| 30.08.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic and Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari will
visit Israel and the Palestinian-administered
territories between September 4 and 6, 1999. |
| 25.08.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will travel to Hamina on
Friday, August 27, 1999 to attend the opening
ceremonies of the general assembly of the
Finnish Red Cross. During the trip, the President
will also meet the President of the International
Committee of the Red Cross, Cornelio Sommaruga. |
| 25.08.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will travel to Jyväskylä
on Friday, September 3, 1999 to inaugurate Ambiotica,
the new building of the Institute of Environmental
Research of the University of Jyväskylä, and the
Jyväskylä Pavilion. |
| 25.08.1999 |
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The
President of Latvia, Vaira Vike-Freiberga will
conduct a working visit to Finland on August 30 and
31, 1999. The visit will include lunch with the
President of the Republic, Martti Ahtisaari in the
Presidential Palace on Tuesday, August 31, 1999. |
| 23.08.1999 |
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Mrs
Eeva Ahtisaari will visit the municipalities of
Hartola and Sysmä on Thursday, August 26, 1999.
During the trip, she will acquaint herself with the
cultural history of the municipalities. Mrs Ahtisaari
will return to Helsinki the same evening. |
| 17.08.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic has sent his condolences on
behalf of Finland and the European Union to the
President of Turkey on the occasion of the
devastating earthquake in that country. |
| 09.08.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will travel to Åland on
Wednesday, August 11, 1999. During the trip, he will
meet representatives of the province in Kastelholm
Castle to discuss topical matters. |
| 02.08.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic and Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari will
go on a provincial visit to South Karelia and Kainuu
on August 7 and 8, 1999. On Saturday, August 7, 1999
the President and Mrs Ahtisaari will attend the
events marking the 350th anniversary of Lappeenranta
and visit the Housing Fair in the city. On Sunday,
August 8, 1999 the President and Mrs Ahtisaari will
attend the Finnish Local Culture and Heritage
Conference in Suomussalmi. |
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July 1999 |
| 28.07.1999 |
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Mrs
Eeva Ahtisaari will travel to Vesanto on Friday, July
30, 1999, where she will attend the Vesanto Soi
music festival. |
| 28.07.1999 |
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The President
of the Republic will travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 24.07.1999 |
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Tiuku
Rask-Ahtisaari and Marko Ahtisaari were married at
Kultaranta on Saturday, July 24, 1999. Photos of the
wedding ceremony are available on the website: http://www.tpk.fi/images/kuvat2.html |
| 12.07.1999 |
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Meetings on
July 15 and July 16 |
| 08.07.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will attend the opening
concert of Jyväskylän kesä in Saarijärvi
church on Tuesday, July 13, 1999, at 19.00. He will
return to Kultaranta the same evening. |
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June 1999 |
| 24.06.1999 |
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The President
of the Republic will travel to Brazil |
| 17.06.1999 |
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Talks on June
17 |
| 16.06.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic will meet Russian Foreign
Minister Igor Ivanov in the Presidential
Palace on Wednesday, June 16, at 16.30. |
| 16.06.1999 |
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The meeting
between the United States Secretary of Defense and
the Russian Defence Minister in the Presidential
Palace |
| 15.06.1999 |
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US Secretary of
Defense William Cohen and Russian Defence Minister
Igor Sergeyev will arrive in Helsinki |
| 14.06.1999 |
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Russia
and the United States will continue their talks on
the organization of the International Security Force.
Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Defence
Minister Igor Sergeyev will meet later this week in
Helsinki. The exact time and location of their
meeting will be announced later. |
| 11.06.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic and Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari will
vote in the European Parliamentary elections in
Meilahti school in Helsinki on Sunday, June 13, 1999,
at 11.00. |
| 10.06.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic will meet representatives
of the Finnish media in the Presidential Palace on
Thursday, June 10, 1999, at 18.30 to discuss the
Kosovo peace talks. |
| 08.06.1999 |
|
(Return
from Beijing)
The plane carrying the President of the Republic will
arrive at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport on Tuesday, at ca.
23.15. The President will not meet any
representatives of the media or issue any statements,
but will continue directly to Mäntyniemi. |
| 07.06.1999 |
|
(Return
from Germany, flight to Beijing)
The President of the Republic will return from
Germany earlier than planned. He will meet
representatives of the media at Helsinki-Vantaa
Airport during the stopover at ca. 20.45. |
| 07.06.1999 |
|
The
Office of the President of the Republic has conveyed
the following bulletin to the Finnish News Agency:
President Martti Ahtisaari has decided to postpone
his trip to China. A new
date for the trip will be announced at a later date. |
| 07.06.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic has this afternoon
continued from Bonn to Berlin where he will meet
Chancellor Schröder. Information on the rest of the
programme will be conveyed separately. |
| 07.06.1999 |
|
At
noon today, the President of the Republic travelled
to Bonn to meet German political leaders. Information
on the rest of the programme will be conveyed
separately.
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| 05.06.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will travel to the People's
Republic of China on Sunday, June 6, 1999. On Monday,
he will meet President Jiang Zemin and other Chinese
political leaders in Beijing to inform them on the
efforts to find a solution to the Kosovo crisis. The
President will return to Finland on Tuesday. |
| 04.06.1999 |
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June 4 |
| 04.06.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will meet US Deputy
Secretary of State Strobe Talbott in the Presidential
Palace on Friday, June 4, 1999 at 14.00. |
| 04.06.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will return to Finland on
Friday, June 4, 1999. His plane will land at
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport at ca. 12.00. Details of the
President's programme for later on Friday will be
announced separately. |
| 04.06.1999 |
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Representatives
of the media can enter the Mariankatu lounge in the
Presidential Palace on June 4, 1999 at 13.30 to
follow the events in the Palace on Friday afternoon. |
| 04.06.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic has today promoted his
first Aide-de-Camp, Antero Karumaa, to the rank of
Captain (Navy). Karumaa became third Aide-de-Camp to
the President of the Republic in 1992 and has been
first Aide-de-Camp since the beginning of 1996. |
| 02.06.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic and Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari will
go on a provincial visit to Southwest Finland on
Tuesday, June 15, 1999, calling at the municipalities
of Parainen, Nauvo and Korppoo. During the trip, the
President and Mrs Ahtisaari will acquaint themselves
with issues specific to the Turku archipelago. |
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May 1999 |
| 31.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will travel to the Federal
Republic of Germany on Tuesday, June 1. He will
conduct discussions with Russia's Special Envoy
Viktor Chernomyrdin and Deputy Secretary of State
Strobe Talbott in Bonn (Petersberg) at 16.00 local
time. The talks will then continue over a working
dinner hosted by Chancellor Schröder. The rest of
the President's programme will be announced after the
talks. |
| 31.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will promote the graduating
cadets to the rank of senior lieutenant and appoint
them officers of the Finnish Defence Forces and
Frontier Guard in the Presidential Palace on Tuesday,
June 1, 1999 at 10.00. |
| 28.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will meet the Foreign
Minister of Slovakia, Eduard Kukan, in Mäntyniemi on
Monday, May 31, 1999 at 9.00. |
| 25.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will travel to Moscow on
Wednesday morning, May 26, 1999. In the afternoon, he
will meet Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin and begin
talks with Special Envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin and US
Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott. The
President's return to Finland will be announced after
the talks. |
| 21.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will travel to Sweden on
Saturday, May 22, 1999, to meet the Secretary-General
of the United Nations, Kofi Annan. The meeting is of
a private nature. The President will return to
Finland on Saturday evening. |
| 20.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will travel to Moscow on
Thursday, May 20, 1999 at 13.00. In Moscow, he will
meet Special Envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin and US Deputy
Secretary of State Strobe Talbott. The President will
return to Finland after the talks. |
| 19.05.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic, US Deputy Secretary of
State Strobe Talbott and Russia’s Special Envoy
Viktor Chernomyrdin had talks for two and a half
hours today, Wednesday.
The talks were very serious and constructive.
Building on G-8 principles, the parties are
endeavouring to set forth some approaches to bringing
a peaceful end to the conflict.
