Author Topic: WHO is visiting your country now? (Read 8879 times)

Niko · « **Reply #25 on:** March 19, 2009, 08:13:57 PM »

I had not even heard anything about that band ever before.

Martial · « **Reply #26 on:** March 19, 2009, 08:20:47 PM »

well maybe that is why they're in Finland right now!

Niko · « **Reply #27 on:** March 19, 2009, 08:22:14 PM »

Quote from: Martial on March 19, 2009, 08:20:47 PM

well maybe that is why they're in Finland right now!

But they didn't see me this time either.

Niko · « **Reply #28 on:** March 25, 2009, 06:21:15 PM »

OFFICIAL STATE VISITORS IN FINLAND

Nursultan Nazarbajev

The president of Kazakhstan, mr. Nursultan Nazarbajev, was on an official visit in Finland on monday and tuesday. On tuesday he had negotiations with the president of Finland, Mrs. Tarja Halonen. He also visited our parliament house and the technological centre of Otaniemi in Espoo city (near Helsinki).

Together with mr. Nazarbajev was also the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, mr. Marat Tazhin, who was negotiating with his Finnish collegue, mr. Alexander Stubb about OSCE, which chairman Kazakhstan will be in 2010.

Marat Tazhin

Nursultain Nazarbajev has been the president of Kazakhstan since 1989 and he is critized for his somehow dictatorial way of ruling his country.

Martial · « **Reply #29 on:** March 29, 2009, 09:43:25 PM »

well Finland is definitely taking steps towards the East.. France on the contrary is sadly taking steps towards the West as France is getting back in the NATO which we left in 1966 in order to not be under the Americans' power.

Niko · « **Reply #30 on:** April 19, 2009, 08:28:36 PM »

ESC PROMOTING IN FINLAND

Today, on Sunday, and tomorrow, on Monday, Patricia Kaas, the French ESC 2009 entrant, is giving promotional concerts in Helsinki and in Tampere. In Helsinki she is giving a concert in Finlandia House today and in Tampere tomorrow. The venue in Tampere will be Tampere concert and congress house, which has also been a venue for several finnish nf contests. Patricia Kaas's ESC song, S'il fallait le faire, is one of this years favorite songs in Finland. Today in the local newspaper in Tampere, there was a big picture of Patricia Kaas and also a very interesting interview.

Niko · « **Reply #31 on:** April 20, 2009, 06:16:08 PM »

OFFICIAL STATE VISITOR FROM NEIGHBOUR

Today arrived the president of Russia, mr. Dmitry Anatolyevich Mededev, to Finland for 2 days official state visit to Finland. He met at 12 p.m. mrs. Tarja Halonen, the president of Finland, and he will also meet at least prime minister, foreign minister, foreign trade minister, minister of transport and comm and also the chairman of parliament. The negotiations will be about Nordstream gas pipe, Russian forest industry, border problems, visa problems, traffic problems at the border with Finland and Russia, and the new European "security architecture" which according to Russia is built against Russia.

There was also a large number of demonstrators waiting for him and they were demanding Karelia back to Finland, freedom of speach to Russia and other things.

Mr. Mededev is for the first time in Finland as a president of Russia. In other tasks he has visited Finland several times before.

From left to right: Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedev, Dmitry Mededev, Tarja Halonen and Pertti Arajärvi (husband of Tarja Halonen)

Niko · « **Reply #32 on:** April 24, 2009, 01:44:51 PM »

ANOTHER OFFICIAL STATE VISITOR

Just after the president of Russia had left Finland, another president arrived for a 2 day official visit. The president of Lithuania, mr. Valdas Adamkus, arrived yesterday and will stay in Finland until Friday evening. He is having negotiations with our president and prime minister, visits our parliament and participates the Baltic Sea consultations. Today he is also visiting on a construction site of a nuclear station in southeastern Finland.

Niko · « **Reply #33 on:** May 04, 2009, 05:35:21 PM »

MY NAME IS BOND, JAMES BOND

The United Nations' goodwill ambassador, Sir Roger Moore, 81, is just visiting Finland as a part of his goodwill project. The Finnish MTV3 channel's "happy news reporter" was interviewing him yesterday and some of the questions were:

- What is the secret of your healthy life?
- I never drink from a filthy glass
- What keeps you on such a good mood?
- fast cars and beautiful women
- What would you still say to people?
- I am still alive, even more.

Niko · « **Reply #34 on:** May 04, 2009, 05:50:36 PM »

RETIRING GENERAL SECRETARY OF NATO ON A DAY VISIT IN FINLAND

Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the retiring general secretary of NATO, is just visiting Finland. and saying his goodbyes. Finland is not a NATO member, even if most of our government ministers would prefer it. de Hoop said that Finland is a good and reliable NATO partner and he hopes that Finland will be soon in the future a NATO member. About 65 % of Finnish citizens, including I, are against Finland's NATO membership.

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will retire in the end of July and the next general secretary of Nato from the 1st of August onwards will be the prime minister of Denmark, mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

Martial · « **Reply #35 on:** May 05, 2009, 01:13:04 AM »

I'm against NATO too.. oh damn our capitalist government which made France join again in 2009, 43 years after France departed it

Niko · « **Reply #36 on:** May 05, 2009, 01:38:05 PM »

VISITORS FROM GREECE

It seems that Finland is a very popular country at the moment, because once again we have here an official state visitor, this time from Greece. Mr. Karolos Papoulias, the president of Greece, arrived to Finland together with his wife Maria Panou earlier today. They will meet Mrs. Tarja Halonen later today and there will be a dine in Presidential palace this evening. Mr. Papoulias is also going to place a garland to the Hietaniemi cemetary, in front of the soldier's grave statue.

