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Photo: Lehtikuva - Click to enlarge the picture Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb (left) speaks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on March 9. Relations between the EU and Russia were among the subjects that were discussed during Stubb’s one-day visit.

Photo: Lehtikuva - Click to enlarge the picture Representatives of the Finnish Refugee Council have chosen 26-year-old Afghan-born Nasima Razmyar as Female Refugee of the Year for International Women’s Day (March 8). Razmyar is involved in work to prevent “honour killings” and racism.

Photo: Lehtikuva - Click to enlarge the picture Myllysilta, a bridge over the Aura River in the southwestern Finnish city of Turku, was closed on March 6 after being declared structurally unsound. The bridge's central section is sagging by about one metre and its main supports are bent.

Photo: Lehtikuva - Click to enlarge the picture Team Skädäm throw snowballs during the 2010 Snowbattle Finnish Championship on March 6. The competition has been held for 15 years in the northern town of Kemijärvi, but took place in Helsinki this year.

Photo: Lehtikuva - Click to enlarge the picture NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left) and Finnish President Tarja Halonen exchange ideas at the seminar NATO’s New Strategic Concept – Comprehensive Approach to Crisis Management, held in Helsinki on March 4.

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