The parties are now continuing their work on all
fronts. Special Envoy Chernomyrdin is travelling to
Belgrade today; the G-8 political directors are
meeting in Bonn, likewise today; President Ahtisaari,
Deputy Secretary of State Talbott and Special Envoy
Chernomyrdin will continue their talks in Moscow
after Mr. Chernomyrdin returns from Belgrade. |
| 18.05.1999 |
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The
meeting between President Martti Ahtisaari, Deputy
Secretary of State Strobe Talbott and Special
Representative Victor Chernomyrdin lasted seven
hours. The meeting was serious and constructive, and
it will
continue on Wednesday at 10 o'clock local time. |
| 16.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will meet the former Prime
Minister of Australia, Malcom Fraser, in Mäntyniemi
on Monday, May 17, at 15.00. Mr. Fraser is the
special envoy of the Australian Government working to
release the two Australian aid workers detained in
Yugoslavia. |
| 15.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will meet German Chancellor
Gerhard Schröder on Monday, May 17, for a working
lunch in Mäntyniemi. Chancellor Schröder will
arrive in Finland at about 11.00 and will leave at
about 13.30. |
| 14.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will travel to the
Netherlands on Friday, May 14, 1999 to meet UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan. |
| 14.05.1999 |
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Russia's
Special Envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin and his delegation,
and US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbot with
his delegation will arrive in Helsinki on Tuesday,
May 18, to continue discussions on Kosovo with the
President of the Republic.
The President of the Republic and UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan discussed the situation
in Kosovo by telephone on Friday morning, May 14,
1999. The President and the Secretary-General agreed
to meet in the Netherlands on Friday, May 14 for a
working dinner. |
| 14.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will travel to Norway on
Sunday, May 16, to watch the second final game of the
World Ice Hockey Championships in Lillehammer. Before
returning to Finland, he will meet the Foreign
Minister of Norway, Knut Vollebaek at Gardemoe
Airport at about 21.00 local time. The President will
return to Finland during the night. |
| 13.05.1999 |
|
Russia's
Special Envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin will arrive in
Helsinki on Thursday, May 13, 1999 from Moscow. He
will discuss the situation in Kosovo with the
President of the Republic during the evening. |
| 12.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic and US Deputy Secretary of
State Strobe Talbott met in Mäntyniemi on Wednesday
evening, May 12, 1999 to discuss the Kosovo
situation. The talks continued at a working dinner
with Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen. |
| 12.05.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic and US Deputy Secretary of
State Strobe Talbott will conduct talks in
Mäntyniemi on the evening of Wednesday, May 12,
1999. Information on the contents of the talks may be
provided afterwards. |
| 12.05.1999 |
|
US
Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott will arrive
in Finland on the evening of Wednesday, May 12, 1999
from Moscow. He will discuss the situation in Kosovo
with the President of the Republic during the
evening. |
| 10.05.1999 |
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A dinner for
the President of France. |
| 10.05.1999 |
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Mrs
Eeva Ahtisaari will travel to Germany on Saturday,
May 15, 1999. During the trip, she will visit Berlin
and Weimar, the Cultural Capital. On Monday, May 17,
Mrs Ahtisaari will have lunch with the wife of the
German President, Mrs Christiane Herzog. Mrs
Ahtisaari will return to Finland on Monday. |
| 07.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will fly from Helsinki to
Hanover on Friday, May 7, 1999, where he will meet
Chancellor Schröder at a private dinner. The
President will be joined by the Secretary General to
the President of the Republic, Jaakko Kalela, Adviser
Alpo Rusi and first Aide-de-Camp, Commander Antero
Karumaa. |
| 07.05.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic will fly from Hanover to
Turku on Saturday, May 8, 1999, to attend the events
marking the Europe Day in Turku. He will return to
Helsinki on Saturday afternoon. |
| 06.05.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic will visit Germany on
Friday, May 7, 1999. He has been invited by
Chancellor Schröder. President Ahtisaari and
Chancellor Schröder will meet at an unofficial
working dinner in Hanover. |
| 04.05.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will travel to Kultaranta
on Friday, May 7, 1999.
On Saturday, May 8, 1999 he will deliver a speech at
the seminar in Turku Concert Hall during the
celebrations to mark Europe Day and attend a
reception by the Regional Council of Southwest
Finland in the Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum. |
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April 1999 |
| 29.04.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic and Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari will
accept the traditional May Day greetings in front of
the Presidential Palace on Saturday, May 1, 1999. The
Finnish Workers' Music Association and the brass band
of the Helsinki Workers' Association will present
their greetings at 10.30, followed by the Singers of
the Student Union at 11.00. |
| 27.04.1999 |
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Announcement by
the President of the Republic |
| 21.04.1999 |
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A dinner for
the Diplomatic Corps in Helsinki |
| 20.04.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic and Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari will
entertain the heads of the diplomatic missions
accredited to Helsinki and their spouses to dinner in
the Presidential Palace on Wednesday, April 21, 1999,
at 19.30. |
| 16.04.1999 |
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Travel to the
United States |
| 16.04.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic and Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari will
travel to Tampere on Sunday, April 18, 1999. During
the trip, they will acquaint themselves with the
arrangements for the special meeting of the European
Council in Tampere. The programme will conclude with
a performance of the Manon Lescaut in the
Tampere Hall. |
| 16.04.1999 |
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French
President Jacques Chirac and Mrs Bernadette Chirac
will pay an official visit to Finland between May 10
and 11, 1999 at the invitation of President
Ahtisaari. |
| 14.04.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will receive the outgoing
government in the Presidential Palace on Thursday,
April 15, 1999 at 13.15.
