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Press releases

Government proposal for compulsory identification of slot machine players sent out for comments
Press release 21.6.2018 12.32
Minister Häkkänen: EU must take next step to defend rule of law
Press release 20.6.2018 15.34
New locations added to Ministry of the Interior decree on restrictions on access, movement and stay
Press release 20.6.2018 13.39
Renewable electricity generation to be put out to tender next autumn
Press release 20.6.2018 13.19
Prime Minister Sipilä to European Council meetings
Press release 20.6.2018 9.53

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News

More than 8 000 hectares of new protected areas to Finland as 100th anniversary gifts
News item 30.5.2018 12.17
Romania's Minister Delegate for European Affairs Negrescu met Minister Terho
News item 28.5.2018 11.24
Prime Ministers of Finland and the Czech Republic discussed the forthcoming financial framework
News item 21.5.2018 9.27
Government proposes Olli Rehn as Governor of the Bank of Finland
News item 17.5.2018 13.49
Minister for Foreign Affairs Soini: Rules-based international system to be defended
News item 17.5.2018 11.45

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Speeches

Permanent Secretary Jaana Husu-Kallio's speech at the European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference in Helsinki
Speech 11.6.2018 15.10
Speech by Prime Minister Juha Sipilä in Parliament during the topical discussion on the EU's multiannual financial framework
Speech 9.5.2018 14.15
Minister LIntilä´s speech in Kokkola 16.4.2018
Speech 17.4.2018 13.04
Minister of Justice Antti Häkkänen´s speech on improving human rights system at a high-level conference in Copenhagen 12 April 2018
Speech 12.4.2018 15.54
Minister of Justice Antti Häkkänen´s speech about GDPR´s possibilities to companies at Amcham Finland´s seminar 7 March 2018
Speech 7.3.2018 10.24

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