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 Eastern Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Province of Eastern Finland is a province of Finland.
The regions in Eastern Finland are divided on 66 municipalities.
The coat of arms of Eastern Finland is composed of the arms of Savonia and Karelia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_Finland   (167 words)

  
 Regions of Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta in Finnish, landskap in Swedish).
The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region.
Regions represent dialectal, cultural and economic variations better than the provinces, which are purely administrative divisions of the central government.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Regions_of_Finland   (123 words)

  
 Eastern Europe - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Eastern Europe is, by convention, a region defined geographically as that part of Europe covering the eastern part of the continent.
Note that eastern countries that were never under communist influence, such as Finland in the north and Greece in the south, are never considered part of Eastern Europe, while conversely several countries much further to the west but which were under communist influence, are.
The term "Eastern Europe" first arose in the 18th and 19th centuries, and was used to describe an area that was falling behind the rest of Europe economically.
open-encyclopedia.com /Eastern_Europe   (634 words)

  
 Finland (09/05)
Finland's 1995 accession to the European Union (EU) has blurred the line between foreign and domestic policy; the respective roles of the president and prime minister are evolving, and plans are under consideration to rewrite the constitution to clarify these and other issues.
Finland and the U.S.S.R. signed a peace treaty at Paris in February 1947 limiting the size of Finland's defense forces and providing for the cession to the Soviet Union of the Petsamo area on the Arctic coast, the Karelian Isthmus in southeastern Finland, and other territory along the former eastern border.
Finland is well represented in the UN civil service in proportion to its population and belongs to several of its specialized and related agencies.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3238.htm   (3564 words)

  
 Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomi; Swedish: Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west.
Finland's nearly 700-year association with the Kingdom of Sweden is traditionally connected with the year 1154 and the alleged introduction of Christianity by Sweden's King Erik.
The climate in Southern Finland is a northern temperate climate.
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/fi/Finland.htm   (2241 words)

  
 Finland - Wikitravel
Finland is in Nordic Europe and has borders with Russia to the East, Norway at the North and Sweden to the West.
Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809.
Finland is one of the few societies on earth (the other being Mongolia) where it is considered normal for adults to drink milk as an accompaniment to food.
wikitravel.org /en/Finland   (4034 words)

  
 Desi Hot OR Hot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish).
¹ The role that the Regional Councils serve on Mainland Finland are on the Ĺland Islands handled by the autonomous Government of Ĺland.
Regional Councils of Finland (http://www.reg.fi/) - Official sitero:Regiunile Finlandei
www.desihotornot.com /encyclopedia/index.php?title=Regions_of_Finland   (95 words)

  
 Finland : Planning a Trip : The Regions in Brief | Frommers.com
The eastern and central areas of the south are characterized by fertile farmland, crisscrossed by many rivers.
Turku & The Åland Islands -- The city of Turku, Finland's oldest city and former capital, is on the west coast.
This region is an important tourist area, with many resorts along the shores of the lakes.
www.frommers.com /destinations/finland/0261020814.html   (777 words)

  
 Module 6: Breaking the Mold? Subnational Mobilization and MLG
As Figure 1 illustrates, for the 2000-2006 period, this includes all of Greece, much of Spain and Portugal, approximately one-third of Ireland and Italy, eastern Germany, the western portion of the United Kingdom, the remote regions of northern Sweden and Finland, the eastern border regions of Austria, and the French overseas territories.
Although regional and local authorities often lobby for EU funding, it would be wrong to assume that representation in Brussels is tied to the extent of EU funding.
The Assembly of European Regions and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions are examples of peak associations that represent regional and local governments throughout Europe.
www.unc.edu /depts/tam/poli115/module6/mod6text3.htm   (1987 words)

  
 Mythology's Mything Links: Central & Eastern Europe -- Finland
In Finland, where Swedish was the principal language of government and education at the end of the eighteenth century (and was to remain so until the second half of the nineteenth century), such thinking fell on fertile ground....
But the region's history is as fascinating, troubling, and tragic as much of the lore in the epic itself.
This is "The Ancient Religion of the Finns," written for Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs by Professor Juha Pentikäinen of the University of Helsinki.
www.mythinglinks.org /euro~east~finno~Finland.html   (3718 words)

  
 Regions Of Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Finland: 1.3 million conference participants in the first half of...
Uusimaa (which includes Helsinki), Southwest Finland (which includes Turku) and North Ostrobothnia (which includes Oulu) were the top regions in the survey for...
An elixir of youth for regional cooperation in the Black Sea basin
www.wikiverse.org /regions-of-finland   (222 words)

  
 Eastern Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
For History, Geography and Culture see: Savonia and Karelia In the 1997 redesign that reduced the number of provinces in Finland from 12 to 6, Mikkeli province, Kuopio Province and Pohjois-Karjala Province formed the new Province of Eastern Finland.
Main article: Eastern Finland State Provincial Office The State Provincial Office is a joint regional authority of seven different ministries.
Main article: Heraldry of Eastern Finland The coat of arms of Eastern Finland is composed of the arms of Savonia and Karelia.
eastern-finland.area51.ipupdater.com   (191 words)

  
 Regions of Eastern Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Province of Eastern Finland in Finland is divided on three regions 14 districts and 66 municipalities.
There don't seem to be a lot of news bulletins here, but the lack of a driving narrative helps the prod...
Part travelogue, part easy-to-digest botany lesson, this video is the perfect primer for any traveler who's planning a trip to the Northeast, whether for the 1st or the 21st time.
www.freeglossary.com /Regions_of_Eastern_Finland   (226 words)

  
 Ore deposits in eastern Finland
This is one of the few areas in Finland where structural features are visibly expressed in the topography, since the break in slope at the foot of the hills effectively coincides with the unconformity at the base of the Proterozoic sequence.
Although the primary goal of regional mapping and structural studies were to understand controls on gold mineralization, a secondary aim was to provide a basis for assessing the potential of the supracrustal sequence from the point of view of sedimentary or volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits.
The metamorphosed fl shales in eastern Finland are associated with locally intense aeromagnetic anomalies, sometimes occurring as banded dyke-like anomalies, or sometimes showing an irregular pattern, composed of chains of magnetic highs and lows.
www.gsf.fi /info/OG42FULL.HTML   (17039 words)

  
 Regions of Finland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
(Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917) Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in (The official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages) Finnish/ (A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland) Swedish).
The regions are governed by Regional Councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the (Click link for more info and facts about municipalities) municipalities of a region.
¹ The role that the Regional Councils serve on (Click link for more info and facts about Mainland Finland) Mainland Finland are on the Åland Islands handled by the autonomous (Click link for more info and facts about Government of Åland) Government of Åland.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/re/regions_of_finland.htm   (586 words)

  
 REGIONS & CULTURE: Finland's hot potato - Karelia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Thanks to the strong influence of the people who live there and of their evacuee kith-and-kin scattered all over the rest of the country, the essence of what it is to be Finnish has a very visible Karelian component.
Therein lies the central reason why it is not in our interests to return the area to Finland." At the end of 1998 it was estimated that the population of Karelia had fallen to just over 200,000 Russians, a large part of whom were military and government officials.
When they were evacuated and resettled all over Finland, they brought a new joy and lightness to the life of the nation.
www.publiscan.fi /cu13e-9.htm   (2082 words)

  
 Regions Links
- Napoleon Bonaparte Regions Dear Mrs, Mr, Miss, or Mr and Mrs Daneeka: Words cannot express the deep personal grief I experienced when your husband, son, father or brother was killed, wounded, or reported missing in action.
You certainly would not be able, in a single generation, to Regions We in the industry know that behind every successful screenwriter stands a woman.
Regions If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
www.welcome-2-europe.com /Finland_Eastern_Finland_Regions.html   (1619 words)

