15:42 Finnish President opens Nokian Tyres facility in St Petersburg
The Finnish President, Tarja Halonen, opened the new tyre factory of Nokian Tyres in Vsevolozhsk, east from St Petersburg, on Thursday.

15:23 Baltic Leaders Tackle Environmental Threat
The leaders of Sweden and Finland joined President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to inaugurate a wastewater treatment plant in St. Petersburg in the latest effort to cut back on the copious pollutants flowing into the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea.