to subject demarche, Hannele Voionmaa, MFA
Counselor for peacekeeping and military crisis management
operations, told Po[...] |
2006-06-08 12:11:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | KG MARR MOPS PREL AF FI |
06HELSINKI55 |
LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN: FINNISH GOALS [...]BU) Responding to reftel demarche, MFA officials
expressed their overall agreement with our stated goals and
were grateful to be kept [...] |
2006-01-19 15:01:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV AF FI |
06HELSINKI56 |
Charge Meets with Finnish Legal Expert on Counter- [...]BU) Summary. Charge met with one of Finland's most
senior officials on counter-terrorism, Marja Lehto, who
recently was appointed to c[...] |
2006-01-20 11:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PGOV PTER FI EUN |
06HELSINKI566 |
ENERGY DIVERSITY IN FINLAND AND WHAT IT CAN OFFER [...]BU) Summary: Finland has the EU's longest border with
Russia and the two maintain a complex and long-standing
energy relationship. Wh[...] |
2006-06-16 14:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EPET FI RU |
06HELSINKI567 |
FINNISH NUCLEAR SAFETY [...]BU) On June 1, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja
told Ambassador Ware that Finland is willing to provide
nuclear safety technolo[...] |
2006-06-16 14:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY PARM PREL KNNP FI RU |
06HELSINKI585 |
FINLAND RESPONSE TO SUPPORT FOR NICARAGUAN [...][...] |
2006-06-22 13:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KDEM NU PGOV PREL FI |
06HELSINKI612 |
FINLAND: ICANN RESPONSE [...][...] |
2006-07-03 11:54:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT ETRD ETTC FI |
06HELSINKI63 |
FINLAND'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: SUDDENLY, IT'S A [...]BU) Summary: Incumbent Tarja Halonen made an
impressive showing in the first round of Finland's
presidential election, besting her nea[...] |
2006-01-25 13:31:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL FI |
06HELSINKI665 |
FINNISH VIEWS ON JULY GAERC [...]) PolChief and Emboff delivered subject demarche to
Deputy European Correspondent Tanja Jaaskelainen on July
¶14. Jaaskelainen sai[...] |
2006-07-14 13:53:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN FI PREL UN |
06HELSINKI667 |
BLUE LANTERN - DTC CASE 05-995123 [...]onoff spoke to Jonne Piisila (Security, Defence &
Space Division) and Marko Koski (Director, Sales & Business
Development) about Eleck[...] |
2006-07-14 13:57:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UK FI |
06HELSINKI671 |
FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...][...] |
2006-07-17 13:40:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PDOV BK FI |
06HELSINKI676 |
JULY 2006 EU INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERIAL [...]) SUMMARY: At the July 2006 EU Environmental
Informal Ministerial, the GOF made clear its eagerness
to begin a dialogue with the US on[...] |
2006-07-18 14:03:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ETRD EAGR EUN FI |
06HELSINKI680 |
FINLAND EU PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS IN THE [...]) SUMMARY: The EU has agreed to offer peacekeepers
for a mission in Lebanon if called upon by the UN.
Privately, Finnish MFA Secretary[...] |
2006-07-19 12:31:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR EUN FI |
06HELSINKI682 |
FINLAND/EU TROUBLED BY TRANSNISTRIA INDEPENDENCE [...]) SUMMARY: THE FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY SHARES THE US
PAGE 02 RUEHHEA0682 C O N F I D E N T I A L HELSINKI 000682 [...] |
2006-07-19 13:57:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PBTS PREL RS MD FI |
06HELSINKI696 |
EU-US INFORMAL SENIOR-LEVEL MEETING ON JUSTICE AND HOME [...]BU) SUMMARY. The U.S. and EU, under the chair of the Finnish
Presidency, met in Helsinki on July 18 for the Informal Senior Level
Jus[...] |
2006-07-21 12:28:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN FI |
06HELSINKI697 |
TUOMIOJA WILL ATTEND LEBANON CORE GROUP MEETING [...][...] |
2006-07-21 13:14:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC IS LE EUN FI |
06HELSINKI700 |
EU ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERS SUPPORT CREATION OF [...]) SUMMARY: During the July EU Informal
Ministerial meeting on the Environment, Finnish
Minister Enestam and EU Commissioner Dimas call[...] |
2006-07-24 12:07:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL UNEP EUN FI |
06HELSINKI701 |
FINNISH U/S OFFERS UPDATE ON EU PRESIDENCY'S [...]) SUMMARY: The GOF welcomes Israel's announcement
that it could eventually accept NATO peacekeepers in
Lebanon. However, U/S for Poli[...] |
2006-07-24 12:54:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV MOPS EUN FI |
06HELSINKI712 |
FINLAND - TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on designation of
Abousofian Abdelrazik to Juha Rainne, MFA Legal Officer for
Terrorist Financin[...] |
2006-07-27 10:37:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER FI |
06HELSINKI718 |
FINLAND - COORDINATING WESTERN SUPPORT FOR FMCT [...][...] |
2006-07-27 13:01:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP UNGA CDG FI |
06HELSINKI72 |
FINNISH VIEWS ON JANUARY GAERC [...]) European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala said Finland
supports nearly all the views outlined in our pre-GAERC
demarche (reftel). His ot[...] |
2006-01-26 12:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FI EUN GAERC |
06HELSINKI725 |
FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY ON EXTRAORDINARY AUG. 1 GAERC [...]) Summary: A/DCM met with Finnish MFA European
Correspondent Jarno Syrjala to discuss the Aug. 1
extraordinary GAERC. Syrjala also of[...] |
2006-07-28 14:40:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS EUN FI |
06HELSINKI733 |
TFLEO1: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEBANON CRISIS WITH [...]C) Summary: Ambassador Ware met with Finland's Foreign
Minister, Erkki Tuomioja, on July 31. Tuomioja said that his
just-completed [...] |
2006-07-31 15:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MEPP EUN FI |
06HELSINKI75 |
PAAVO LIPPONEN'S SILLY SEASON COMMENTS ON NATO AND [...]BU) Finnish Speaker of Parliament and former Prime
Minister Paavo Lipponen prompted a media feeding frenzy this
week when he publicly [...] |
2006-01-27 08:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR PINR FI |
06HELSINKI77 |
MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES IN FINLAND: [...]ummary: The following is Embassy Helsinki's submission
to the money laundering and financial crimes section of the
2005-2006 Internat[...] |
2006-01-27 10:22:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SNAR KTFN EFIN KCRM FI |
06HELSINKI783 |
GOF PESSIMISTIC ON SRI LANKA CEASEFIRE [...]) Echoing reftel concerns about the escalating violence
in Sri Lanka, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director Rauli
Suikkanen, desk office[...] |
2006-08-09 12:14:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CE EUN FI |
06HELSINKI786 |
FINLAND: VIEWS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SPECIAL [...]SBU) Poloff spoke with Johanna Suurpaa, Director of the
MFA's Human Rights Unit, about the proposed Special Session
of the Human Righ[...] |
2006-08-09 12:57:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IS LE FI |
06HELSINKI8 |
FINLAND: PRESIDENT'S NEW YEAR ADDRESS [...]U) President Tarja Halonen's New Year's Day speech--
which also serves as Finland's de facto state of the union
address-- focused on [...] |
2006-01-04 14:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV FI |
06HELSINKI800 |
FURTHER FINNISH RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTION 1701 [...]) As indicated Reftel A, the GOF welcomed UNSC
Resolution 1701; the text of the Finnish Foreign Ministry's
Statement on Behalf of the [...] |
2006-08-14 13:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EUN FI |
06HELSINKI814 |
FINLAND NONCOMMITAL ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...][...] |
2006-08-16 11:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI PHUM US |
06HELSINKI815 |
FINLAND WON'T JOIN BERN PROCESS DEMARCHE [...][...] |
2006-08-16 12:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PHUM PREL EUN FI |
06HELSINKI816 |
FINLAND: PRESIDENCY UPPING SRI LANKA INVOLVEMENT [...][...] |
2006-08-16 13:27:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE EUN FI |
06HELSINKI817 |
FINLAND SEEKS TO CONTRIBUTE 200 TROOPS TO UNIFIL [...]BU) Finnish MFA Secretary of State (D Equivalent) Pentti
Torstila told Ambassador Ware Aug. 15 that Finland will seek
to provide up to[...] |
2006-08-17 04:49:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL FI |
06HELSINKI824 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH LEIF FAGERNAS, DG [...]) Summary: Ambassador met with Leif Fagernas, Director
General of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) on
August 9. They disc[...] |
2006-08-18 10:19:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP TNGD TSPL ELAB FI |
06HELSINKI830 |
UPDATE ON FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY ACTIONS IN SUPPORT [...]) MFA Unit for Security Policy Director Kimmo Lahdevirta
offered an update on the Finnish Presidency's recent efforts
to urge EU membe[...] |
2006-08-21 13:14:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV FI |
06HELSINKI842 |
FINLAND TO STRONGLY URGE SYRIA TO RESPECT LEBANON [...]) Summary: DCM and PolChief met with MFA Political
Director Vierros-Villeneuve Aug. 22 to express US
disappointment regarding the Aug.[...] |
2006-08-22 12:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV MARR FI SY LE |
06HELSINKI847 |
FINLAND RESPONSE TO UPDATED BRIEFING ON KOSOVO [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA
Balkans Director Juha Ottman Aug. 23. Because of former
Finnish President Martti[...] |
2006-08-23 15:01:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU FI |
06HELSINKI854 |
FINNS TELL SYRIA TO HONOR UNSCR 1701; SYRIANS [...]) SUMMARY: On Aug. 23 in Helsinki, Finnish FM Tuomioja
told Syrian FM Al-Moallem that the EU expected the Government
of Syria (GOS) to[...] |
2006-08-24 13:50:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV MARR FI SY LE |
06HELSINKI859 |
AMBASSADOR WARE'S MEETING WITH FINLAND'S MINISTER [...]BU) Summary: On August 24, Ambassador Ware met with
Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paula
Lehtomaki. Lehtomaki de[...] |
2006-08-28 04:57:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAID EUN PREL FI |
06HELSINKI871 |
FINNS URGE IRAN TO STOP ENRICHMENT PROGRAM [...]) SUMMARY: In Helsinki August 29, Finnish FM Tuomioja
urged Iran to cease its uranium enrichment program
immediately and to announce i[...] |
2006-08-30 12:07:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM IR FI PGOV IS |
06HELSINKI876 |
FINLAND SUPPORTS DELAY OF KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE [...][...] |
2006-08-31 07:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KZ FI |
06HELSINKI884 |
FINLAND: NO PLANS TO FURTHER RESTRICT "NO FLY" DATA [...]BU) Econoff spoke with Reijo Aarnio, Data Protection
Ombudsman in the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman, an
independent authorit[...] |
2006-09-01 13:23:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER ECON FI |
06HELSINKI885 |
FINLAND AND SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...]) MFA Sri Lanka desk officer Marita Meranto assured
emboff on September 4 that Finland would attend the Sri Lanka
Contact Group's expe[...] |
2006-09-04 09:12:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE FI |
06HELSINKI889 |
NO FINNISH POSITION ON RECAPP - ASIAN ANTI-PIRACY [...]BU) Econoff spoke with Tapio Puurunen, Unit for Public
International Law at the MFA about Finland's position on the
Regional Cooperati[...] |
2006-09-05 13:30:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KRCM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL FI |
06HELSINKI903 |
GYMNICH [...]BU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers held informal
consultations in Finland Sept. 1-2, focusing on the
Middle East, Iran and Russia. In [...] |
2006-09-08 06:26:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM FI IR IS RU EU |
06HELSINKI908 |
FINLAND VIEWS OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...][...] |
2006-09-08 12:35:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
06HELSINKI909 |
FINLAND ON SERBIA'S ICTY COOPERATION [...]BU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Balkans
Office Director Juha Ottman on September 8. Ottman
responded enthusiastically, say[...] |
2006-09-08 13:37:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI |
06HELSINKI91 |
FINLAND: BROAD SUPORT FOR UN REFORM [...]U) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister
Erkki Tuomioja on January 25. She underscored the importance
the U.S. attach[...] |
2006-02-01 14:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ADCO |
06HELSINKI927 |
PRESIDENT HALONEN ACCEPTS INVITATION TO UNGA [...]e President of the Republic of Finland Tarja Halonen has
accepted the invitation of President George W. Bush to a
roundtable discussio[...] |