  
 Finland-Activities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The London Office of the World Bank's European Vice-Presidency is responsible for the World Bank's dialogue with stakeholders in global development in Finland, including government officials, parliamentarians, academics and members of think tanks, NGO representatives, business leaders and journalists.
Senior government officials, policymakers, and NGO and private sector representatives from Eastern and Western Europe gathered in Helsinki, Finland from March 25-28 for the Knowledge Economy Forum.
Finland participates in the Private Sector Liaison Officers Network, a joint initiative of the European offices of the World Bank, IFC and MIGA to strengthen the relationship between the World Bank Group and the private sector in Europe.
wbln0018.worldbank.org /eurvp/web.nsf/Pages/Finland-Activities   (1563 words)

  
 High-Resolution Physical and Genetic Mapping of the Critical Region for Meckel Syndrome and Mulibrey Nanism on ...
High-Resolution Physical and Genetic Mapping of the Critical Region for Meckel Syndrome and Mulibrey Nanism on Chromosome 17q22-q23 -- Paavola et al.
in the Finnish population, to overlapping genomic regions on chromosome
The birth prevalence of MKS in Finland is estimated to
www.genome.org /cgi/content/full/9/3/267   (4391 words)

  
 Eastern Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Most of the growth in sales came from Russia, Eastern Europe and the USA.
Other investments are related to the capacity increase at the plant in Finland and to...
Impairment losses made at the Harjavalta plant in Finland due to a closure...
www.wikiverse.org /eastern-finland   (317 words)

  
 Eastern Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The defense minister added that he would also sell his recreation center at Lake Raznas in eastern Latvia.
The Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) has been investigating a new freight transport corridor between the Nordic region and south eastern Europe.
Despite reports by The Washington Post that the CIA had been allegedly using secret prisons in Thailand, Afghanistan and some Eastern European states, Svedas...
eastern-finland.wikiverse.org   (286 words)

  
 Regions of Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The regions are governed by, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region.
Regional Councils of Finland (http://www.reg.fi/) - Official site
This page was last modified 22:29, 29 May 2005.
www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Regions_of_Finland   (166 words)

  
 Eastern Finland - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
''Main article: Eastern_Finland_State_Provincial_Office'' The State Provincial Office is a joint regional authority of seven different ministries.
Southern_Savonia (''Etelä-Savo/ Södra Savolax'') The regions in Eastern Finland are divided on 66 municipalities.
''Main article: Heraldry_of_Eastern_Finland'' The coat of arms of Eastern Finland is composed of the arms of Savonia and Karelia.
www.indexsuche.com /Eastern_Finland.html   (180 words)

  
 European Report: FINLAND'S EURO 948 MILLION STRUCTURAL FUND OBJECTIVE 1 PLANS APPROVED@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The European Commission approved on February 9 Finland's Euro 948 million Structural Fund plans under the coveted Objective 1 criteria for the EU's poorest regions.
The programmes cover Finland's Eastern and Northern regions for the 2000 to 2006 period and will have three priority areas: business development, rural development, and new technologies.
The Commission says Finland's two Single Programming Documents (SPDs) aim to integrate the territory into the world economy.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:29462371&refid=holomed_1   (218 words)

  
 Other Eastern European Countries (from storytelling) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
coastal region of northwestern Europe, consisting of Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg (qq.v.).
The eastern portion of the former Griqualand East (surrounding Umzimkulu) is now an exclave of Eastern...
Includes abstracts of case studies about nationalism and public policy in Eurasia; regional politics in Georgia, the Caucasus, Ukraine, Russia, and Central Asia; and regional integration and stability in the postcommunist period.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-230238?ct=   (857 words)

  
 LocalPin - Regions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Regions, Eastern, Regions, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Regions, Adirondacks, Regions, New York, United States, North America
The content of the LocalPin regional search engine is based on the Open Directory and is enhanced using LocalPin's own data and technology.
www.localpin.com /static/lang/hr/loc/regions,_asia.htm   (100 words)

  
 PULMANweb - Public Libraries Mobilising Advanced Networks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Helsinki University Library, The National Library of Finland, is responsible for FinELib operations and development.
Co-operation between public library and research library where a research library and a public library are located in the same building.
Projects are carried out in all the regions of Eastern Finland.
www.pulmanweb.org /DGMs/section2/CooperationPartnership3.htm   (729 words)

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