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Finland Australia Chamber of Commerce Inc News

• Newsletter - Spring 2008
• Newsletter - Summer 2008
• Newsletter - December 2007
• Newsletter - Winter 2007
• Newsletter - Spring 2006
• Newsletter - March 2006
• Newsletter - October 2005
• Newsletter - June 2005
• Newsletter - December 2004

Changes to membership categories

The Committee of the Chamber resolved at the meeting on 7 April 2008 that the following changes be made to the member categories:

• The membership year is changed to a calendar year.
• The membership of current members will be extended to 31 December 2008.
• A new Associate Member category is being created for interstate/remote members (members more than 200km from Sydney).
• Associate Member fees will be approximately 25% of Full Membership, namely $80 (large corporates), $50 (small corporates) and $25 (individuals).

• Silke Koernicke has been appointed as President of FACC with effect from 3 July 2007. Tim Purcell has resigned due to work commitments. For more information please contract the FACC secretariat.
• Opening address by President of the Republic of Finland Tarja Halonen at the Innovation Seminar in Sydney, 16 February 2007
• Report on Nordic Innovation and Investment Seminar - Tuesday, 17 October 2006

Do you want to find the latest news from Finland?

• Finpro – The Finnish Foreign Trade Association
• The National Technology Agency Tekes
• Invest in Finland Bureau
• Kauppalehti – business and financial news
• Helsingin Sanomat – leading newspaper

The following news items are also provided for your information:

• 2005-2006 - Finland remains the most competitive economy in the world and tops the rankings for the third consecutive year in The Global Competitiveness Report 2005-2006, released by the World Economic Forum.
• 2004-2005 - Finland remains the most competitive economy in the world and holds this position for the third time in the last four years in The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005, released in October by the World Economic Forum.
• 23 June 2004 - Finncentric fun in Helsinki (128Kb)
• 22 May 2004 - 8 Million Euro (AUD14M) investment for the first luxury "Lifestyle Hotel" Klaus K in Helsinki opening in 2005 (91Kb)
• 15 May 2004 - Turku - the medieval former capital of Finland, and the host of the "Hanseatic Days 2004" carnival, celebrates majestic 775th anniversary (63Kb)
• 23 April 2004 - Finland a Giant in Global Business (72Kb)
• 20 December 2003 - Ice Cool Finland is hyping up for international events in 2004 and 2005 (80Kb)
• 12 November 2003 - Finland is the most competitive economy in the world (60Kb)