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      <title>The Government's budget proposal for 2011 and overview of the economic outlook</title>
      <link>http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/03_press_releases_and_speeches/01_press_releases/20100819TheGov/name.jsp</link>
      <description>The Government's budget proposal for 2011 amounts to total spending of EUR 50.3 billion, with the budget deficit standing at EUR 8.3 billion.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:48:00 EEST</pubDate>
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      <title>Nordic and Baltic Ministries, Central Banks and Supervisory Authorities sign Agreement on Financial Stability</title>
      <link>http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/03_press_releases_and_speeches/01_press_releases/20100817Nordic/name.jsp</link>
      <description>The agreement enhances preparedness to handle cross-border financial stability concerns in the financially integrated Nordic-Baltic region.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EEST</pubDate>
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      <title>Main Lines of the Ministry of Finance's budget proposal</title>
      <link>http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/03_press_releases_and_speeches/01_press_releases/20100728MainLi/name.jsp</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:14:00 EEST</pubDate>
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      <title>Stress test of the European banking sector published</title>
      <link>http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/03_press_releases_and_speeches/01_press_releases/20100723Stress/name.jsp</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:30:00 EEST</pubDate>
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      <title>Towards a more coherent tax system </title>
      <link>http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/03_press_releases_and_speeches/01_press_releases/20100621Toward/name.jsp</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:00:00 EEST</pubDate>
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      <title>Base rate 1,25 per cent</title>
      <link>http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/03_press_releases_and_speeches/01_press_releases/20100614Basera/name.jsp</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:55:00 EEST</pubDate>
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      <title>Pentti Pikkarainen appointed Financial Markets Department head and Tuomas Sukselainen Economics Department head</title>
      <link>http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/03_press_releases_and_speeches/01_press_releases/20100610Pentti/name.jsp</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:24:00 EEST</pubDate>
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      <title>Proposal to Parliament for government guarantees to European financial stability facility </title>
      <link>http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/03_press_releases_and_speeches/01_press_releases/20100603Propos/name.jsp</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:37:00 EEST</pubDate>
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      <title>Rapporteur: Multi-tiered custody of securities provides cost savings and promotes developments in the securities markets</title>
      <link>http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/03_press_releases_and_speeches/01_press_releases/20100603Rappor/name.jsp</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:29:00 EEST</pubDate>
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      <title>OECD: Collective commitment, strategic insight and resource flexibility needed in Finnish public governance</title>
      <link>http://www.vm.fi/vm/en/03_press_releases_and_speeches/01_press_releases/20100531OECDCo/name.jsp</link>
      <description>These are the observations made by the OECD in its peer review, which examines Finnish public governance and its ability to deliver government objectives and its capacity to respond to existing and future challenges.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 10:00:00 EEST</pubDate>
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