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Foreign Minister Soini to Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels
Press release 15.2.2019 13.38
Supplements planned for the new Road Traffic Act
Press release 15.2.2019 12.58
Minister Lintilä leads a Team Finland visit to Japan
Press release 15.2.2019 9.41
Report: Special efforts needed to improve the recycling of biowaste and plastics
Press release 15.2.2019 9.03
A legislative amendment and a tariff agreement ensure that the natural gas market of Finland, Estonia and Latvia will open to competition at the beginning of 2020
Press release 14.2.2019 16.03

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News

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Minister Virolainen to lead Team Finland visit to Mexico
News item 14.2.2019 11.52
Report on the Arctic railway completed
News item 11.2.2019 12.01
First results of the basic income experiment to be published on 8 February
News item 8.2.2019 8.07
Virkamiespuheenvuoro "Uudistuva, vakaa ja kestävä yhteiskunta" julkaistaan – seuraa tilaisuutta suorana verkkolähetyksenä
News item 1.2.2019 17.19
Permanent Secretaries publish the public officials’ outlook of the opportunities for Finland for the upcoming government term
News item 28.1.2019 10.19

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Speeches

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Prime Minister Juha Sipilä’s speech to the European Parliament on 31 January 2019
Speech 31.1.2019 11.17
Minister Jari Leppä: Rede zur Eröffnung der Grünen Woche
Speech 18.1.2019 11.11
Minister Jari Leppä's speech at the opening ceremony of Grüne Woche
Speech 18.1.2019 10.30
Minister Leppä attending a media event at Finland’s “From the Wild” exhibition
Speech 17.1.2019 16.30
Minister Leppä, Medienereignis von Finnlands Messestand „Aus der Wildnis“
Speech 17.1.2019 16.30

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