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Additional funding to support the development of university consortia and to boost their impact

Press release 29.11.2021 11.57

Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund Natalia Kanem to visit Finland

Press release 29.11.2021 10.40

Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean wants closer cooperation

Press release 29.11.2021 8.59

Coordination group for digitalisation leads cooperation with stakeholders to create a digital compass for Finland

Press release 29.11.2021 8.52

Finland to restrict entry from Southern Africa due to new virus variant

Press release 28.11.2021 14.04

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Avoid all travel to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mosambik ja Malawi

News item 26.11.2021 14.39

Satu Santala appointed Associate Vice-President at the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development

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Polling station in county elections is determined based on voters’ place of residence on 3 December

News item 25.11.2021 13.32

Cooperation between Finland and Kenya to eliminate gender-based violence

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Advance voting abroad in Finland's county elections in 2022

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Opening speech by the Minister of Justice Anna-Maja Henriksson at the seminar on Nordic Best Practices against Trafficking in Human Beings 18.11.2021

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Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s keynote speech at World Health Summit on 26 October 2021

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