Tomorrow on wednesday mr. Papoulias and his wife will visit Parliament house and Helsinki university and inaugurate a photo exhibition in the Helsinki City Hall. In Helsinki University he is going to attend a seminar on the marble sculputes of Parthenon. Mr. Papoulias has been demanding British Museum to give those sculptures back to Greece already for very many years.

Mr. and mrs. Papoulias will return back home on thursday.

Dartacan · « **Reply #37 on:** May 05, 2009, 02:56:41 PM »

Last week, Szarkozy and Carla Bruni were at Spain. Just guess who had all the decitation from the press.

Niko · « **Reply #38 on:** May 14, 2009, 08:28:13 PM »

A FILM GURU IN FINLAND

Earlier this week we had a very famous and brilliant film director here in Finland! Now you may start thinking all possible Hollywood film directors, but no, you got it wrong! I really mean BRILLIANT film director.

Here was mr. István Szabó, one of the most important film directors of our days. If you don't know him by name, let me tell you that he is Hungarian and that he is well-known for such films like Budapesti mesék (1976), Mefisto (1981), Colonel Redl (1985), Hanussen (1988), Taking Sides (1995), Sunshine (1999) and Being Julia (2004).

Niko · « **Reply #39 on:** May 22, 2010, 12:29:48 PM »

During the past year there have been several well-known celebrities in Finland, but now it is time to start updating this thread. And it would be nice if also others would tell who are visiting their countries.

Anyway, at the moment we have in Finland a very well-known president from South America. He arrived here yesterday and is leaving tomorrow on Sunday. He is the president of Bolivia,

MR. EVO MORALES

Mr. Morales has been discussing together with our president and prime minister and today he is giving a speech in Helsinki University. The theme of his speech is "Global Warming, Capitalism And The Rights of Mother Earth".

Mr. Morales kind of shocked the people in the beginning of his trip, by jumping inside a van, changing his clothes to his football costume and started playing in the Bolivian football team. There was an arranged friendship football match between Finland and Bolivia in Helsinki and Bolivia won it 2 - 0. Mr. Morales is a very keen football player.

Niko · « **Reply #40 on:** May 27, 2010, 05:00:31 PM »

BRYAN ADAMS HAVING A TOUR IN FINLAND

During this week a famous Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams is giving a series of concerts in Finland. Yesterday he was in Tampere, where I live. I was not in his concert.

Remy · « **Reply #41 on:** May 27, 2010, 07:12:10 PM »

Thanks for posting, Niko!

Btw, is the president of Bolivia also a player of the national football team?

Niko · « **Reply #42 on:** May 27, 2010, 07:54:43 PM »

No he isn't but he loves playing football always when he can and he has done lots for the football team of the original maya indian population.

bURN · « **Reply #43 on:** May 27, 2010, 10:13:07 PM »

Quote from: Remy on May 27, 2010, 07:12:10 PM

Thanks for posting, Niko!

Btw, is the president of Bolivia also a player of the national football team?

Would love to see that happening

Niko · « **Reply #44 on:** June 05, 2010, 06:49:05 PM »

ROCKERS IN FINLAND

Yesterday was AC/DC having a concert in Tampere, where I live. According to the local newspapaer, Tampere Stadium was very crowded.

Today on the other hand is Guns 'n' Roses having a concert in Helsinki.

Remy · « **Reply #45 on:** June 05, 2010, 09:28:14 PM »

Cool!

I like Guns 'n' Roses. Especially Paradise City.

AC/DC is the favorite band of radio personality Howard Stern.

Niko · « **Reply #46 on:** June 10, 2010, 09:21:49 PM »

GREEN DAY IN HELSINKI

Green Day was giving a concert in Helsinki yesterday. It was an open air concert and according to the news it was this year's most crowded concert so far.

Niko · « **Reply #47 on:** June 11, 2010, 09:45:06 AM »

SAUNA OPEN AIR METAL FESTIVAL IN TAMPERE

In Tampere we have at the moment the Sauna Open Air Metal Festival. It began yesterday and it will end tomorrow on Saturday. The main performer gave its concert yesterday. It was the legendaric

KISS

It was the 6th visit of Kiss to Finland. There were about 12 000 paid spectators in the Kiss concert. Today, there will be given concerts by following international bands: Glamour of the Kill (UK, York), Whitechapel (Tennesee, USA), Death Angel (California, USA), August Burns Red (Pennsylvania, USA), Anvil (Canada) and Danzig (New Jersey, USA).

Niko · « **Reply #48 on:** June 16, 2010, 05:44:59 PM »

TWO FAMOUS WOMEN IN FINLAND

Two days ago on monday 2 very well known women were in Helsinki, giving a concert together. The first one is a singer and actress, the other one is a singer. They were singing in the same open air concert. Those women were:

Grace Jones (left) and Nina Hagen (right)

Niko · « **Reply #49 on:** June 16, 2010, 06:39:18 PM »

A LOVELY MAORI NIGHTINGALE IN TAMPERE TODAY!

Today on wednesday June 16th my favorite classical music singer is having a concert in the big hall of Tampere-house. She is the most famous Maori origin singer, a real pearl -

DAME KIRI TE KANAWA

Dame Kiri will be singing songs by Mozart, Richard Strauss, Canteloube, Guastavino and Ginastra and opera arias by Richard Strauss and Puccini. I tried to get a ticket when I heard about the concert, but I was too late, because the tickets were sold out really soon.

Here is Dame Kiri singing "Let the Bright Seraphim" from the oratorio "Samson" by George Frideric Handel. The orchestra is Philharmonia Orchestra Carl Davis as conductor. Recorded at Barbican Center, London, UK, 1988. Dame Kiri became world famous when singing this song in the Royal Wedding of Prince of Wales Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981. Please enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT9K7td2MWE