2006-09-12 13:56:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL UNGA FI |
06HELSINKI932 |
INVITATION TO CONTACT GROUP FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...][...] |
2006-09-13 13:41:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EU FI PREL |
06HELSINKI933 |
MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON LEBANON: FINNISH [...]) Charge delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA
Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Markus Lyra
September 13. She unders[...] |
2006-09-13 13:57:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IS LE ECON FI |
06HELSINKI934 |
FINLAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SYRIA [...]) Charge delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA
Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Markus Lyra
September 13. She emphas[...] |
2006-09-13 13:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU FI |
06HELSINKI936 |
SEPTEMBER GAERC - FINNISH PRESIDENCY VIEWS [...]) PolChief, EU Unit Chief and visiting Finland Deskoff
delivered subject demarche to Finnish EU Correspondent Jarno
Syrjala Sept. 13. [...] |
2006-09-14 05:03:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN EU YI SR BO MK SU CG IS LE |
06HELSINKI958 |
OES MEETING WITH EU PRESIDENT AND GERMANY ABOUT [...]mmary: On September 19th US State Department's Special
Representative for Sustainable Development Jonathan
Margolis, Senior Energy Adv[...] |
2006-09-21 12:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY TSPL FI |
06HELSINKI960 |
FINLAND UNCOMMITTED ON IMSO CANDIDATE [...]BU) Econoff discussed the candidacy of Mr. Steven
Lett as Director of the International Mobile Satellite
Organization (IMSO) with Mr. [...] |
2006-09-21 13:35:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS FI |
06HELSINKI990 |
FINLAND: PREVIEW OF EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERS' [...]BU) Summary. The Oct. 2-3 informal EU defense
ministers' meeting will focus on operations in Bosnia, Sudan,
and Congo; review the EU'[...] |
2006-09-27 09:20:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO EUN FI |
06HELSINKI994 |
SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO HELSINKI, OCTOBER [...]lf way through its EU Presidency, Finland has proven to be the
behind-the-scenes negotiator we expected rather than the more
out-in-fr[...] |
2006-09-28 13:43:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA SENV ENRG ECON FI |
06HELSINKI995 |
GOF ENVIRONMENT MINISTER CONFIRMS TO AMBASSADOR THE [...]BU) Summary: Ambassador Ware met with Environment
Minister Enestam on September 27 to discuss the upcoming
High Level Dialogue on Clim[...] |
2006-09-28 13:43:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ENRG EU PREL FI |
07HELSINKI102 |
FINNISH CUSTOMS LAUNCHES PUBLIC AWARENESS [...] International Customs Day, January 26, 2007, Finnish
Customs, in cooperation with the Finnish Copyright
Information and Anti-piracy C[...] |
2007-02-15 10:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR ECON EUN FI |
07HELSINKI112 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche Feb. 15 to Jani
Raappana, Counselor for Chemical and Biological Disarmament
in the MFA's Unit fo[...] |
2007-02-16 13:14:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR FI |
07HELSINKI121 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: FINLAND'S PLAYS BY EU RULES [...]SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarches to Juha Rainne,
Legal Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Finland's representative[...] |
2007-02-22 14:36:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC FI KVPR PREL PTER KTFN |
07HELSINKI122 |
FINLAND: 2007 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...]SBU) The following responses are keyed to the checklist
in ref A. Post's point-of-contact on TIP is Political
Officer David Allen Sc[...] |
2007-02-23 06:14:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FI |
07HELSINKI127 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - FURTHER EXTENSION OF [...][...] |
2007-02-26 09:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SNARIZ JO KCRM FI |
07HELSINKI129 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...][...] |
2007-02-27 13:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP FI |
07HELSINKI13 |
2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM [...]) In response to reftel action request, post contacted Sirpa
Maenpaa, Director for the Unit for Eastern and Western Africa in the
Finn[...] |
2007-01-09 13:56:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PREL ECON FI LI |
07HELSINKI130 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN [...][...] |
2007-02-27 13:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR FI |
07HELSINKI131 |
EMBASSY HELSINKI FOCUSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...]ilding upon the successful U.S. - EU High Level
Dialogue (HLD) on Climate Change, Clean Energy and
Sustainable Development held in Oct[...] |
2007-02-27 14:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TSPL PREL PGOV KPAO EUN FI XG |
07HELSINKI138 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...]BU) PolChief discussed subject demarche with European
Correspondent Jarno Syrjala Feb. 28. Syrjala thanked us
for sharing US viewsand[...] |
2007-02-28 15:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EUN KPAL IR FI |
07HELSINKI140 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE: U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT [...]BU) PolChief shared the substance of subject demarche
Feb. 27 with Laura Kansikas-Debraise, Office Director of
the Unit for Arms Contr[...] |
2007-03-01 05:41:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS NATO NO FI |
07HELSINKI144 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS [...]) DCM delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA
Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra on March
Â[...] |
2007-03-02 11:34:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EZ PL FI |
07HELSINKI150 |
FINLAND'S MARCH ELECTION: SDP LIKELY TO TAKE [...]BU) Summary: The latest polls give Finland's Social
Democratic Party (SDP) a chance to win the March 17
election, but the popularity o[...] |
2007-03-05 14:50:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FI |
07HELSINKI160 |
MTCR -- FINLAND TO SUPPORT U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...][...] |
2007-03-07 09:35:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA KSCA FI |
07HELSINKI162 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER TUOMIOJA [...]BU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister
Tuomioja to thank him for his helpful comments regarding
the US missile defense init[...] |
2007-03-08 09:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR FI |
07HELSINKI172 |
FINLAND ELECTION 2007 [...]BU) SUMMARY: For months, both the polls and
conventional wisdom have suggested that Finland's Center
Party (CEN) and Social Democrats [...] |
2007-03-09 13:12:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FI |
07HELSINKI173 |
FINLAND RAMPS UP METHANE USE [...]) On February 9, econoff accompanied Sirkka Vilkamo,
Deputy Directory General of Renewables and Energy Efficiency
Division from the Mi[...] |
2007-03-09 13:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY SENV EAGR FI |
07HELSINKI182 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FINNISH COMPUTER SECURITY [...]BU) Summary: Ambassador Ware recently received a
briefing on computer and Internet security from senior
officials at F-Secure, known i[...] |
2007-03-14 10:53:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT PINR BEXP FI |
07HELSINKI184 |
FINLAND SUPPORTS THE OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the Open Skies
Plus agreement to Anne Torkkeli, Susan Hindstrom and Topi
Siren, of the Finnis[...] |
2007-03-14 14:37:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EU KTIA PREL FI |
07HELSINKI187 |
FINLAND: MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH [...]) The public reaction in Finland to US missile defense
plans in Eastern Europe and Russian misrepresentations of
them have been largel[...] |
2007-03-15 16:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU FI |
07HELSINKI195 |
FINLAND FORMALIZES CONTRIBUTION TO UN PROTECTION [...][...] |
2007-03-20 09:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN IZ FI |
07HELSINKI232 |
DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS -- FINNISH [...]) SUMMARY: Finland increasingly expects Russia to
block any UNSC action to implement UN Special Envoy
Ahtisaari's final status recomme[...] |
2007-03-27 13:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU FI |
07HELSINKI234 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish
CFSP Director and European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala
March 28. Syrjala offered the[...] |
2007-03-28 10:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | EUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI FI |
07HELSINKI243 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - INFORMATION REGARDING THE [...][...] |
2007-03-30 12:57:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM MNUC AORC IAEA TRGY UNSC IR FI |
07HELSINKI244 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...][...] |
2007-03-30 12:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP IAEA IR FI |
07HELSINKI246 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - CONTINUED SERVICE BY [...][...] |
2007-04-03 11:26:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM MOPS PINS SNAR FI |
07HELSINKI250 |
FINLAND: RESPONSE TO GUANTANAMO RESETTLEMENT [...]U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph
¶6.
¶2. (C) Poloff spoke with Finnish officials in the MFA's [...] |
2007-04-05 09:42:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PTER PHUM PINR FI |
07HELSINKI255 |
FINLAND: BLUE LANTERN - 05-050033654 AND [...]BU) In response to the Department's Blue Lantern
request, Econoff worked with Mr. Timo Turunen, Sales Director
and Proprietor of Armor[...] |
2007-04-05 13:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC FI |
07HELSINKI256 |
"CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES THE EU RELEVANT TO ITS [...]BU) Summary: On March 22 Econoff participated in the
"Putting A Cost On Carbon ) Where to Post 2012?" Climate
Change Seminar at the Br[...] |
2007-04-05 13:32:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TRGY FI |
07HELSINKI266 |
FINLAND: WORKING OVERTIME TO APPROVE THE U.S.-EU [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S.-EU Air
Transport Agreement to Ms. Anne Torkkeli, Ministerial
Counsellor in the Trans[...] |
2007-04-11 13:37:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON KTIA PREL EU FI |
07HELSINKI280 |
FINLAND WILL SUPPORT U.S. POSITION AT ANTARCTIC [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) to Mr. Jukka
Nikulainen, First Secr[...] |
2007-04-18 13:32:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC AY IN KSCA KTIA SENV THPY FI |
07HELSINKI286 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish
CFSP Director and European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala
April 20. Syrjala offered the[...] |
2007-04-20 10:33:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KPAL PREL EUN FI |
07HELSINKI290 |
FINLAND: POSITION ON WORLD METEOROLOGICAL [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) Congress to Finnish
Meteorological Institute (FMI[...] |
2007-04-20 13:51:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TPHY WMO FI |
07HELSINKI321 |
FINLAND'S NEW GOVERNMENT: TURNING A PROMISING NEW [...]) Finland's new center-right government is eager to
reverse the malaise that often typified US-Finnish
relations after 2003, and from [...] |
2007-05-04 13:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MARR EUN FI |
07HELSINKI322 |
FINLAND CALLS FOR UNIFIED EU RESPONSE TO ESTONIAN [...]) SUMMARY: The escalating dispute between Russia
and Estonia over the Bronze Soldier has prompted an
unusually strong criticism of Rus[...] |
2007-05-04 13:39:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN FI |
07HELSINKI329 |
FINLAND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT U.S. IWC POSITION [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the
International Whaling Commission (IWC) to Mr. Esko Jaakkola,
Finland,s IWC representative[...] |
2007-05-09 12:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD FI |
07HELSINKI330 |
MIXED MESSAGE - FINLAND VOICES ITS POSITION [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the Convention
on Intentional Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora (CITES) to [...] |
2007-05-09 12:23:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA ETRD XX FI |
07HELSINKI333 |
FINNS VERY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT EU-RUSSIA PCA MANDATE [...]) SUMMARY: The GOF is very pessimistic that the EU
will be able to reach consensus on establishing a
negotiating mandate for a new EU-[...] |
2007-05-10 09:47:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EUN RS FI |
07HELSINKI340 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish
Deputy European Correspondent Tanja Jaaskelainen May 10.
