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  NEWS OF THE OKRUG
Hannele Pokka: During the official visit of the Ugra delegation to Rovaniemi (Lapland) Alexander Filipenko noted that the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug is a dynamically-developing region therefore I came here as the head of the delegation which mainly consists of businessmen.
Hannele Pokka with deep gratitude about the support of our specialists, engaged in timber industry, in the framework of the Northern Forum Association.
Hannele Pokka: The Autonomous Okrug is possessed of enormous possibilities for tourism development.
www.admhmao.ru /english/newsE/2003/June/13.htm   (702 words)

  
 NETFISH.NO - Your guide to better sports fishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The “samisk” cultural leader Hannele Pokka is now concerned for the future of their traditions as both fishermen and more importantly the economic backlash caused by a reduction in the number of wild salmon.
Hannele Pokka is questioning the ethics of Norway’s constant problem because the river is the boarder for the two countries.
Pokka has raised the issue that this fish will not be caught and thus have the chance to interbreed with the wild stocks.
www.netfish.no /en?file=show_nyhet&id=55   (327 words)

  
 speechonkeminsaaret
 Hannele Pokka, MP (Centre) is supposed to have taken part in a snow mobile ride to the Kokonaapa mire in the mid-80s.
Hannele Pokka changed her views and became an ardent promoter of the Vuotos project.
· Hannele Pokka, Governer of Lapland, stated in her New Year's speech that the Supreme Court's decision was wrong and that a special law on Vuotos should be made.
personal.fimnet.fi /luonto/vapaavuotos/speechonkeminsaaret.htm   (2419 words)

  
 Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
At the end point of the route - the boundary mark of Finland, Sweden, and Norway - the Crown Princess and the Governor of the province of Lapland Hannele Pokka together cut the ribbons that carried the colours of Finland and Sweden.
It is a result of Finnish and Swedish cooperation, the aim being to direct all snowmobile traffic in the river valley and the fell areas along one well-marked and well-tended route.
In her speech, Governor Pokka stressed the importance of safe and well-maintained snowmobile routes for both tourists and reindeer herders.
www.helsinginsanomat.fi /english/article/print/1101979233706   (328 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Northern Forum's General Assembly to Convene in St. Petersburg, April 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This was made public yesterday during the meeting of Vladimir Yakovlev, the Mayor of St. Petersburg, with Hannele Pokka, the governor of Lapland.
Pokka also said an address to President Putin and the Presidents of other states was being prepared asking the heads of state to support the event.
The decision to hold the session of the General Assembly in St. Petersburg was made in October last year at the previous session of the General Assembly of the Northern Forum in Edmonton, Canada.
english.pravda.ru /politics/2002/05/08/28416_.html   (192 words)

  
 Recent Circumpolar News - March 2002
Hannele Pokka, the Governor of Finland’s Lapland Province, has proposed that Germany could pay compensation for the damage caused during the so-called Lapland War at the end of 1944 and into early 1945, when German troops carried out a scorched earth policy as they retreated northwards and up into Norway.
Pokka suggested the reparations could be realised by investments in the province.
Hannele Pokka also hopes to hear an apology from the direction of Russia, because Soviet partisans made numerous very destructive raids on civilian targets in Lapland during the Winter War (1939-40) and Continuation War (1941-44).
www.yukoncollege.yk.ca /~agraham/nost202/cpnews_mar02.htm   (12160 words)

  
 State provincial office of Lapland - Governors of Lapland and Heilongjiang signed an agreement on cooperation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Governor Hannele Pokka participated in the Northern Forum 7th General Assembly in Harbin, in the capital of Heilongjiang Province, China, on June 14 -20.
The main goal of the cooperation, addition to cooperation between the county administrations, is to lay the foundation for cooperation between local governments, companies, business organizations and other actors.
Governor Hannele Pokka, after holding the chair for four years, continues as a vice chair.
www.poliisi.fi /lh/lappi/kvasiat/home.nsf/pages/EB21268989855680C22570290036FDB3?Opendocument   (468 words)

  
 Save the Sámi Reindeer Forests: Greenpeace Forest Rescue Station, Inari Finland: The Boycott Against The ...
Hannele Pokka to chair negotiations about the whole issue.
Pokka said that the importance of old-growth forests must be recognised as winter grazing areas of reindeer.
Pokka was Minister of Justice in 1991-1994, and has been governor of Lapland since 1994.
weblog.greenpeace.org /forestrescue/archives/2005/03/the_boycott_aga.html   (821 words)

  
 NewsRoom Finland
Hannele Pokka, the governor of Finnish Lapland, on Friday criticised the Sami leadership for blaming Stora Enso in the Inari felling row.
If that is the case, the address in the row is the wrong one," Ms Pokka writes in her web column.
Mr Pokka also points to recent statements by Jukka Härmälä, the chief executive of Stora Enso.
virtual.finland.fi /stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=9802&group=General   (259 words)

