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	 <title>Minister Räsänen: Too early to make a decision on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area </title>
	 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:01:00 +0300</pubDate>
	 <link>http://www.kd.fi/KD/www/en/newsroom/index.php?we_objectID=7276</link>
	 <description><![CDATA[The EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council discussed today, on 22 September, the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area. In practice, the accession would mean that internal border checks be lifted at the borders between Bulgaria and Romania and the other EU countries. ‘Finland...]]></description>
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	 <title>Interior Minister Räsänen: No new security threats to Finland</title>
	 <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
	 <link>http://www.kd.fi/KD/www/en/newsroom/index.php?we_objectID=7278</link>
	 <description><![CDATA[Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen, who carries responsibility for police affairs, says that present information about shooting and bomb attacks Friday in Norway have no direct ties to Finland or the Finns. However, it will bring a reevaluation of security matters.<br>"The situation is so shocking, that...]]></description>
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	 <title>Räsänen: Common liability for debts is not a medicine </title>
	 <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:53:00 +0300</pubDate>
	 <link>http://www.kd.fi/KD/www/en/newsroom/index.php?we_objectID=7063</link>
	 <description><![CDATA[- Prime Minister Kiviniemi compares Finland's participation in supporting Portugal to poison. The poison needs to be swallowed if that is what is needed for medicine, she says. By the parable she aims at justifying Finland's proportion of 1,2 billion euros in the mechanism to support Portugal....]]></description>
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	 <title>Mrs. Päivi Räsänen, Party Leader: Speech at 50 Years Jubilee</title>
	 <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
	 <link>http://www.kd.fi/KD/www/en/newsroom/index.php?we_objectID=7277</link>
	 <description><![CDATA[Ladies and gentlemen!<br>Bishop of Helsinki Aimo T. Nikolainen asked one of the children in a Sunday school class who was the first person of the world. A little boy answered in a clear voice:”Kekkonen!” The bishop corrected: “No, the first person was Adam.” To this the boy retorted: “Well, yes, if you...]]></description>
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	 <title>Räsänen urges Finnish parties to disclose campaign funding</title>
	 <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:24:00 +0300</pubDate>
	 <link>http://www.kd.fi/KD/www/en/newsroom/index.php?we_objectID=5065</link>
	 <description><![CDATA[Ms. Päivi Räsänen, the leader of the Finnish Christian Democrats, challenged all parties to disclose the sources of their European Parliament election campaign funding on a voluntary basis before the poll date. 
- The proposals of the justice ministry's working group on the transparency of party...]]></description>
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	 <title>ECPM condems Belarussian regime</title>
	 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:39:00 +0300</pubDate>
	 <link>http://www.kd.fi/KD/www/en/newsroom/index.php?we_objectID=1731</link>
	 <description><![CDATA[Participants of the North-Eastern conference of the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) support the rights of the Belarusian Christian Democrats (BCD) for political activities and condemn the regime of Belarus that neglects even their basic human rights. BCD and other democratic opposition...]]></description>
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	 <title>Christian Democratic Jubilee 2008 – 50 years as Salt in the Society</title>
	 <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
	 <link>http://www.kd.fi/KD/www/en/newsroom/index.php?we_objectID=1227</link>
	 <description><![CDATA[The Christian Democrats in Finland was founded in 1958. The first happening of this Jubilee will be an Ideological Seminar February 2 in Helsinki. That is also going to be the start of Christian Democratic ideological courses called KD Academy and the start of a series of political programs in...]]></description>
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