After meeting with King Abdullah on Sunday, President Tarja Halonen said that she hopes that the European Union and the United States will help in advancing peace talks in the Middle East. The talks ...

President Tarja Halonen and her husband, Pentti Arajärvi, spent the afternoon of Christmas Eve with Helsinki's homeless at an annual Christmas celebration for the poor. Organiser Heikki Hursti says ...

As President Halonen's second and final term in office comes to an end, she has already carried out farewell visits to Estonia and Russia. Her Tuesday trip to Stockholm is the final bi-lateral working ...

The royal wedding takes place on Saturday in the city’s Storkyrkan church. On Friday, Halonen and Arajärvi are to take part in an official dinner and concert. Halonen and Arajärvi return to Finland on ...

Halonen is co-chair of the panel, alongside South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. Halonen and her husband Pentti Arajärvi will return on Saturday.

At a traditional welcoming ceremony staged by the town, Halonen was presented with a bouquet by 8-year-old Nea Palletvuori. In the evening, the presidential pair attended a concert featuring soprano ...

Halonen will also visit development cooperation projects organised by Finnish and Namibian non-governmental groups. On the last day of her visit, Halonen will travel to the northern town of Ondangwa.

29.1.2006 17:36 • Updated 29.10.2008 19:16 Incumbent Tarja Halonen, the candidate of the Social Democrats and the leftist parties, stepped up to the booth in Helsinki with her husband Pentti Arajärvi.

Halonen and her husband Dr. Pentti Arajärvi travelled to Ireland on Sunday ... visit are representatives of Finnish labour market organisations. Minister of Labour Tarja Cronberg cancelled her ...