  
 Harbin Declaration Signed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Pokka Hannele, governor of the Finnish province of Lapland and chairperson of the forum, said the northern region is confronted with grave issues such as floods, abnormal weather, environmental protection and sustainable development.
The forum will continue to promote sustainable development, trade and business exchanges as well as cultural cooperation in the region, Hannele added.
The forum has elected the members of the board of directors for its next session and decided that the Eighth Northern Forum will be held in 2007 in Khanty-Mansi in Russia's far east.
www.china.com.cn /english/2005/Jun/132560.htm   (242 words)

  
 Hannele Pokka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Over US$160,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August.
Hannele Pokka (born 1952), J.D., was Finland's Minister of Justice 1991–1994 in Esko Aho's cabinet, since then governor of the province of Lapland, and known not the least as a writer of love novels.
This page was last modified 20:03, 17 August 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hannele_Pokka   (81 words)

  
 Elisa.com - Cases - NettiJussi brings services to remote villages
For many decades, the villages of Lapland have been used to borrow books from a mobile library and food is purchased from a mobile shop.
A service vehicle going around the villages has therefore a long tradition," states Ms Hannele Pokka, the Governor of the Province of Lapland.
According to Ms Pokka, Lapland has experienced such a radical structural change that old ways are not always enough to provide services.
www.elisa.com /english/index.cfm?t=7&o=7300.00&did=5889   (528 words)

  
 NEWS OF THE OKRUG
The visit of foreign guests was preceded by the official visit of the delegation of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, headed by Governor Alexander Filipenko, in February of this year.
Today at the round table the head of the Finnish delegation – Governor of Lapland Hannele Pokka – said that the time of familiarization trips had gone away and the present delegation consisted of Finnish businessmen who came to establish concrete business contacts with Russian colleagues.
The problem of the branch reforming is the state general problem and it is necessary to solve it together after developing the joint single approach as the results of reforms concern everybody.
www.admhmao.ru /english/newsE/2003/June/11.htm   (1089 words)

  
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It suffices to say that the governor of Lapland, the largest province in Finland where indigenous people occupied with reindeer herding live, is also a woman.
Hannele Pokka has held this post since 1994, prior to which she occupied the post of Minister of Justice and was a deputy in parliament.
Hannele Pokka, governor of Lapland, Finland, officially closed the meeting.
www.npolar.no /ansipra/english/items/Conference_gender.html   (3023 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Residence of Russian Grandpa Frost, Western Santa Claus to Open in St. Petersburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
As Vladimir Yakovlev the Mayor of St. Petersburg, said during his meeting with Hannele Pokka, the Governor of Lapland, the residence of Russian Grandpa Frost and Western Santa Claus will be opened in St. Petersburg by the city's tercentenary.
Pokka said to her cooperation, in whatever the spheres, between St. Petersburg and Lapland seemed very interesting yet the cooperation between Grandpa Frost and Santa Claus, being 'somewhat mystical', deserved special attention.
Yakovlev believes, a project connecting the town of Veliky Ustyg, the Vologda Region, the homeland of Grandpa Frost, and Lapland, the home of Santa Claus, should attract tourists to the equidistant city of St. Petersburg.
newsfromrussia.com /society/2002/05/08/28417_.html   (178 words)

  
 Governor Hannele Pokka Met Business Management in Murmansk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The construction of the oil harbour in Murmansk and oil pipe in Siberia, profitability of railway connection between Salla-Kandalaksha and the Northern sea route linking with these projects are the most important issues in the meetings convened by Governor Pokka in Murmansk on Thursday November 13th.
Governor Pokka's purpose for the visit is to find out possibilities for companies in Lapland to get involved for example as subcontractors.
The Northern Forum chaired by Governor Hannele Pokka, has a joint-project of Northern sea route with the Arctic Council.
www.laaninhallitus.fi /lh/lappi/kvasiat/home.nsf/webprint/9D3AB1C9F176ACAFC2256DE1003BD3A3?OpenDocument   (332 words)

  
 State provincial office of Lapland - Governor Hannele Pokka and Head of the International Unit Hannu Viranto to St. ...
Governor Hannele Pokka and Head of the International Unit Hannu Viranto to St. Petersburg
Governor of Lapland Hannele Pokka and Head of the International Unit Hannu Viranto departed to St. Petersburg in November 28 for two days visit.
For instance the matters of Northern Forum and bilateral cooperation between enterprises as well as common tourism interests of Santa Claus and Father Frost will be handled in the negotiations.
www.laaninhallitus.fi /lh/lappi/kvasiat/home.nsf/pages/7A7B00E6A5160316C2256C800032B7D1?Opendocument   (166 words)

