Event in Finland

  • Xi Jinping Meets with Prime Minister Juha Sipilä of Finland

    CHINA, 2017/07/02 On June 26, 2017, President Xi Jinping met at the Great Hall of the People with Prime Minister Juha Sipilä of Finland. Xi Jinping welcomed Juha Sipilä to attend the Summer Davos Forum in China, and pointed out that during my national visit to Finland this April, both nations have formally confirmed the building of a next-oriented new-type cooperative partnership. This is not only the continuation of China-Finland traditional and friendly relations, but as well a strategic and long-term plan for the next development of bilateral relations.
  • Finland threatens summit deal over bailout fund

    FINLAND, 2012/07/05 Finland is rejecting a just-agreed transaction on letting the eurozone's permanent bailout fund (ESM) buy government bonds on the open market, a change meant to lower Italy and Spain's borrowing costs. Markets' post-summit euphoria was dealt a blow on Monday (2 July) after a senior Finnish official briefed journalists in Helsinki about the government's position.