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euro and some euro zone bonds were hit by concerns over possible debt restructuring in Greece. Germany said that Berlin does not believe Greece, which sealed a 110 billion euro ($158 billion) bailout from the EU and IMF a year ago, would make it through the summer without a restructuring.

Besides, on the sidelines of elections of anti-euro party in Finland Portugal’s pending bailout came also under question which impacted market confidence.

Finland is the Nordic country, located in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The country is neighboring Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland. Finland is the eighth largest country in Europe in terms of area and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. It has a highly industrialized free-market economy with a per capita output equal to that of other western economies such as France, Germany, Belgium or the UK.

 The Legatum Institute, an independent policy, advocacy and advisory organization, published on Tuesday its 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index which ranked 104 countries according to the economic prosperity and basic human freedoms. Thus, the best country in the list where people can enjoy freedom of expression as much as health, wealth, and prosperity was Finland.