  
 State provincial office of Lapland - Lapland and Vologda region strengthened tourism cooperation
Governor Hannele Pokka, Mayor of Municipality of Simo Mr.
During the visit Governor of Vologda Vyacheslav Pozgalyov and Governor Hannele Pokka signed an agreement on tourism cooperation for 2004-2005.
The agreement is focused on developing of tourism connected to cooperation between Santa Claus and Ded Moroz.
www.poliisi.fi /lh/lappi/kvasiat/home.nsf/pages/AF76FAB7830D3C21C2256F40004000CF?Opendocument   (165 words)

  
 Senior CPC Official Meets Finnish Guests   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Wei Jianxing, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met Tuesday with a Finnish delegation headed by Hannele Pokka, governor of Lapland Province, Finland.
Wei, also a member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, expressed appreciation for Pokka, who has devoted herself to promoting relations between Lapland and China for a long period oftime.
Wei and Pokka also exchanged views on the Sino-Finnish relations, economic cooperation and other issues of common concern.
english1.peopledaily.com.cn /200112/04/eng20011204_85944.shtml   (243 words)

  
 Action Programme for Upper Lapland continues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The obligations to the society restrict the forestry operations of Metsähallitus in Upper Lapland so that it produces very little financial gain to the State, but the revenue mainly covers the costs.
On 23 March 2005 Metsähallitus, together with Governor Hannele Pokka, organised a hearing and negotiation session in Inari concerning the harmonisation of reindeer husbandry and forestry in Upper Lapland.
An agreement was reached to continue the negotiations, steered by the Reindeer Herders' Association.
www.mmm.fi /tiedotteet2/tiedote.asp?nro=1816   (503 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- China's Heilongjiang, Lapland of Finland become friendly provinces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Pokka Hannele, governor of Lapland, the homeplace of Santa Clause, in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang Province.
Hannele, who is also chairperson of the Northern Forum, an international organization with the mission of promoting cooperation in northern regions, is here in Harbin to attend the ongoing 16th China Harbin Fair for Trade and Economic Cooperation and the Seventh Northern Forum General Assembly.
Zhang said Heilongjiang and Lapland were similar in terms of geographic position, natural conditions and resource distribution.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /200506/19/print20050619_191046.html   (199 words)

  
 NEWS OF THE OKRUG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In A. Filipenko’s opinion, such a branch can be placed at the Yugorsky State University in Khanty-Mansiysk or Yugorsky Scientific and Research Institute of Information Technologies.
A more detailed talk about the realization of this idea will take place in June while the NF Management Committee meeting, headed by Governor of Lapland Hannele Pokka (Finland).
On April 25 the meeting of the Intergovernmental commission on the organization of health-improvement, rest, employment of children, teenagers and youth was held in Khanty-Mansiysk under the chairmanship of Nataliya Zapadnova, Deputy Chairman of the Okrug Government
www.hmao.wsnet.ru /english/newsE/2003/april/25.htm   (640 words)

  
 The Royals -> Crown Princess Victoria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Victoria grabbed the snowmobile by the horns and enjoyed the sense of speed.
Princess Victoria took her time cutting the ribbons with Governor Hannele Pokka, thus officially opening the Victoria route.
She joked that the scissors were rather less than sharp and "As old as Sweden!"
www.forumforfree.com /forums/index.php?mforum=theroyals&showtopic=52&st=135&   (1819 words)

  
 Finland Local Leaders
1995-2000 President of the City Assembly Suvi Hannele Rihtniemi, Helsingfors/Helsinki
Vice-President of the City Assembly Hannele Haatainen, Helsingfors/Helsinki
Vice-President of the City Assembly Hannele Luukainen, Helsingfors/Helsinki
www.guide2womenleaders.com /finland_local.htm   (201 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- Harbin declaration signed at Northern Forum to spur sustainable development of world's ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The declaration also designated crucial areas for future cooperation.
Pokka Hannele, governor of Lapland of Finland and chairperson of the forum, said the northern region is confronting with such grave, stark problems as those relating to flood, abnormal weather,environmental protection and sustainable development.
The forum has elected the members of the board of directors for its next session and reached the decision that the Eighth Northern Forum will be held in 2007 in Khanty-Mansi of Russia's far east region.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /200506/20/print20050620_191206.html   (274 words)

  
 Top Stories - The St. Petersburg Times. General news from St.Petersburg and Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Published since May 1993 by Independent Media, with editions every Tuesday and Friday.
Jouloppukki (r), Finland's Santa Claus, meeting on Friday with St. Petersburg Governor Vladimir Yakovlev and Lapland Governor Hannele Pokka at the opening of Lapland Days at Gostiny Dvor.
With less than a week to go before Sunday's elections for the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, the candidates weren't the only ones keeping busy over the weekend.
archive.sptimes.ru /archive/times/825   (173 words)

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