She offered the following co[...] |
2007-05-10 13:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL KPAL EUN FI |
07HELSINKI351 |
A CLEAR CHANGE OF TONE: FINNISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...]BU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Kanerva underscored to
Ambassador Ware the new GOF's intention to improve the US-
Finnish bilateral rela[...] |
2007-05-14 13:52:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EUN FI |
07HELSINKI352 |
NEW SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT BREAKS WITH THE PAST [...]BU) SUMMARY: During their first meeting, new Speaker
of Parliament Niinisto and the Ambassador discussed NATO
issues and the EU's appr[...] |
2007-05-14 14:06:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN FI |
07HELSINKI381 |
FINNS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO UNSCR [...]) SUMMARY: Finland firmly supports UN Special Envoy
Ahtisaari's proposals for Kosovo's final status and welcomes
the draft UNSCR that [...] |
2007-05-23 13:41:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI FI |
07HELSINKI392 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...][...] |
2007-05-25 11:17:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP XG FI |
07HELSINKI393 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747: [...]lChief delivered subject demarche to Tarja Pesamaa,
Deputy Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Arms Control,
Disarmament and Non-Pr[...] |
2007-05-25 11:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR FI |
07HELSINKI394 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: SYRIA'S SHAM PRESIDENTIAL [...][...] |
2007-05-25 12:03:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PHUM SY EUN FI |
07HELSINKI396 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: FOLLOWING UP ON U.S. INVITATION [...][...] |
2007-05-29 04:53:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IR FI |
07HELSINKI4 |
Finns Claim Progress during the UN Climate Change [...]BU) Agreement on the governance structure and operation of the
Kyoto ProtocolQs Adaptation Fund was one of the most significant
achiev[...] |
2007-01-05 14:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KSCA EUN FI |
07HELSINKI416 |
SCENESETTER: FINNISH FM KANERVA,S VISIT TO [...]) SUMMARY: FM Kanerva's June 11 visit gives us an
excellent opportunity to capitalize on the new GOF's
stated goal of improving relati[...] |
2007-06-01 13:04:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS FI |
07HELSINKI421 |
FINLAND WELCOMES PRESIDENT BUSH'S CLIMATE CHANGE [...]BU) Following the President's new proposal on climate
change, Econoff briefed Outi Berghall, Director of the
International Climate Cha[...] |
2007-06-05 11:49:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CLMT SENV ENRG FI |
07HELSINKI427 |
VANHANEN-FRADKOV: A SHARP EXCHANGE [...]) SUMMARY: Finnish PM Vanhanen and Russian PM
Fradkov met May 29 in Helsinki but were unable to resolve
a rapidly emerging dispute ove[...] |
2007-06-06 08:19:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV ECON RS FI |
07HELSINKI438 |
FINLAND ENDORSES THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] response to Refs A and B, PolChief delivered demarches
and related materials to Counselor Jani Raappani in the
Finnish MFA,s Unit for[...] |
2007-06-07 13:14:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PARM PREL KGIC FI |
07HELSINKI44 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR [...]) PolChief discussed subject demarche Jan. 23 with MFA
Office Director for the Middle East Eija Rotinen. Rotinen
welcomed the informa[...] |
2007-01-23 14:08:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN FI |
07HELSINKI501 |
FINLAND: REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND [...][...] |
2007-06-29 10:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM KNNP IR FI |
07HELSINKI509 |
FINNISH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER WELCOMES U.S. CLIMATE [...]BU) On June 20, Ambassador Ware briefed Finnish
Environment Minister Paula Lehtomaki on the President,s new
initiative for developing [...] |
2007-07-05 10:30:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ETRD TPHY TRGY FI |
07HELSINKI51 |
FINNISH RESPONSE -- FULL COURT PRESS FOR [...]BU) PolChief discussed NATO/ISAF's new
"Comprehensive Approach" to bolstering the mission in
Afghanistan and the Jan. 26 and Feb. 8 NA[...] |
2007-01-26 09:34:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK FI |
07HELSINKI514 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: TRANSFERRING SURPLUS AMMUNITION [...][...] |
2007-07-06 12:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL NATO FI |
07HELSINKI530 |
GOF PREPARING REPORT AIMED AT INCREASED ISAF [...]) SUMMARY: The GOF is preparing a wide-ranging
proposal for increased participation in NATO/ISAF and for
increased assistance to Afgha[...] |
2007-07-11 12:18:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID FI AF |
07HELSINKI545 |
IRANIAN CHARM OFFENSIVE FALL FLAT IN FINLAND [...]) The Finnish Foreign Ministry effectively turned
off Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's
proposed June visit Helsinki, whi[...] |
2007-07-17 05:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FI |
07HELSINKI549 |
OIL SPILL EXPERT VISITS FINLAND [...]) Embassy Helsinki organized a two-day visit
by Dr. John Devens, Executive Director of the
Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Adv[...] |
2007-07-19 09:13:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OIIP EWWT EPET KPAO EN FI |
07HELSINKI553 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU COMMISSIONER OLLI REHN [...]) Summary: EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn
told Ambassador Ware that French President Sarkozy's
opposition will complicate Turke[...] |
2007-07-20 10:37:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UN TU FI YI |
07HELSINKI555 |
FINNS ON THE JULY GAERC [...][...] |
2007-07-20 13:47:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI FI |
07HELSINKI558 |
FINLAND CONSIDERING FAVS FOR MULTINATIONAL FORCE [...][...] |
2007-07-23 10:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMFO EG IS FI |
07HELSINKI560 |
FINLAND: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE 62ND UN GENERAL [...][...] |
2007-07-24 07:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FI |
07HELSINKI580 |
FINNISH MINISTER KEEN TO EXPAND BIOGAS USAGE [...]BU) Summary: Finland's Minister of Trade and Industry recently
returned from a two-day fact finding mission in Germany to examine
Germ[...] |
2007-07-30 10:30:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY SENV EAGR PINR FI |
07HELSINKI581 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: SAVE THE DATE: EVENT ON LITERACY [...][...] |
2007-07-30 11:49:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA |
07HELSINKI601 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH STATE SECRETARY TIILIKAINEN [...]BU) Summary: Ambassador Ware and PolChief met with Teija
Tiilikainen, State Secretary at the Finnish MFA, for a tour
d'horizon of mult[...] |
2007-08-06 08:43:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EUN NATO FI |
07HELSINKI606 |
FINLAND SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL SPECTER, AUG. 19-20 [...]BU) SUMMARY: The visit of Senators Arlen Specter and
John Thune to Finland offers the United States important
opportunities: (1) to en[...] |
2007-08-07 12:39:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI EUN FI |
07HELSINKI61 |
FINNAIR CEO CONSIDERS IN-FLIGHT REFUELING FOR [...]BU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ware called on Finnair CEO and
President Jukka Hienonen on January 16. Hienonen raised the
possibility of Fin[...] |
2007-01-31 09:31:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR BEXP EIND MCAP FI |
07HELSINKI614 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: BRIEFING OUR ALLIES ON ROLLOUT [...][...] |
2007-08-13 06:13:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF FI |
07HELSINKI615 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: DEBRIEF OF JULY 30 U.S.-RUSSIA [...][...] |
2007-08-13 06:19:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO RS FI |
07HELSINKI626 |
END OF IRAQI TRAINING MISSION AT JIPTC [...][...] |
2007-08-15 07:09:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR FI JO IZ |
07HELSINKI627 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: KOSOVO: DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS [...]) On Aug. 13, Ambassador Ware raised reftel points
regarding next steps on Kosovo with Foreign Minister Ilkka
Kanerva. Kanerva said t[...] |
2007-08-15 09:53:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN FI |
07HELSINKI631 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: ENSURING ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION [...][...] |
2007-08-15 12:37:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM IR FI |
07HELSINKI634 |
FINLAND: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] response to reftel Post has no reports of U.S. citizen
expropriation claims or other investment disputes.
¶2. Post points[...] |
2007-08-16 13:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV FI |
07HELSINKI636 |
CHIEF OF THE FINNISH DEFENSE FORCES MEETING WITH [...]) ADM Juhani Kaskeala, Chief of the Finnish Defense
Forces (CHOD), briefed the Ambassador on his recent trip
to Russia, where he met w[...] |
2007-08-17 13:51:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GL FI |
07HELSINKI639 |
FINLAND'S LIKELY NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...]) SUMMARY: Budgetary realities and political
discomfort amongst a few at the highest levels have
currently put the brakes on the GOF's[...] |
2007-08-20 11:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR SNAR EAID PGOV NATO AF FI |
07HELSINKI64 |
FINNS ASK 8 EU COUNTRIES TO JOIN IWC [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the recent
meeting of the pro-conservation countries of the
International Whaling Commission [...] |
2007-02-01 06:22:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS PREL ETRD KSCA IWC FI |
07HELSINKI657 |
FINLAND ACKNOWLEDGES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. ICAO [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S.
candidacy to the Council of the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) to [...] |
2007-08-30 11:06:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO FI |
07HELSINKI659 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - INVITATION TO THE LUNCHEON ON [...][...] |
2007-08-30 13:19:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA FI |
07HELSINKI665 |
FINLAND WILL NOT JOIN GNEP [...]BU) Citing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
as the clear instrument for all nuclear issues, including
multilateral fuel i[...] |
2007-08-31 13:48:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA FI |
07HELSINKI675 |
RESPECTED FINNISH NGO HOLDS IRAQ PEACE CONFERENCE [...]) The Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), a respected
NGO headed by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari,
hosted a seminar at an [...] |
2007-09-05 12:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | IZ FI PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR |
07HELSINKI677 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...][...] |
2007-09-05 12:31:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EUN |
07HELSINKI682 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish
CFSP Director and European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa
Mikkola Sept. 5. Mikkola offere[...] |
2007-09-06 12:56:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN |
07HELSINKI686 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE/MIDDLE [...][...] |
2007-09-07 07:27:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL IAEA EUN FI |
07HELSINKI687 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL [...][...] |
2007-09-07 07:30:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA FR FI |
07HELSINKI689 |
SCENESETTER: PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13-15 VISIT TO [...]BU): The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Helsinki and
views your visit as a key opportunity to advance the most
important issues on the[...] |
2007-09-07 13:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FI PREL PGOV MARR |
07HELSINKI690 |
FINNISH MINISTER WIRED ABOUT WIREC 2008 [...]) Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen is
very interested in participating in the 2008 Washington
International Renewable E[...] |
2007-09-07 13:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ENGR EAID EPET TRGY KPAO FI |
07HELSINKI696 |
HELSINKI: PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT [...]) Finland's main human rights priority over the past
several years has been the battle against trafficking-in-
persons (TIP), and Post[...] |
2007-09-11 11:13:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL FI |
07HELSINKI710 |
FINNLAND SUPPORTS EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Mika-Markus
Leinonen, Office Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for
Civilian Crisis Managemen[...] |
2007-09-17 13:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN FI |
07HELSINKI715 |
FINLAND LOOKS TO AFGHAN PRT LEADERSHIP IN 2009 [...]) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva and other
senior GOF officials told PDAS Volker and Ambassador Ware
that Finland's Cabinet C[...] |
2007-09-18 13:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI |
07HELSINKI725 |
PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13 - 14 VISIT TO FINLAND [...]) SUMMARY: PDAS Volker visited Helsinki Sept. 13-14
for wide-ranging discussions with FM Kanerva, with MFA
and MOD officials, and with[...] |
2007-09-25 09:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI |
07HELSINKI726 |
FINLAND - TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...]llowing is 2006 data for Finland (1 EUR=1.25
USD) keyed to ref request:
--Total inustrial production: 159.9 billion USD [...] |
2007-09-25 13:08:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX FI |
07HELSINKI730 |
FINLAND SUPPORTS CARGO SCANNING, CONCERNED ABOUT [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the new U.S.
