1.   But to the delight of Grussner, it was the prickly, street-smart Americans from the Bronx tenements and housing projects who wowed their Finnish counterparts.

2.   President Boris Yeltsin and his Finnish counterpart Martti Ahtisaari met in the Kremlin on Thursday and presided over the signing of three documents aimed at furthering bilateral trade.

3.   Chernomyrdin and his Finnish counterpart Paavo Lipponen held their talks in Karelia, a picturesque lakeland area in northern Russia that borders on Finland.

4.   Ciller met with her Finnish counterpart, Tarja Halonen.

5.   Ling signed and his visiting Finnish counterpart, Matti Aura, signed the agreement.

6.   Prime Minister Alain Juppe canceled plans to dine with his Finnish counterpart on Monday.

7.   Prime Minister Alain Juppe dropped talks with his Finnish counterpart planned for this week.

8.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin will hold a working meeting this week with his Finnish counterpart, Martti Ahtisaari, the presidential press service said Wednesday.

9.   Foreign Minister Qichen will attend the general discussions and hold individual talks with his Finnish counterpart, Tarja Halonen.

10.   Chernomrydin, who arrived from the Baltic states conference in the Swedish town of Visby, was to hold talks with his Finnish counterpart Paavo Lipponen on bilateral issues.