The President of the Republic will receive the new
government in the Presidential Palace on Thursday,
April 15, 1999, at 13.45. |
| 12.04.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic will attend the informal
meeting of the leaders of the EU Member States held
in Brussels, on Wednesday, April 14, 1999. He will
return to Finland during the night. |
| 08.04.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic has charged Paavo Lipponen,
chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Party, with
the task of forming a workable majority government. |
| 01.04.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic and Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari will
travel to Naantali on Thursday, April 1, to spend
Easter at Kultaranta. They will return to Helsinki on
Monday, April 5, 1999. There will be no official
programme during the trip. |
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March 1999 |
| 31.03.1999 |
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After
having today consulted the Speaker of Parliament and
the representatives of all the parliamentary groups
on the current government situation, the President of
the Republic has charged Paavo Lipponen, chairman of
the Finnish Social Democratic Party, with the task of
exploring the chances of forming a workable majority
government. |
| 31.03.1999 |
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Prime
Minister Paavo Lipponen has today submitted the
resignation of the Government to the President of the
Republic. The President has accepted the Government's
resignation and asked it to continue on a caretaker
basis until the formation of the new government. |
| 30.03.1999 |
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The programme
of the Presidential Round on March 31, 1999 |
| 30.03.1999 |
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Provincial
visit to Central Finland |
| 17.03.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic and Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari will
vote in the Parliamentary elections in Meilahti
school in Helsinki on Sunday, March 21, 1999, at
about 11.00. |
| 14.03.1999 |
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Yasser Arafat
will pay a visit to Finland |
| 11.03.1999 |
|
Mrs
Eeva Ahtisaari will travel to Savo on Thursday, March
18, 1999 to attend the inauguration of a new primary
school in Kaavi. She will make a speech during the
opening ceremonies. |
| 09.03.1999 |
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Mrs
Eeva Ahtisaari will attend the tenth anniversary
celebrations of the Suvirinne afternoon club
at Pappilanpelto school in Vihti on Saturday, March
13, 1999, at 14.00. |
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February 1999 |
| 24.02.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic will visit Lapland between
March 5 and 8, 1999. During a provincial visit on
Sunday, March 7 and Monday, March 8, the President
will call at the municipalities of Sodankylä and
Pelkosenniemi. |
| 10.02.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson
Mandela, will pay an official visit to Finland on
March 14 and 15, 1999, at the invitation of the
President of the Republic. |
| 08.02.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic and Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari will
go on a state visit to Mexico between February 21 and
27, 1999, at the invitation of President Ernesto
Zedillo. |
| 03.02.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic will go on a provincial
visit to Northern Ostrobothnia on Thursday, February
11, 1999. During the visit, he will visit the
municipality of Kuivaniemi and the Micropolis
Technology Centre in Ii and inaugurate the new main
building of the University of Oulu. |
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January 1999 |
| 25.01.1999 |
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The
President of the Republic and Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari will
go on a state visit to Spain between February 1 and
4, 1999, at the invitation of the King of Spain, Juan
Carlos I. |
| 18.01.1999 |
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Provincial
visit to Savo |
| 15.01.1999 |
|
President
Martti Ahtisaari and President Yeltsin had a
telephone conversation |
| 13.01.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic will deliver a speech at
the ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the
Tampere Workers' Institute and the 75th anniversary
of the Institute's students' association in Tampere
on Saturday, January 16, 1999. |
| 04.01.1999 |
|
The
President of the Republic and Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari will
attend the consecration of the Archbishop of the
Turku Archdiocese and Finland, Jukka Paarma, and a
mass in Turku Cathedral on Wednesday, January 6,
1999. |
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1998 |
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STATEMENT ON
THE HEALTH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC |
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