law on maritime cargo scanning to Jyrki Linna, Olli Tuomisto
and Erik Dannback, [...] |
2007-09-26 13:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER FI |
07HELSINKI735 |
FINNISH ATTENDEE TO SPIEZ 2007 MEETING TO SUPPORT [...][...] |
2007-09-28 11:26:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP ENRG PREL IAEA FI |
07HELSINKI736 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: COMBATING PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE [...][...] |
2007-09-28 11:26:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU EUN FI |
07HELSINKI74 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - WMD FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE [...]) Embassy Helsinki POL, ECON and DAO have reviewed the
proposed language for subject MOU and can identify no
changes that would improv[...] |
2007-02-06 07:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA FI |
07HELSINKI746 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE [...][...] |
2007-10-03 08:08:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BM FI |
07HELSINKI75 |
FINLAND'S 2007 ELECTION: CONSERVATIVES MAKE THE [...]) January marked the unofficial opening of
Finland's Parliamentary election campaign, and most of
the country's eight political partie[...] |
2007-02-06 08:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL FI |
07HELSINKI750 |
HELSINKI: EXPERT ADDRESSES CALIFORNIA,S AGGRESSIVE [...]) Using California as a model for initiatives at the
state level, former Executive Director of the California Air
Resources Board, Cat[...] |
2007-10-03 13:31:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ENRG TRGY KPAO KGHG FI |
07HELSINKI751 |
FINLAND'S BIOGAS FUTURE HEATS UP [...]) On October 25, Aimo Aalto and Nina Broadstreet from
the Finnish Ministry for Trade and Industry briefed Econoff
on Finland's strateg[...] |
2007-10-04 04:03:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY SENV EAGR PINR FI |
07HELSINKI753 |
FINLAND, SWEDEN AND NORWAY EXPLORE A "NORDIC [...]) SUMMARY: The GOF has begun a series of
discussions with Norway and Sweden aimed at developing
a "Nordic approach" to security policy[...] |
2007-10-04 13:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV NATO AF SU CD FI |
07HELSINKI755 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...][...] |
2007-10-04 13:34:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM SOCI UN FI |
07HELSINKI76 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - DEPARTMENT SEEKS NOMINEES FOR [...][...] |
2007-02-06 12:16:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER MARR MOPS FI |
07HELSINKI768 |
FINLAND: MINISTER PEKKARINEN TO ATTEND WIREC 2008 [...]BU) According to Finnish MFA sources, Minister of Trade
and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen will lead a Finnish delegation
to the Washington[...] |
2007-10-11 09:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG EPET SOCI TRGY KPAO KSCA FI |
07HELSINKI772 |
FINLAND: GAERC RESPONSE [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA EU
Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola Oct. 11. Mikkola offered
the following: [...] |
2007-10-11 13:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL FI |
07HELSINKI776 |
FINLAND: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY [...]BU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Johanna
Suurpaa, Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Human Rights
Policy Oct. 11. Finla[...] |
2007-10-12 14:23:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BM FI |
07HELSINKI797 |
THE BIOFUELS PICTURE IN FINLAND [...]lieving that biofuels can decrease greenhouse gas
emissions while also further diversifying its overall energy
mix, the Government of [...] |
2007-10-25 12:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG SENV EAGR ECON FI |
07HELSINKI801 |
FINLAND: COMBATING PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA
Counterterrorism Coordinator Pekka Oinonen Oct. 29. Oinonen
welcomed our views a[...] |
2007-10-30 09:41:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN EUN TU IZ FI |
07HELSINKI802 |
FINLAND: BURMESE PARTICIPATION IN EU-ASEAN AND [...][...] |
2007-10-30 09:46:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM FI |
07HELSINKI808 |
FINLAND: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION ON CUBA [...]) Embassy delivered subject demarche Oct. 23 to the
Finnish MFA's Unit for Human Rights. On Oct. 31 Deputy
Director Kirsti Pohjankukk[...] |
2007-10-31 12:04:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU UNGA PHUM FI |
07HELSINKI809 |
FINLAND: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT THE UNGA [...][...] |
2007-10-31 12:13:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU FI |
07HELSINKI810 |
FINLAND: US SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA [...][...] |
2007-10-31 12:22:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM FI |
07HELSINKI811 |
FINLAND: DAVID WALKER CANDIDACY FOR UNIAAC [...][...] |
2007-10-31 12:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UN UNGA FI |
07HELSINKI816 |
FINLAND "POSITIVE" ABOUT U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...]BU) In response to the demarche on re-election of the
U.S. to the IMO Council in category "A," Ann-Christine
Kivela, Secretary for Int[...] |
2007-11-02 07:33:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK FI |
07HELSINKI817 |
UPDATE ON FINLAND'S FALL SECURITY POLICY [...]) SUMMARY: The GoF's Cabinet Committee on Foreign and
Security Policy (UTVA) met with President Halonen Oct. 26 to
continue internal d[...] |
2007-11-02 11:35:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL MOPS FI |
07HELSINKI820 |
FINLAND: RESPONSE ON FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...]BU) Econoff delivered demarche on the conclusions of the
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Iran to Ms. Virpi
Laukkanen in the Lega[...] |
2007-11-05 13:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC ECON FI |
07HELSINKI830 |
FINLAND TO STAND WITH THE U.S. ON IRAN-IAEA WORK [...]) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on to Anssi Leino,
Counselor for Iran in the Finnish MFA's Unit for the Middle
East and North Afri[...] |
2007-11-15 06:20:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PARM IR IAEA AORC FI |
07HELSINKI831 |
REVITALIZING THE GLOBE PROGRAM IN FINLAND [...]) Summary: Embassy Helsinki is actively promoting
activities to revitalize the GLOBE (Global Learning and
Observations to Benefit the [...] |
2007-11-15 07:48:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TSPL KPAO KGHG FI |
07HELSINKI841 |
FINLAND: SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...][...] |
2007-11-20 09:16:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD EFIN BM FI |
07HELSINKI842 |
FINLAND: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...][...] |
2007-11-20 10:08:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM WHA EUN VE FI |
07HELSINKI843 |
FINLAND: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...]BU) Polchief delivered reftel demarche Nov. 19 to Jukka
Pietikainen, Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Latin
America. Pietikaine[...] |
2007-11-20 11:04:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM WHA EUN VE FI |
07HELSINKI848 |
FINLAND: OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...]) SUMMARY: With its chairmanship only five weeks away,
the GOF is realistic about the fact that few if any miracles
will emerge from t[...] |
2007-11-23 13:52:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM FI |
07HELSINKI85 |
FINNS UNDECIDED ON EU AVIATION EMISSIONS [...]BU) The Finnish government has yet to form an
official position on the recent EU aviation
emissions proposal, according to Finnish Min[...] |
2007-02-09 10:53:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV EUN FI |
07HELSINKI855 |
FINLAND HOPEFUL GOING INTO BALI CLIMATE CONFERENCE [...]BU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S.
position on climate change going into the UN Climate
Conference in Bali to Ms. Outi [...] |
2007-12-03 13:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG FI |
07HELSINKI86 |
FINLAND: REACTION TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...]U) Poloff spoke with Finnish officials at the MFA and
in the Prime Minister's Office on February 6 and obtained the
following reactio[...] |
2007-02-09 11:42:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN SR BK IR AF FI |
07HELSINKI860 |
AFGHANISTAN FREES FINNISH PEACEKEEPER'S KILLERS [...]) SUMMARY: The GoF continues to receive
unsatisfactory answers from the GoA as to why President
Karzai suddenly ordered the release of[...] |
2007-12-05 13:11:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO MARR SNAR PREL MOPS FI AF |
07HELSINKI871 |
FINLAND TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] response to reftel, Embassy Helsinki reports the
following:
Terrorism Finance Control Officer:
Jane Messeng[...] |
2007-12-12 12:53:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN FI |
07HELSINKI872 |
FINNISH FM TO ATTEND DONORS CONFERENCE, PROVIDE [...]BU) Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva will attend
the donors conference in Paris on December 17th according to
Anna Savolainen in[...] |
2007-12-12 13:18:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS FI |
07HELSINKI877 |
FINLAND: PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE [...][...] |
2007-12-13 13:09:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KSTC FI |
07HELSINKI878 |
FINLAND: VIEWS TO RESOLVE KOSOVO STATUS [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA
Balkans Office Director Juha Ottman. Ottman said that the
GoF fully shares US vi[...] |
2007-12-13 13:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI FI |
07HELSINKI88 |
FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO WTO DEMARCHE: COMMISSION [...][...] |
2007-02-09 13:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EUN WTRO |
07HELSINKI881 |
FINLAND REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...][...] |
2007-12-14 11:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
07HELSINKI885 |
FINLAND: STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...]) On Dec. 11, the Finnish Parliament ratified the US-EU
Agreements on Extradition and Mutual legal Assistance between
the United State[...] |
2007-12-14 13:33:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS CJAN KTIA EUN FI |
07HELSINKI886 |
FINLAND PROVIDES ASSURANCES ON USEC'S AMERICAN [...]BU) In response to reftel, the Finnish Ministry for
Foreign Affairs issued the following verbal note covering
USEC's intent to purchas[...] |
2007-12-14 13:41:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM TRGY FI |
07HELSINKI897 |
OSCE KAZAKHSTAN DEMARCHE: FINLAND AGREES AND [...]) PolOff delivered subject demarche to Ms. Paivi
Peltokoski, First Secretary, Finnish OSCE Chairmanship Task
Force December 20. Pelto[...] |
2007-12-27 12:39:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PREL KZ FI |
07HELSINKI898 |
FINNISH RESPONSE: COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF [...][...] |
2007-12-27 12:49:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA FI |
07HELSINKI94 |
NIINISTO SEES A TOUGH ROAD FOR THE CONSERVATIVES [...]BU) SUMMARY: The Conservative Party's (CONS) most
popular candidate, Sauli Niinisto, told the Ambassador
that CONS is likely to remain[...] |
2007-02-13 14:16:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FI |
07HELSINKI97 |
UN MIDDLE RING SECURITY IN IRAQ - FINLAND WILL [...][...] |
2007-02-14 12:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN IZ FI |
07HELSINKI99 |
INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE IN FINLAND: ULLA [...]SBU) Ulla Anttila has been a member of Finland's
Parliament since 1992 and has taken the lead as the
Chairperson of the Finnish Parli[...] |
2007-02-15 07:06:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FI KDEM PHUM |
08HELSINKI1 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND US [...][...] |
2008-01-02 13:05:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK FI |
08HELSINKI12 |
FINLAND TO SEND A STRONG DELEGATION TO WIREC [...]BU) Econoff delivered the formal invitation for the
Washington International Conference on Renewal Energy (WIREC)
to Mr. Henri Backman[...] |
2008-01-10 13:06:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO |
08HELSINKI125 |
FINLAND ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE OECD [...][...] |
2008-03-19 12:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON OECD CM TW FI |
08HELSINKI126 |
FINLAND BEGINS EDGING TOWARD THE NRF [...]) SUMMARY: President Halonen has authorized the GoF to
make an official statement of interest in eventual NRF
participation. This is [...] |
2008-03-19 12:42:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL MOPS FI |
08HELSINKI132 |
FINLAND PARTICIPATES IN EU WIREC PLEDGE [...]BU) According to WIREC participant Henri Backman,
Advisor to the Minister at the Finnish Ministry of Employment
and the Economy, Finla[...] |
2008-03-27 12:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA FI |
08HELSINKI137 |
FINNISH VIEWS ON THE MARCH 28-29 GYMNICH [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA EU
Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola March 26. Mikkola
highlighted the following[...] |
2008-03-28 11:16:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EU FI |
08HELSINKI141 |
Finland: DOL Assistant Secretary for Policy [...][...] |
2008-03-31 10:09:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SMIG SOCI ECON FI |
08HELSINKI145 |
FINLND: GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG INAUGURAL MEETING [...][...] |
2008-04-02 07:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP ARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FI FR |
08HELSINKI146 |
FINLAND: AUSTRALIA GROUP PROPOSALS [...][...] |
2008-04-02 07:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC CBW FI |
08HELSINKI147 |
FINLAND: IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE ITEM PROVISION [...][...] |
2008-04-02 07:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP NSG IR MNUC FI |
08HELSINKI149 |
Finland: DOL Assistant Secretary for Policy [...]epartment of Labor Assistant Secretary for Policy
Leon R. Sequeira participated in a panel at the Nordic-
American Dialogue at Hanasaa[...] |
2008-04-02 09:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SMIG SOCI ECON FI |
08HELSINKI151 |
FINLAND ON BELARUS [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Tuula
Yrjola, Director of the Office for Eastern Europe and
Central Asia April 1. The GoF ha[...] |
2008-04-03 11:27:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | BO EU PHUM PREL FI |
08HELSINKI155 |
THOUGHTS ON FINLAND AS I DEPART POST [...]BU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Upon my departure
following two years of service as the US Ambassador to
Finland, I would like to thank [...] |
2008-04-07 13:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV MARR ETRD FI |
08HELSINKI159 |
FINLAND: REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...]) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Leena
Pylvanainen, Regional Manager of the Finnish MFA's Office
of Middle East and North Africa,[...] |
2008-04-09 06:53:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL FI |
08HELSINKI17 |
LESSONS LEARNED FROM FINLAND'S CONVERSION TO [...]) On September 1, 2007 Finland became one of the first
countries in the world to broadcast all television signals
digitally. Econoff [...] |
2008-01-15 08:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS FI |
08HELSINKI179 |
EMBASSY HELSINKI REQUESTS EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW [...]) Embassy Helsinki requests the opportunity to host an
Embassy Science Fellow from the U.S. Forest Service, within
the U.S. Department[...] |
2008-04-23 07:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL KSCA SENV EAGR AMGT OTRA APER FI |
08HELSINKI180 |
FINNISH COMMENTS ON THE APRIL 28-29 GAERC [...]) Poloffs delivered GAERC talking points to Finnish
MFA European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola April 22.
¶2. (SBU) WES[...] |
2008-04-24 07:20:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN FI |
08HELSINKI184 |
FINLAND: RESPONSE ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...]) PolOffs delivered subject demarche to Antti
Vanska, Counsellor, Unit for Russia and Paivi
Pihlajamaki, Second Secretary Unit for Eur[...] |
2008-04-29 12:18:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS FI |
08HELSINKI185 |
HIGH TECH PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN HELSINKI [...]) Working in a high tech country provides
opportunities to explore innovative public diplomacy
avenues for outreach to a tech savvy cr[...] |
2008-04-29 13:50:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS TSPL KPAO FI |
08HELSINKI186 |
FINLAND: STUBB RAISES GEORGIA AND US MISSILE [...]) SUMMARY: Finnish FM Stubb and Russian FM held
their first official meeting April 25. Their lengthy
discussions focused on bilateral[...] |
2008-04-30 12:28:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FI RU |
08HELSINKI197 |
RESPECTED FINNISH NGO HOSTS SECOND IRAQ [...]BU) The Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), a respected
Finnish NGO headed by former President (and UN Special Envoy
for Kosovo) Martt[...] |
2008-05-07 12:48:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ FI |
08HELSINKI202 |
FINLAND TO OFFER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO BURMA [...]) On May 8, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Ms.
Ulla-Maija Finskas, Head of the Unit for Humanitarian
Assistance at the Finnish M[...] |
2008-05-09 13:32:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL BM FI |
08HELSINKI203 |
FINLAND JOINS REWNEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY [...]) On April 29, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
signed a Memorandum of Understanding to join the Renewable
Energy and Energy E[...] |
2008-05-09 13:39:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EUN FI |
08HELSINKI206 |
FINLAND ON BURMA'S FLAWED REFERENDUM AND BURMA [...]BU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Johan
Schalin, Director of the Finnish MFA's Asia and Oceania
Office and Theresa Zitting, Firs[...] |
2008-05-12 13:05:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM FI |
08HELSINKI223 |
FINLAND: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...][...] |
2008-05-21 13:08:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
08HELSINKI224 |
FINLAND: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE [...][...] |
2008-05-21 13:09:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM PREL EUN KPAO SOCI CU FI |
08HELSINKI226 |
FINNISH COMMENTS ON THE MAY 26-27 GAERC [...]) PolChief and PolOff delivered the Department's
GAERC talking points to Finnish European Correspondent
Leena-Kaisa Mikkola May 20. [...] |
2008-05-22 13:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN FI LE IR GG SY |
08HELSINKI229 |
FINLAND: UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...]) PolOff delivered the UN System of Internal
Justice demarche to Deputy Director General Pekka
Oinonen of the MFA's Legal Department a[...] |
2008-05-27 13:26:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL UNGA FI |
08HELSINKI231 |
FINLAND TO JOIN METHANE TO MARKETS PARTNERSHIP [...]) On May 15th Finland announced its intentions to join
the Methane to Markets Partnership (M2M), an international
initiative that adva[...] |
2008-05-29 04:18:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY SENV EAGR FI |
08HELSINKI238 |
IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...]e following is Embassy Helsinki's response to
reftel regarding the impact of rising food/commodity
prices in Finland. Post has done n[...] |
2008-05-30 10:37:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL FI |
08HELSINKI247 |
FINLAND ON IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL [...]) PolOff delivered the "Securing Support for U.S.
Candidate for IOM Director General" demarche to Counsellor
Ilkka Rentola of the MFA,[...] |
2008-06-05 10:34:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF SMIG AORC FI |
08HELSINKI266 |
FINLAND: HIGH TECH VISIT BY AMBASSADOR GROSS [...]) Summary: On a May 22-25 visit to Helsinki,
Ambassador David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for
International Communications and Information[...] |
2008-06-18 08:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EIND EINT ETRD BEXP FI |
08HELSINKI269 |
AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FINNISH PRIME [...]) Ambassador Barbara M. Barrett paid a courtesy call on
Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen on June 3. Finnish Special
Advisor, State Under[...] |
2008-06-23 13:26:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD USTR KIPR KGHG FI |
08HELSINKI270 |
AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FORMER FINNISH [...][...] |
2008-06-24 05:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OECD UN FI |
08HELSINKI278 |
AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FINNISH EMPLOYMENT [...]BU) During the Ambassador,s June 19 courtesy call,
Minister of Employment Tarja Cronberg indicated she may wish
to pursue a meeting or[...] |
2008-06-25 12:40:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB ETRD EINV ENRG KGHG FI |
08HELSINKI29 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...][...] |
2008-01-25 06:23:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV EUN FI |
08HELSINKI292 |
AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FINNISH STATE [...]BU) During Ambassador Barrett's June 13 courtesy
call on Risto Volanen, State Secretary in the Prime
Minister's Office, Volanen explai[...] |
2008-06-26 15:16:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KGHG ENRG KIPR ETRD FI |
08HELSINKI3 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE [...][...] |
2008-01-03 12:40:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI NSC SY FI |
08HELSINKI302 |
FINLAND: BURMA POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE RESPONSE [...]BU) PolOff delivered demarche Shaping Post-Cyclone
Assistance in Burma to Theresa Zitting, First Secretary, Asia
and Oceania on July 2[...] |
2008-07-02 13:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID BM EUN FI |
08HELSINKI311 |
FINNISH GOVERNMENT APPROVES PHARMACEUTICAL [...]mmary: In a disappointing move and despite Embassy and
industry efforts, the Finnish cabinet voted unanimously June
25 to approve a r[...] |
2008-07-09 09:35:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD FI PREL |
08HELSINKI323 |
FINLAND: SUPPORT FOR IAEA-INDIA AGREEMENT [...][...] |
2008-07-15 13:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC FI |
08HELSINKI324 |
FINNISH COMMENTS ON GAERC JULY 22-23 [...][...] |
2008-07-16 07:46:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN PGOV FI IR SO SU ZI UP CD |
08HELSINKI34 |
AMBASSADOR'S VISIT WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KANERVA [...]BU) Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva briefed
Ambassador Ware on various OSCE-related issues on January 24.
He focused mainly on[...] |
2008-01-28 13:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FI RS |
08HELSINKI343 |
FINLAND: DEMARCHE TURKEY ACCESSION [...][...] |
2008-07-29 12:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV TU EUN FI |
08HELSINKI374 |
FINNISH COMMENTS ON AUGUST 13 GEORGIA GAERC [...][...] |
2008-08-14 13:47:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG RU FI |
08HELSINKI375 |
FINLAND: KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...][...] |
2008-08-14 14:03:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU FI |
08HELSINKI380 |
FINLAND: DEMARCHE SUPPORT OSCE MONITORS GEORGIA [...][...] |
2008-08-16 11:50:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS FI |
08HELSINKI405 |
FINLAND: RESPONSE IRANIAN URANIUM ACQUISITION [...][...] |
2008-09-04 13:23:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP IR PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC FI |
08HELSINKI406 |
FINLAND: COMMENTS ON GYMNICH SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...]BU) Summary: PolOff delivered points from reftels to
Markku Lampinen, Deputy Director Deputy European
Correspondent, Unit for Europea[...] |
2008-09-04 13:43:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PREL PGOV GG PHUM RU FI |
08HELSINKI415 |
FINDLAND COMMENTS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 FOREIGN [...][...] |
2008-09-12 14:26:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN PGOV FISO SO ZI UP |
08HELSINKI420 |
FINLAND: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...]on Assistant delivered reftel points to Dr Merja
Saarinen, Ministry of Social Affairs' Ministerial
Counselor for Health/medical Affair[...] |
2008-09-18 09:01:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR EAID KFLU AORC PREL FI |
08HELSINKI424 |
63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: FINLAND ADDITIONAL INFO [...]BU) Follow up to previous details provided by the
Finnish MFA:
--------------------------------------------- -------
[...] |
2008-09-18 13:31:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FI |
08HELSINKI427 |
FINLAND: GEORGIA CONFLICT SPURS DEBATE ON SECURITY [...]) SUMMARY. While the crisis in Georgia appears not to
have changed public opinion about Finland's security, it has
generated debate a[...] |
2008-09-19 13:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI PGOV PREL XZ ZB |
08HELSINKI448 |
INTERIM RESPONSE: KOSOVO DEBT RELIEF TRUST [...]on Assistant delivered reftel points requesting
financial assistance for the World Bank-managed Kosovo
Debt Relief Fund, and urging GO[...] |
2008-10-02 13:52:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EINV PREL EU FI |
08HELSINKI45 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - CONDEMNING ARREST AND [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche Feb. 5 to Deskoff
for Syria and Lebanon Keijo Karjalainen. Karjalainen thanked
us for the detai[...] |
2008-02-05 10:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI SY FI |
08HELSINKI451 |
GEORGIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...]on Assistant delivered reftel points regarding the
upcoming International Georgia Reconstruction Donors
Conference in Brussels to Mr J[...] |
2008-10-07 08:22:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EINV KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG FI |
08HELSINKI456 |
AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON IN FINLAND [...]C) Ambassador Williamson briefed Finnish officials
about his recent trip to Georgia on September 15.
Williamson urged the Finns to us[...] |
2008-10-08 13:34:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE EUN ICJ GG RS FI |
08HELSINKI457 |
FINLAND COMMENTS: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...]) PolOff and Finland Desk Officer met with Finnish MFA
Counselor Tony Paso, Unit for EU Enlargement and West Balkans
on October 7. Re[...] |
2008-10-09 07:41:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA ICJ KV FI |
08HELSINKI462 |
FINLAND: NATO TOUR PROPOSAL [...]BU) SUMMARY. Embassy Helsinki proposes two NATO
Tours for FY09, designed to promote greater
understanding of the Alliance in the wake [...] |
2008-10-09 13:27:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OEXC OIIP PREL KPAO FI |
08HELSINKI463 |
FINNISH COMMENTS ON OCTOBER 13 GAERC [...][...] |
2008-10-10 10:32:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS FI |
08HELSINKI469 |
FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO SECOND GEORGIA DEMARCHE [...]on Officer delivered reftel talking points to Jaakko
Lehtovirta, Georgia Desk Officer at the Finnish Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MFA)[...] |
2008-10-16 10:49:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS FI |
08HELSINKI48 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE REQUEST: SUPPORT [...]) PolChief delivered subject demarche and Note Verbale
Feb. 5 to Deskoff for Syria and Lebanon Keijo Karjalainen.
