21.   Finland will reintroduce visa requirements for Kenyan citizens as of Monday in a bid to prevent illegal immigration from the east African country, Finnish officials said Friday.

22.   Finnish officials were meanwhile refusing to rely too much on the accounts of survivors, several of whom reported seeing the Estonia go down without its bow door.

23.   He is due to meet Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov on Saturday, Finnish officials said, although they would also meet for an informal dinner Friday.

24.   A Finnish freight ship that ran aground on Monday evening off Uusikaupunki in western Finland has suffered significant damage to its hull, Finnish officials said on Tuesday.

25.   According to Finnish officials, as a matter of policy one- and two-cent coins are legal tender in the country.

26.   Arafat arrived in Stockholm on an earlier flight from Helsinki, where he met with Finnish officials.

27.   Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen was hospitalised Thursday in Helsinki suffering from kidney stones and may not attend the EU summit in Florence, Finnish officials said.

28.   Finnish swimming officials announced on Tuesday they will appeal the two-year drugs ban on Petteri Lehtinen.

29.   US Secretary of State Warren Christopher arrived in the Finnish capital on Thursday ahead of a meeting Saturday with Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov, Finnish officials said.

30.   Jiang, who is in Finland with a Chinese delegation for bilateral talks with Finnish officials, made his comments after a first meeting with Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari.