Helsinki - New Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, who last week succeeded veteran Ilkka Kanerva, was Thursday to visit Austria, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Stockholm - A consortium that plans to build an underwater Baltic Sea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany said Tuesday it has dropped plans to build a service platform east of the Swedish Baltic
Luxembourg/Brussels - Sweden is allowed to tax wine more heavily than beer since the higher excise duty on the imported alcoholic beverage does not, on its own, induce consumers to buy more Swedish
Frankfurt- The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected 
Dublin - Irish Finance Minister Brian 