Karjalainen said the[...] |
2008-02-05 12:12:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV KDEM LE SY FI |
08HELSINKI485 |
INVITATION TO THE OSCE MINISTERIAL [...][...] |
2008-10-24 14:05:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE FI |
08HELSINKI489 |
FINLAND: NOMINATION FOR 2009 SECRETARY'S AWARD [...]) Embassy Helsinki submits the following nomination for
the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage:
Full l[...] |
2008-10-27 15:04:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM FI |
08HELSINKI500 |
FINNISH COMMENTS ON NOV 3 GYMNICH AND NOV 10-11 [...]) PolChief met on October 31 with Leena-Kaisa Mikkola,
Director of the MFA Unit for European Union Common Foreign
and Security Policy,[...] |
2008-10-31 16:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | BK CG EUN FI PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
08HELSINKI516 |
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS REFLECT NATIONAL PARTY FORTUNES [...]) SUMMARY. On October 26 voters went to the polls in
Finland's 332 municipalities to vote for local council
elections. The biggest w[...] |
2008-11-12 16:03:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI PGOV |
08HELSINKI517 |
FINLAND'S PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL MARITIME [...]MMARY: Embassy Helsinki's Global Maritime Partnership
(GMP) (composed of DAO, POL, RSO and chaired by ECON) has
concluded that Finland[...] |
2008-11-13 11:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08HELSINKI519 |
FINLAND PUBLISHES NATIONAL CLIMATE STRATEGY [...]MMARY: The Government of Finland (GOF) published its
long-awaited National Climate Strategy on November 6th, 2008.
The Strategy revie[...] |
2008-11-14 07:20:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET TRGY FI |
08HELSINKI52 |
SCENESETTER FOR KANERVA-RICE MEETING FEBRUARY 2008 [...]) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Kanerva will seek to use his
Feb. 11 meeting with S to highlight the GOF,s priorities as
2008 Chairman in [...] |
2008-02-06 13:01:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR OVIP FI |
08HELSINKI53 |
CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT -- NEGATIVE REPLY [...][...] |
2008-02-07 11:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN FI |
08HELSINKI541 |
SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO FINLAND, [...]) SUMMARY. You will arrive in Finland as the Finns enjoy
considerable international acclaim for their efforts in
international crisis [...] |
2008-11-25 15:05:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | FI MARR PGOV PREL |
08HELSINKI550 |
FINNISH COMMENTS ON THE DECEMBER 8-9 GAERC [...]) Summary. PolOff met with MFA Unit for the European
Union Common Foreign and Security Policy Director Leena-Kaisa
Mikkola to discuss[...] |
2008-12-05 15:12:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN ZL IS PK CG TU FI |
08HELSINKI56 |
FINLAND: INVITING COUNTRIES TO KOSOVO STEERING [...]) SUMMARY: Finland has signaled its intention to move
very quickly to offer bilateral recognition to an independent
Kosovo. Although [...] |
2008-02-08 14:15:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE YI FI |
08HELSINKI561 |
U/S BURNS MEETS FINNISH FM AND OSCE CIO ALEXANDER [...]BU) Summary: U/S Burns met Finnish Foreign Minister and
OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Alexander Stubb on the margins
of the OSCE Mini[...] |
2008-12-11 13:46:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PHUM OSCE FI GG RS IR IS CH IN |
08HELSINKI562 |
FINLAND TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN [...]) SUMMARY. According to Finnish officials, the revised
Afghanistan policy to be presented to the Finnish Parliament
in February 2009 [...] |
2008-12-11 14:18:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI MARR PGOV PREL |
08HELSINKI563 |
FINLAND: ELEVATING TRAFFICKING PROSECUTION [...]BU) SUMMARY. The Finnish government has been
proactively pursuing trafficking cases and opportunities to
raise public awareness about[...] |
2008-12-12 13:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP ELAB SOCI FI |
08HELSINKI574 |
FINLAND: IRAQI HUMAN SMUGGLING CASES [...]MMARY. Iraqi asylum cases in Finland are on the rise,
following a shift in the Government's refugee policy. As the
Iraqi population r[...] |
2008-12-19 11:32:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PBTS SMIG FI |
08HELSINKI579 |
FINLAND: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...]nland continued its support of the War on Terror,
as evidenced by its approximately 100 troops deployed
in Afghanistan in support of o[...] |
2008-12-23 09:31:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS FI |
08HELSINKI6 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...][...] |
2008-01-07 08:42:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PARM PREL PTER FI |
08HELSINKI60 |
NOKIA: FINLAND,S ECONOMIC DYNAMO LOOKS TO THE [...]) Summary: The Nokia transformation from a tire and
boot company to a telecommunications powerhouse in just 20
short years is legend [...] |
2008-02-12 07:19:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ECON FI |
08HELSINKI61 |
FEBRUARY GAERC: FINNS SUPPORT COMMON PLATFORM FOR [...]) PolChief delivered the Department's GAERC talking
points to Finnish European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola
Feb. 12. Not surprisi[...] |
2008-02-12 11:50:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN FI |
08HELSINKI64 |
OSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY MEETS CHAIRMAN KANERVA IN [...]BU) Summary: US OSCE Ambassador Julie Finley separately
met with Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman in Office
(CiO) Ilkka Kane[...] |
2008-02-14 13:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS FI |
08HELSINKI67 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE RUSSIAN [...][...] |
2008-02-15 13:14:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RU FI |
08HELSINKI74 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE [...]) PolOff spoke with Juha Ottman, Director, Unit for
Western Balkans on February 21 regarding reftels. On
February 18 GoF declared its[...] |
2008-02-21 13:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK FI |
08HELSINKI80 |
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL; FINLAND UNIVERSAL [...][...] |
2008-02-28 08:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL FI |
08HELSINKI83 |
FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS IN FINLAND [...]r reftel request, Post contacted Ministry of Social
Affairs and Health's Ministerial Counselor Anni
Virolainen-Julkunen and Finnish Lu[...] |
2008-02-29 12:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO WHO XG FI |
08HELSINKI91 |
FINNISH VIEWS ON POSSIBLE UNSC ACTION ON PIRACY [...][...] |
2008-03-05 07:34:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PBTS UN UNSC IMO SO XA XW FI |
08HELSINKI93 |
FINLAND: PRE-GAERC RESPONSE [...]) PolChief discussed the GAERC talking points with
Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola March
¶4.
¶[...] |
2008-03-05 13:08:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN FI |
08HELSINKI97 |
FINLAND ON UNSC'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803 [...][...] |
2008-03-07 11:14:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP PARM IR FI |
09EFTOHELSINKI235 |
IRANIANS DELIGHTED TO BE INVITED, BUT DON'T ATTEND [...]U) Embassy Helsinki invited Iranian Ambassador and
Deputy Chief of Mission to the Independence Day reception,
which was held on Wedne[...] |
2009-06-22 09:48:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ODIP PREL IR FI |
09HELSINKI106 |
FINLAND PLEDGES $12-14 MILLION FOR PALESTINIAN [...] a meeting with Econoff on March 9, Desk Officer for the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Middle East and North Africa
Unit Anna Savolaine[...] |
2009-03-17 08:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN FI |
09HELSINKI115 |
NATO KFOR MISSION: IN TOGETHER, OUT TOGETHER [...]) Charge' raised US concerns over possible European
withdrawal from KFOR during a March 19 meeting with MFA DG
for Americas/Asia Kalkk[...] |
2009-03-20 13:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO KPKO KV |
09HELSINKI118 |
FINLAND STILL CONSIDERING PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN [...][...] |
2009-03-23 12:47:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK FI |
09HELSINKI12 |
FINLAND: IAEA ANNOUNCEMENT DELIVERED [...][...] |
2009-01-09 09:16:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM |
09HELSINKI122 |
FINLAND: SEOUL KOREA GICNT WORKSHOP AND EPG [...][...] |
2009-03-26 13:50:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MNUC KS FI |
09HELSINKI127 |
FINLAND'S SECURITY POLICY: EU AN END POINT OR [...]) Summary. Media attention on the Finnish Government's
(GOF) quadrennial defense and security white paper focused
more on the "strong[...] |
2009-04-02 10:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | EU FI MARR PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI129 |
FINLAND SEEKS STRONGER LINKS WITH U.S. ON HUMAN [...]BU) On March 26, Kari Kahiluoto, MFA Ambassador for
Human Rights and Democracy, met with Charge to discuss the
Alliance fr Civilizatio[...] |
2009-04-02 13:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM FI |
09HELSINKI13 |
CUBA: FINLAND REVIEW TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...]) PolOff asked Veikko Soralahti, Counselor, Unit for
Latin America and the Caribbean at the Finnish MFA on January
8 if there had bee[...] |
2009-01-09 13:22:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
09HELSINKI132 |
FINLAND: BRIEF ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...]C) On April 3, PolOff met with Sari Makela, Finnish MFA
Legal Counselor and Tony Paso, Counselor, Unit for EU
Enlargement and Western [...] |
2009-04-06 08:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV FI |
09HELSINKI135 |
FINLAND: FOREIGN MINISTER ON UN REFORM, CAMPAIGN [...]) Summary: Finnish Foreign Minister Stubb kicked off
Finland's 2013-14 Security Council Seat campaign at a March
17 seminar entitled [...] |
2009-04-06 12:43:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV FI |
09HELSINKI138 |
FINLAND: AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE [...]) Polchief met with Johan Schalin, MFA Director for Asia
and Oceania, on April 8 to discuss specific contributions to
Afghanistan (REF[...] |
2009-04-08 13:20:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN MARR PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI141 |
FINLAND: STUBB PRESSES HARD FOR NATO [...] a well-attended NATO 60th anniversary event on
April 2 in Helsinki, Foreign Minister Stubb spoke
forcefully about the benefits of NAT[...] |
2009-04-09 09:43:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV FI |
09HELSINKI143 |
FINLAND: MADAGASCAR RETURN TO DEMOCRACY [...][...] |
2009-04-15 13:12:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA FI |
09HELSINKI144 |
FINLAND VOTES YES ON KOSOVO IMF AND WORLD BANK [...][...] |
2009-04-16 12:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN FI KVPR PREL |
09HELSINKI146 |
FINLAND: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) [...][...] |
2009-04-23 11:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC |
09HELSINKI148 |
FINLAND: BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...][...] |
2009-04-24 13:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD BM FI |
09HELSINKI149 |
FINLAND: COMMENTS ON APRIL GAERC [...]) SUMMARY. PolOff met with Finnish MFA Deputy European
Correspondent Markku Lampinen on April 23. Lampinen previewed
all of the EU ag[...] |
2009-04-24 13:47:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV FI |
09HELSINKI150 |
FINLAND: STUBB PUSHES FOR NEW THINKING IN FIRST [...]) Summary. Reflecting the influence of Foreign Minister
Stubb, who has called for Finland to move away from "old
phobias" and to aban[...] |
2009-04-24 15:18:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS FI |
09HELSINKI151 |
FINLAND: MEDVEDEV'S FIRST VISIT A "PROMISING [...]) SUMMARY. President Halonen came away very satisfied
from Russian President Medvedev's first visit to Finland on
April 20-21. Havin[...] |
2009-04-24 15:43:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ENRG ETRD FI PREL RS |
09HELSINKI160 |
MSGF01: THREE FINNS TESTED FOR SWINE FLU; TAMIFLU AND [...]) Three Finnish citizens who recently returned from travelling
in Mexico have been tested for possible swine flu. One test has
come b[...] |
2009-04-30 12:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09HELSINKI162 |
SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER STUBB'S VISIT TO [...]) SUMMARY. Finnish Foreign Minister Stubb arrives in
Washington as the Finns enjoy considerable international
acclaim for their effort[...] |
2009-05-05 13:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | FI MARR PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI17 |
NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...][...] |
2009-01-14 11:31:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP GM PREL PARM EFIN FI |
09HELSINKI177 |
FINLAND ON THE MAY GAERC [...]) SUMMARY. The Finns doubt stronger language on Iran
will issue from the May GAERC, given the lack of consensus
regarding tougher san[...] |
2009-05-15 14:30:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | EUN FI MARR PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI182 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TANNER [...]BU) SUMMARY. Embassy Helsinki welcomes you to
Finland. Your visit comes as we celebrate ninety years
of diplomatic relations with Fi[...] |
2009-05-19 13:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MARR NATO OREP FI |
09HELSINKI186 |
CUBA: FINLAND REVIEW TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...]) Econoff and Poloff discussed Finland's Cuba relations
with Kimmo Pulkkinen, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA)
Ambassador for th[...] |
2009-05-20 15:19:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL FI |
09HELSINKI197 |
FINLAND: ROMA OUTREACH 2009 [...]BU) Post maintains strong ties with the Roma
community in Finland and has remained active in Roma
engagement. On April 17, PolOff and[...] |
2009-05-27 13:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER KPAO PHUM SOCI FI |
09HELSINKI211 |
FINLAND: PM PUTIN SETS CHILLY TONE WITH PM VANHANEN [...]) SUMMARY. Russian Prime Minister Putin set a chillier
tone in his June 3 visit to Finland than did President
Medvedev last April. F[...] |
2009-06-05 15:54:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ENRG FI PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI217 |
FINLAND: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...][...] |
2009-06-10 13:50:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA FI |
09HELSINKI218 |
FINLAND: NOTIFICATION DELIVERY EXTRADITION TREATY [...][...] |
2009-06-10 13:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN KTIA FI |
09HELSINKI220 |
FINLAND: LEFT LOSES, POPULISTS GAIN IN [...]BU) Summary. With losses for the political left
and wins for fringe parties, the Finnish European
Parliament elections echoed results [...] |
2009-06-10 14:17:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV FI |
09HELSINKI221 |
FINLAND: JUNE GAERC DISCUSSION [...]) On June 12 PolOff met with the MFA Deputy European
Correspondent for European Common Foreign and Security Policy
Markku Lampinen to [...] |
2009-06-12 12:42:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | EUN FI MARR PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI223 |
FINLAND WARNS EU ABOUT PROPOSED RUSSIAN TRANSPORT [...]) SUMMARY. Finnish officials have raised in EU circles
their concerns that container transport restrictions proposed
by the Russian C[...] |
2009-06-12 13:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ETRD ETTC FI PREL |
09HELSINKI228 |
FINLAND: 2 MILLION EUROS FOR UN'S MAY APPEAL [...]arge Michael Butler delivered reftel demarche on
assistance for Pakistan's displaced persons to the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs' Direc[...] |
2009-06-16 13:02:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EC PGOV PHUM PK PREFA FI |
09HELSINKI23 |
FINLAND: DEMARCHE EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...][...] |
2009-01-16 13:42:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU SY FI |
09HELSINKI231 |
FINLAND SEEKS TO TAKE INITIATIVE FROM RUSSIA ON [...]) SUMMARY. The Finns agree with the U.S. on how to
address Russia's proposed overhaul of European Security
arrangements, in particula[...] |
2009-06-17 09:31:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EUN NATO PGOV RS FI |
09HELSINKI239 |
FINLAND: MUSLIM POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS [...]BU) SUMMARY. Over the last two decades, Finland has
experienced significant growth in its Muslim population,
albeit based on smaller [...] |
2009-06-24 10:42:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR KISL KPLS FI PHUM PGOV |
09HELSINKI24 |
FINLAND: DEMARCHE US-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...][...] |
2009-01-16 13:46:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS FI |
09HELSINKI242 |
FINLAND: POLITICAL PARTY CONSENSUS BREAKS ON NATO [...]) SUMMARY. With opposition parties rejecting the
Government's defense and security white paper on June 16,
Finland saw a highly unusu[...] |
2009-06-26 09:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI MARR PGOV NATO |
09HELSINKI278 |
64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: FINLAND INITIAL RESPONSE [...][...] |
2009-07-23 13:16:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA FI |
09HELSINKI281 |
FINLAND: RESPONSE AUSTRALIA GROUP PROMOTING [...]C) PolOff delivered reftel points to Finnish MFA First
Secretary Marja Rosvall in the Unit for Arms Control,
Disarmament and Non-Proli[...] |
2009-07-24 07:37:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC CBW FI |
09HELSINKI284 |
FINLAND: DEMARCHE COMMENTS ON JULY GAERC [...]) Summary: PolOff delivered demarche to Finnish MFA
Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on July 23.
