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Happy Pride Week!

27.6.2022 12.26

Pride Week will take place 27.6. - 3.7.2022 under the theme of Encounters. The pinnacle of Pride Week is the Helsinki Pride parade and parade park picnic.

The Finnish Government will honour the rights of sexual and gender minorities by flying the Progress Pride Flag at Senate Square on Saturday 2 July.

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Finland stresses importance of finding solutions to global education crisis at UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

28.6.2022 9.37
The UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will meet in New York between 5 and 15 July.

Finns are increasingly worried about state of nature – biodiversity loss is now recognised as threat

28.6.2022 9.00
56% of the respondents are worried or very worried about the state of Finnish nature, while 80% are worried or very worried about the state of the world’s nature.
Finns are clearly much more worried about the state of nature on the global scale than about the state of Finnish nature. A barometer on the connection to nature was conducted to find out about our relationship with nature and with preserving biodiversity, and how the responsibilities should be divided between the different stakeholders.

European Council granted candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova

24.6.2022 2.07
Prime Minister Marin in a media interview in the European Council
On 23 June, the European Council discussed the membership applications from Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia and the support for Ukraine and held a strategic discussion on the EU’s relations with its partners in Europe and the Western Balkans.

Ministerial Working Group on COVID-19: Vaccination strategy and testing and tracing strategy are up to date

22.6.2022 17.21
On 22 June, the Ministerial Working Group on COVID-19 received an epidemiological review as well as an overview of the updated vaccination strategy and testing and tracing strategy.

Finland to attend a meeting of Nordic foreign ministers (N5)

27.6.2022 10.01
Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will attend Nordic foreign ministers’ meeting in N5 format in Norway on 27 June.

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Webcasts

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See also

General Government Fiscal Plan for 2023–2026

General Government Fiscal Plan for 2023–2026

Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Government has agreed on the General Government Fiscal Plan for 2023–2026. In its spending limits discussion, the Government decided on extensive measures that will strengthen security, create a vision for the future and build sustainable growth.

Government Programme

Government Programme

The Programme of Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Government: "Inclusive and competent Finland – a socially, economically and ecologically sustainable society".

Finland's EU policy

Finland's EU policy

The basic stance of Finland’s EU policy is to further develop the European Union and to promote growth, stability and security in Europe. Finland is an active, pragmatic and result-oriented Member State.

 

Suomi.fi

The Suomi.fi Web service offers public administration customers a single point of access to services and to the customer's own information and electronic messages.

Finland forward

We are inviting everyone to participate in a communications effort aiming to strengthen people’s confidence in their ability to manage their lives and promote trust in institutions and communities.

ThisisFinland

The renewed thisisFINLAND website, the country brand’s main communications channel, tells about Finland’s strengths, Finnish culture and the Finnish people in seven languages.

Team Finland

Team Finland network provides businesses with a smooth service chain, ranging from advice services to funding. The network offers tailor-made service packages for companies' internationalisation needs based on the services provided by the network actors.

Public Service Info

Public Service Info directs you to the right service, provides support for e-services, and answers general questions about public services.

Research and Innovation Council

The Council discusses key issues relating to the development of research and innovation policy that supports the wellbeing, growth and competitiveness.
Finnish Government

Finnish Government

The term ‘Government’ refers to the Government of Finland which consists of a prime minister and a required number of ministers. It also denotes a decision-making body consisting of the government plenary session and the ministries.

About the Government

Government in office

Government in office

On 10 December 2019, the President of the Republic appointed Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Government, which is Finland’s 76th government. Marin’s Government is formed by the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party, the Greens, the Left Alliance and the Swedish People's Party of Finland. The Government has 19 ministers.

Prime Minister Marin's Government

Finnish Governments

Finnish Governments

Search information on the Finnish Governments, their compositions and Government Programmes throughout Finland’s independence – as of 1917.

Governments and ministers since 1917

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