Pori

a port in SW Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia. Pop.: 76 189 (2003 est.)

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Pori

(Swedish Björneborg), a city and port in southwestern Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia of the Baltic Sea, in Turku-Pori Lääni (Province). Population, 78,100 (1973). A railroad junction, Pori is an important timber center of Finland, with sawmills and pulp-and-paper enterprises. It has machine-building, non-ferrous-metallurgy, textile and food-processing industries. It exports lumber products. The outer harbors are Reporsaari and Mä ntyluoto.

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band Earth Wind at the Pori 2013 band Earth Wind at the Pori 2013 Our Visit Finland host Virpi Aittokoski explains that the Government of the Sixties and Seventies embarked on a mass modernisation of the country's urban environment, flattening almost every traditional building in sight and replacing it with a much more functional structure, more finely Our Visit Finland host Virpi Aittokoski explains that the Government of the Sixties and Seventies embarked on a mass modernisation of the country's urban environment, flattening almost every traditional building in sight and replacing it with a much more functional structure, more finely tuned for modern living.

Festival with fine Finish; The famous Pori Jazz Festival kicked off in Finland last night. JAMIE GRIERSON finds out why the quirky country is so captivating

'The Pori Jazz Festival hasn't missed a year since 1966 and is clearly cherished' Jamie Grierson 'The Pori Jazz Festival hasn't missed a year since 1966 and is clearly cherished' Jamie Grierson

Festival with fine Finnish; The famous Pori Jazz Festival kicked off in Finland last night. JAMIE GRIERSON finds out why the quirky country is so captivating

Making this announcement today, Technip said that the work involved transferring the Apache's high-performance pipelay equipment on to a new-built hull acquired in 2009, as a result of which the Pori yard has delivered a state of the art vessel.

Technip announces completion of new Apache II vessel at Pori yard

A recycling plant investment at the Pori facility, western Finland, managed by the company's wholly-owned subsidiary Corenso, will enable all the used packaging collected from households in Finland to be utilised there, Stora Enso said.

Finnish Stora Enso to move recycling to Pori, shut newsprint ops in Varkaus

DENIM DIVA: Duffy wears a denim play suit on stage at the 44th International Pori Jazz Festival at the Kirjurinluoto Arena in Pori, Western Finland

Duffy dons 'Daisy Dukes' for Finnish leg of festival tour

FRIGHT: Yesterday's Mirror; TRUNK CALL: Pori helps out; DWARFED: Baby nestles up to mum Picture: REUTERS

BACK WITH MUM; Trampled calf safe and sound

Tir pori i'r de-ddwyrain o Gefnffordd yr A470 a'r eiddo o'r enw Maes Mawr a rhan o hanner lled cerbytfordd Cefnffordd bresennol yr A470, leiniau ymyl ac argloddiau; tir pori i'r de-ddwyrain o Gefnffordd yr A470 ac i'r dwyrain o'r eiddo o'r enw Maes Mawr; tir pori i'r de-ddwyrain o Gefnffordd yr A470 ac i'r eiddo o'r enw Maes Mawr; yr hawl i fynd ar dir pori i'r de-ddwyrain o Gefnffordd yr A470 ac i'r dwyrain o'r eiddo o'r enw Maes Mawr ac yn union i'r gogledd-orllewin o'r ysgubor i'r de-ddwyrain o'r A470 at bob diben sy'n gysylltiedig ag adeiladu a chynnal wal gynnal (Plotiau 1/2, 1/2a, 1/2b, 1/2c, 1/2d).

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So, is Pori a would-be baby-killer or a caring mum only doing what she'd do in the wild to help her son survive?

A VICIOUS KILLER .. OR JUST A DUMBO? Elephant 'attacks' baby ..zoo insists it's normal

* Metso Paper's Chemical Pulping Business Line has recently opened a Remote Diagnostics Center in Pori, Finland.

Metso keeps busy

Novo Group to provide web-based map system for users in Pori region, Finland