Somalia: The G[...] |
2009-07-24 10:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EUN ER SO IR GG SW FI |
09HELSINKI287 |
FINLAND: RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S REQUEST FOR [...]SBU) Summary: On July 20, PolOff and PolAsst met with
Dr. Pekka Tuomola, Director of the Helsinki Deaconess
Institute Centre for Tor[...] |
2009-07-27 11:36:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UN FI |
09HELSINKI289 |
FINLAND: MIGRATION IN FINLAND IN FINANCIAL [...][...] |
2009-07-30 05:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR ECON ELAB SMIG PREL PGOV FI |
09HELSINKI293 |
FINLAND: Immigration Creates Future Integration [...]U) Summary: After a slight lull in 2006 and 2007,
Finland is experiencing a boom in asylum and refugee
immigration. Finland's asylum[...] |
2009-08-03 13:42:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR ECON ELAB SMIG PREL PGOV FI |
09HELSINKI305 |
FINLAND: FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...]BU) Per reftel, Post has reviewed the records of the
below named one military and four civilian training
candidates for military train[...] |
2009-08-11 13:52:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL FI |
09HELSINKI310 |
FINLAND: DEMARCHE RESPONSE AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...]) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Heidi Marttila,
Finnish MFA Unit for Asia and Oceania on August 18. Marttila
noted that while G[...] |
2009-08-19 07:09:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL BM FI |
09HELSINKI312 |
FINLAND: LET'S TALK DETAINEES, JUST NOT UIGHURS [...]) In an August 18 meeting with CDA Butler, Prime
Minister Vanhanen's Senior Advisor Esko Hamilo expressed the
Finnish Government's wil[...] |
2009-08-20 14:41:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM FI CH |
09HELSINKI317 |
FINLAND: INFORMED THAT UNODC IS GICNT OBSERVER [...][...] |
2009-08-24 06:53:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC FI RU |
09HELSINKI318 |
FINLAND: MTCR PLENARY PARTICIPATION REQUEST [...][...] |
2009-08-24 06:53:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FI |
09HELSINKI319 |
IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: FINNS SHARE CONSENSUS [...][...] |
2009-08-24 06:53:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS FI |
09HELSINKI32 |
FINLAND AND THE JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...]) SUMMARY. Polchief met on January 21 with Deputy
Director Markku Lampinen of the MFA's Unit for EU Common
Foreign and Security Polic[...] |
2009-01-22 14:03:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV |
09HELSINKI321 |
FINLAND: FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...]BU) Per reftel, Post has reviewed the records of the
below named five candidates for military training and found
no derogatory informa[...] |
2009-08-25 08:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL FI |
09HELSINKI329 |
FOOD SECURITY: FINLAND COMMITTED TO INCREASING [...][...] |
2009-09-01 12:21:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EI ETRD FI |
09HELSINKI332 |
FINLAND SUPPORTS APPROVAL OF BIOTECH CORN [...]onoff delivered reftel points to Matti Aho Director
General for the Department of Food and Health at the Ministry
of Forestry and Agri[...] |
2009-09-04 13:48:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EUN TBIO EAGR FI |
09HELSINKI337 |
FINLAND WELCOMES MORE, BUT NOT ALL, VOICES IN [...][...] |
2009-09-10 11:14:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT PHSA PREL SENV FI |
09HELSINKI338 |
NO DECISION ON ORAL STATEMENT AT ICJ REGARDING [...][...] |
2009-09-10 14:33:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | AORC FI ICJ KV PREL |
09HELSINKI34 |
FINNISH MINISTER TO PRESENT NEW TRANSATLANTIC AID [...]t the upcoming Informal Council meeting in Prague
January 29-30, Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and
Development Paavo Vayrynen wil[...] |
2009-01-28 13:13:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD EU FI PREL |
09HELSINKI355 |
FINLAND: HALONEN ASSUMES TRADITIONAL POSTURE [...]) SUMMARY. On August 11 Finnish President Halonen met,
dined and relaxed with Russian President Medvedev and Prime
Minister Putin for[...] |
2009-09-28 10:58:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI PGOV PREL RS |
09HELSINKI360 |
FINNISH COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN WEATHERS [...]) SUMMARY: The GOF has been a partner in Afghanistan
with boots on the ground since 2002, and its political
leaders, with few excepti[...] |
2009-10-01 07:12:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MOPS PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI361 |
PM VANHANEN SURVIVES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE [...]BU) SUMMARY: On October 1, the Finnish Parliament
voted 117 to 27 to reject a vote of no confidence
against Prime Minister Vanhanen's [...] |
2009-10-02 12:45:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV FI |
09HELSINKI374 |
FINLAND: IRAN'S CLANDESTINE ENRICHMENT FACILITY [...]/REL FRANCE/UK) On October 8 DCM delivered REFTEL
points to MFA Political Director Teemu Tanner, accompanied by
French DCM Frederic J[...] |
2009-10-09 14:43:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MNUC IR FI PHUM |
09HELSINKI378 |
FINNISH COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN STEADY BUT [...]) SUMMARY: The commitment of Finnish forces to ISAF
continues to be a matter of public debate in Helsinki. All
political parties (wi[...] |
2009-10-15 13:11:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MOPS PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI39 |
HSPD - 6 FURTHUR DISCUSSIONS WITH FINLAND [...]) Summary: On January 26, 2009, Charge, POL chief and
Consul met with Ministry of the Interior State Secretary
Antti Peltari, who wan[...] |
2009-02-03 12:30:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS ASEC PREL KHLS PTER PGOV FI |
09HELSINKI392 |
FINLAND: MISCOMMUNICATION OVER AFGHANISTAN TROOP [...]) SUMMARY. The Finnish Government's (GOF) withdrawal
from Afghanistan next week of its Election Support Force
(ESF) caught the GOF's [...] |
2009-10-23 14:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI MARR PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI396 |
FINLAND ON GI AND TRIPS [...]ol/Econoff delivered reftel points to Pekka Kosonen
Counsellor for the Department for External Economic Relations
at the Ministry for [...] |
2009-10-28 07:17:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EUN KIPR FI |
09HELSINKI400 |
BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY - CASE K/2356 [...] response to the Department's Blue Lantern
request, PolEconoff and Econ Assistant conducted a
visit at Cojot Oy's Espoo headquarters o[...] |
2009-10-29 06:13:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC UK FI |
09HELSINKI402 |
FINLAND: PUTIN WARMS UP IN LATEST MEETING WITH [...]) SUMMARY. In a dramatic departure from their meeting
last June, on October 25 Russian Prime Minister Putin warmly
greeted Finnish Pr[...] |
2009-10-29 11:11:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI PREL EPET ETRD WTO RS |
09HELSINKI406 |
FINNS DEBATE NORD STREAM AS GOVERNMENT'S [...]BU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Vanhanen said his
Government (GOF) would decide whether to grant an
Exclusive Economic Zone license for th[...] |
2009-11-02 14:48:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EPET SENV RS FI |
09HELSINKI408 |
FINLAND'S RUSSIAN SPEAKING MINORITY: INVITED BUT [...]BU) Summary: Finland's Russian-speaking minority is the
largest immigrant group in the country. Most
Russian-speaking immigrants are [...] |
2009-11-03 11:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR ECON ELAB SMIG PREL PGOV FI |
09HELSINKI412 |
FINLAND: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...]ol/Econoff delivered reftel remarks to Kirsti
Pohjankukka First Secretary for Human Rights Policy at the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs.[...] |
2009-11-05 05:28:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | FI PREL |
09HELSINKI413 |
FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: LEHTOMAKI, [...]BU) Per reftel, post has reviewed the records of the
below named military candidate for military training and
found no derogatory info[...] |
2009-11-05 16:05:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FI PGOV PHUM PREL |
09HELSINKI416 |
FINLAND: (UN) ACTION REQUEST: 64TH UN GENERAL [...]ol/Econoff delivered reftel points to Kirsti
Pohjankukka and Janne Jokinen, First Secretaries in the Unit
for Humans Rights Policy at [...] |
2009-11-06 14:47:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | FI PREL |
09HELSINKI421 |
FINLAND: TEPID SUPPORT FOR BELARUS SANCTIONS [...]BU) Pol/Econoff delivered reftel remarks to Markku
Lampinen, The MFA,s Deputy Director for the Unit for the
European Union Common Fore[...] |
2009-11-12 05:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | FI PREL |
09HELSINKI429 |
FINLAND: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...][...] |
2009-11-16 14:46:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM FI |
09HELSINKI432 |
FINLAND: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT [...][...] |
2009-11-18 14:05:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC PREL FI |
09HELSINKI434 |
FINLAND SUPPORTS USG ON ITU KOSOVO-RELATED ACTIONS [...][...] |
2009-11-19 13:16:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | IO PREL ECON ECPS KVPR ITU |
09HELSINKI440 |
HELSINKI HOSTS SCPAR WHILE PARLIAMENT PUSHES FOR [...]BU) SUMMARY: In separate but nearly simultaneous events
November 18-19 in Helsinki, the Standing Committee of
Parliamentarians of the[...] |
2009-11-24 14:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT FI PHSA PREL SENV |
09HELSINKI441 |
AFGHANISTAN: SIMILAR EXPECTATIONS OF KARZAI, PRT [...]) SUMMARY: In meetings with MFA officials responsible
for Afghanistan policy, poloff delivered reftel points
regarding USG expectation[...] |
2009-11-24 15:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MOPS PREL |
09HELSINKI442 |
FINLAND RESPONDS: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...]) On November 25 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points
to Anu Laamanen, MFA Deputy Director General of the Political
Affairs Unit. L[...] |
2009-11-25 15:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI PREL |
09HELSINKI446 |
FINLAND: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...]BU) Pol/Econoff delivered reftel remarks to Anna
Salovaara, First Secretary in the Unit for UN and General
Global Affairs at the MFA, [...] |
2009-11-30 13:49:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE |
09HELSINKI447 |
FINLAND CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN [...]BU) On November 25 Ambassador raised REF A
points with MFA State Secretary Pertti Torstila.
Torstila said the government would not mak[...] |
2009-11-30 15:11:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF FI |
09HELSINKI45 |
FINLAND: GOVERNMENT UNVEILS 2 BILLION EURO [...]ummary: The Government of Finland (GOF) agreed on a
stimulus package January 30 which is expected to have an
overall impact of EUR 2 [...] |
2009-02-06 14:06:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN FI PREL |
09HELSINKI450 |
FINLAND PROPOSES EIGHTY PERCENT EMISSIONS [...]MMARY On November 20, the Government of Finland (GOF)
presented its Long-term Climate and Energy Policy Report to
the diplomatic comm[...] |
2009-12-04 09:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELTN ENRG TRGY KGHG FI |
09HELSINKI454 |
FINLAND ACTIVELY PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...][...] |
2009-12-04 14:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BM FI |
09HELSINKI455 |
AFGHANISTAN: FINLAND TOPPING UP OMLT, EUPOL, [...]BU) SUMMARY: President Obama's December 1 speech and the
request for more support in Afghanistan from NATO Secretary
General Rasmussen[...] |
2009-12-04 14:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF FI MOPS PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI457 |
FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: MATTSSON, [...]BU) Per reftel, post has reviewed the records of the
below named military officer and military unit for military
training and found no[...] |
2009-12-04 15:32:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | FI PGOV PHUM PREL |
09HELSINKI458 |
AFGHANISTAN: FINLAND TOPPING UP OMLT, EUPOL, [...]BU) SUMMARY: President Obama's December 1 speech and the
request for more support in Afghanistan from NATO Secretary
General Rasmussen[...] |
2009-12-04 17:10:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF FI MOPS PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI46 |
FINLAND TAKES MEASURES TO BOOST FINANCIAL MARKETS [...]oting that banks have recently had to focus efforts to
satisfy the financial needs of large-scale businesses, the
Finnish Cabinet Comm[...] |
2009-02-06 14:06:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN FI PREL |
09HELSINKI464 |
MORE DELAYS FOR FINLAND'S NEW NUCLEAR REACTOR [...]MMARY: As the Government of Finland (GOF) deals with
repeated delays in the construction of the fifth nuclear
power plant, it also deb[...] |
2009-12-08 15:20:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG FI |
09HELSINKI47 |
FINLAND TAKES MEASURES TO BOOST FINANCIAL MARKETS [...]oting that banks have recently had to focus efforts to
satisfy the financial needs of large-scale businesses, the
Finnish Cabinet Comm[...] |
2009-02-06 14:09:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN FI PREL |
09HELSINKI484 |
FINLAND: PRIME MINISTER HOLDS FIRST RUSSIA FORUM [...]BU) SUMMARY. Following up on the government's "Russia
Action Policy" issued earlier this year, on November 26 Prime
Minister Vanhanen [...] |
2009-12-22 09:26:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI PGOV PREL EUR RS |
09HELSINKI486 |
SAINT NICK LIKELY TO AGAIN VIOLATE U.S. AIRSPACE [...]) Pol/Econoff traveled to Santa's Village on Wednesday,
December 16 to meet with Preeminent Ambassador to the World,
His Excellency Sa[...] |
2009-12-23 12:11:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | HUMOR |
09HELSINKI488 |
PM STEPPING DOWN AS PARTY LEADER NEXT JUNE [...]BU) In a surprise announcement made via Centre Party
parliamentary leader Timo Kalli and his own blog on December
23, Prime Minister M[...] |
2009-12-23 13:17:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FI PGOV |
09HELSINKI52 |
FINLAND: VISIT OF AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY [...]) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's National Security Advisor,
Zalmai Rassoul, offered his government's appreciation for
Finland's assistance du[...] |
2009-02-12 13:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | MARR FI PREL |
09HELSINKI59 |
FINLAND: 2009 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...]) Post's point-of-contact on TIP is Political & Labor Officer
Lisa Conesa(ConesaLB@state.gov; Tel: 358-9-6162-5482; FAX:
358-9-6162-5[...] |
2009-02-18 12:35:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB FI |
09HELSINKI60 |
FINLAND: 2009 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...][...] |
2009-02-18 12:46:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB FI |
09HELSINKI62 |
FINLAND AND THE MAY 2009 NPT PREPCOM [...]) PolChief met on February 10 with Outi Holopainen, the
MFA's Director for Arms Control, Disarmament and
Non-Proliferation, to discuss[...] |
2009-02-19 13:56:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
SECRET | AORC CDG ENRG FI KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI63 |
FINLAND COMMENTS ON FEBRUARY 23-24 GAERC [...]mmary: PolOff met with Markku Lampinen, Finnish MFA
Deputy European Correspondent on February 20 in advance of
the GAERC. Lampinen s[...] |
2009-02-20 12:14:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN PGOV FI |
09HELSINKI74 |
FINLAND: POSSIBLE RWANDAN GENOCIDE TRIAL [...]) Summary: On February 5, local media reported that
Finnish police referred their investigation of genocide
charges against a Rwandan[...] |
2009-02-26 11:44:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF SMIG SOCI FI |
09HELSINKI75 |
FINLAND: DAS MOON VISITS AS PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES [...]) SUMMARY. At the end of 2008 the Finnish Government
(GOF) decided to increase its military, civilian and
development assistance to Af[...] |
2009-02-26 12:17:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI MARR PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI76 |
FINLAND: POSTURE TOWARDS THE DURBAN REVIEW [...]BU) PolOff delivered subject talking points to Charlotta
Spolander and Kirsti Pohjankukka in the Finnish MFA Unit for
Human Rights Pol[...] |
2009-02-27 14:00:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FI |
09HELSINKI79 |
FINLAND: NEW DEFENSE POLICY INCHES TOWARD NATO [...]) SUMMARY. On January 23 the Finnish Government (GoF)
released its quadrennial defense security white paper. It
delayed release due t[...] |
2009-03-02 10:34:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI MARR PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI9 |
FINLAND: OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...]BU) PolOff discussed the Iranian candidacy for UNDP
President with Marko Laine, Counselor, Unit for Development
Issues (UNDP Desk for [...] |
2009-01-08 11:09:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IR UN EAID FI |
10HELSINKI15 |
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH EASIER SAID THAN DONE: [...]BU) SUMMARY: The Finnish government is justly proud of
its contributions to crisis management operations. In the
last decade alone it[...] |
2010-01-13 16:22:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MOPS PGOV |
10HELSINKI19 |
INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - FINLAND [...]e following is Embassy Helsinki's response to
reftel regarding features of the investment climate in
Finland.
[...] |
2010-01-15 15:33:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD USTR OPIC ELAB KTDB PGOV FI |
10HELSINKI21 |
GOF CONSIDERING MODEST INCREASES IN AFGHANISTAN [...][...] |
2010-01-15 16:24:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MOPS PREL |
10HELSINKI25 |
HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE - [...]BU) Per reftel, post has reviewed the records of the
below named candidate for military
training and found no derogatory information. [...] |
2010-01-20 14:29:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FI MARR PHUM |
10HELSINKI27 |
FINLAND PREFERS COMMON E.U. ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA [...]BU) Pol/Econoff spoke with Ingmar Strom, Counsellor in
the MFA's Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean affairs,
regarding reftel ta[...] |
2010-01-20 17:25:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SOCI CU |
10HELSINKI35 |
FINLAND'S VIEWS ON JAN 25 FAC TOPICS [...]) SUMMARY: In a January 22 meeting with PolEconOff,
Finnish Acting Deputy European Correspondent Juha Mustonen
received U.S. points on[...] |
2010-01-25 14:06:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | BK EU FI HA IR MAS PHUM PK PREL SO YM |
10HELSINKI36 |
FINLAND TO ANNOUNCE INCREASED AFGHANISTAN SUPPORT [...]) SUMMARY. At the London Conference Finland will
announce its plans to increase its contributions to
Afghanistan. On January 22 Pre[...] |
2010-01-25 16:11:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | AF ECON EFIN FI MARR PGOV PREL |
10HELSINKI37 |
HAITI ENGAGEMENT - REPORT FROM HELSINKI [...]S has engaged with Finnish government and media on
Haiti relief operations and is pleased to report that
their treatment of the earthq[...] |
2010-01-26 15:59:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA FI |
10HELSINKI49 |
FM STUBB CALLS FOR REVIEW AND RENEWAL OF U.S.-EU [...]BU) SUMMARY: In an address delivered 27 January at
Chatham House, just prior to the London Conference on
Afghanistan, Foreign Minister[...] |
2010-02-03 14:11:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU FI PREL |
10HELSINKI51 |
FINLAND AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PRESSURE ON IRAN [...]) In a February 4 meeting, DCM presented reftel points
to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra.
Lyra responded that "w[...] |
2010-02-04 15:57:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | FI IR PARM PREL |
10HELSINKI57 |
FINLAND SUPPORTING BUT NOT ADDING TO JOINT U.S.-EU [...]U) Pol/Econoff delivered remarks from instruction email
to Janne Jokinen, First Secretary in the Unit for Human
Rights Policy at the M[...] |
2010-02-10 16:37:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | IR PHUM PREL |
10HELSINKI65 |
LEAHY VETTING - LT JONI HURPPU [...]BU) Post has reviewed the records of the below named
candidate for military
training and found no derogatory information.
[...] |
2010-02-17 16:55:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FI MARR PHUM |
10HELSINKI66 |
LEAHY VETTING - NAS OCEANA TRAINING [...]BU) Per reftel, post has reviewed the records of the
below named candidates for
military training and found no derogatory information.[...] |
2010-02-17 17:07:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FI MARR PHUM |
10HELSINKI71 |
AFGHANISTAN: FEW DETAILS ON FINLAND'S INCREASES, [...]) SUMMARY: The details and exact duties of Finland's
additional military and civilian personnel promised for
Afghanistan (details repo[...] |
2010-02-22 15:38:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MARR MASS MOPS PREL |
10HELSINKI73 |
AFGHANISTAN: MOD ON RC-NORTH CHANGES, POLITICAL [...]C) SUMMARY: MOD Policy Director Jarvenpaa discussed
potential realignment of RC-North, the new Turkish PRT there,
and political suppo[...] |
2010-02-26 07:01:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MARR MOPS PREL SWE |
10HELSINKI74 |
FINLAND: GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...]SBU) Pol/Econoff delivered reftel remarks to Riikka
Eela, Regional Manager for the Middle East Unit in the Bureau
of Middle East and N[...] |
2010-02-26 07:01:00 |
Embassy Helsinki |
UNCLASSIFIED | IO PHUM UNGA |