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  1. 6.9.2023 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo gave a presentation speech to Parliament on the government statement on promoting equality, gender equality and non-discrimination on 6 September 2023. Speech to be checked against delivery.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-s-presentation-speech-to-parliament-on-the-government-statement-on-promoting-equality-gender-equality-and-non-discrimination-on-6-september-2023
  2. 3.11.2022 | EU:n innovaatiorahaston suurten hankkeiden kolmas hakukierros on avattu 3.11.2022. Haussa on jaossa kaikkiaan kolme miljardia euroa vähähiili-investointeihin, teollisuuden sähköistymiseen, vetyyn sekä energiateknologioiden valmistukseen ja pilotointiin. Haku sulkeutuu 16.3.2023. 
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/-/1410877/eu-n-innovaatiorahaston-suurten-hankkeiden-repowereu-hakukierros-kaynnistyy
  3. 11.11.2022 | Opening statement by Minister Pekka Haavisto at the Fourth Universal Periodic Review of Finland at the UN Human Rights Council on 9 November 2022.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/opening-statement-by-minister-haavisto-at-the-universal-periodic-review-of-finland-at-the-un-human-rights-council
  4. 13.6.2022 | The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will hold its 50th regular session from 13 June to 8 July 2022. It is the UN’s most important intergovernmental body protecting and promoting human rights.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-focus-on-rights-of-women-and-lgbti-persons-in-un-human-rights-council-summer-session
  5. 6.9.2022 | In future, the Ministry of the Environment will focus even more strongly on three themes: comprehensive solutions to the ecological sustainability crisis, leading the green transition and living environments that support wellbeing.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/ministry-of-the-environment-seeks-comprehensive-solutions-to-ecological-crisis-leads-green-transition-and-creates-conditions-for-smooth-everyday-living
  6. 18.1.2023 | Misuse of development cooperation funds has been the subject of much public debate recently. One of Finland’s key principles is to investigate all alleged misuse of funds and to recover any misappropriated funds, according to Director General of the Department for Development Policy Titta Maja-Luoto.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/investigating-alleged-misuse-of-funds-among-key-principles-of-finland-s-development-cooperation
  7. 15.12.2022 | On 14 December 2022, the National Forest Council adopted Finland’s new National Forest Strategy, which extends until 2035. The new National Forest Strategy is a growth strategy that seeks growth of both forests and business and, first of all, growing wellbeing both from forests and for forests.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/national-forest-council-adopts-new-national-forest-strategy
  8. 8.2.2023 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has called for comments on a draft Government Decree on discretionary government grants for communications and news media in 2023. The decree is scheduled to take effect in April. Total funding of EUR 7 million is proposed.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/media-support-proposals-released-for-consultation-round-grants-will-seek-to-support-socially-important-communications-and-a-diverse-news-media-1938013
  9. 22.8.2022 | "In times of crisis, decision-making capacity is weighed up. Through good cooperation between various actors, Finland has made the necessary foreign and security policy decisions. In the middle of difficult times, we have made rapid but deliberate progress."
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-pekka-haavisto-s-speech-at-annual-meeting-of-heads-of-mission-2022
  10. 23.1.2023 | “In addition to the 12-year long conflict, poverty is now another obstacle to Syrian families and their children’s education,” says Eva Hinds, the Finnish Chief of Communication at UNICEF’s country office in Syria.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/children-return-to-school-in-syria-with-many-grades-to-catch-up
  11. 4.5.2022 | President of the European Court of Human Rights Robert Spano will visit Finland on 5–6 May.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/president-of-the-european-court-of-human-rights-to-visit-finland
  12. 27.10.2022 | More and more countries around the world are calling their foreign policy ‘feminist’. The concept has been discussed in Finland, too. Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will convene an international conference at the House of the Estates in Helsinki in November, discussing foreign policy that promotes gender equality.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/what-does-feminist-foreign-policy-mean-is-finland-s-foreign-policy-already-feminist-
  13. 8.2.2023 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has called for comments on a draft Government Decree on discretionary government grants for communications and news media in 2023. The decree is scheduled to take effect in April. Total funding of EUR 7 million is proposed.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/media-support-proposals-released-for-consultation-round-grants-will-seek-to-support-socially-important-communications-and-a-diverse-news-media
  14. 22.9.2022 | Finland, like many other States, has decided to take part in two sets of international judicial proceedings in which Ukraine demands that Russia be held responsible for violations of international law.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-participate-in-two-sets-of-proceedings-resulting-from-russia-s-war-of-aggression
  15. 17.11.2022 | More than half of Russians still have a positive attitude towards Finland, according to a country image survey carried out by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. However, the proportion of Russians who are positive towards Finland has dropped compared to previous years. Finland and Finnishness are associated with nature, quality and a high standard of living. The best-known Finns in Russia are Ville Haapasalo, Mika Häkkinen and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/regular-foreign-ministry-survey-more-than-half-of-russians-positive-towards-finland
  16. 21.12.2022 | The start of 2023 will see the entry into force of amendments to acts and decrees. This press release provides a summary of the most important changes. 
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/new-year-brings-changes-to-the-ministry-of-the-interior-s-administrative-branch
  17. 14.11.2022 | Utrikesminister Pekka Haavisto har sammankallat en internationell konferens som handlar om feministisk utrikespolitik och jämställdhet. Konferensen hålls i Helsingfors den 16 november. Syftet med konferensen är att diskutera och utbyta kunskap om frågor som rör innehållet i och metoderna för en jämställdhetsfrämjande utrikespolitik. Ett ytterligare mål är att öka debatten om feministisk utrikespolitik i Finland.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/sv/-/jamstalldhetsframjande-utrikespolitik-temat-for-en-internationell-konferens
  18. 20.3.2023 | The EU General Affairs Council (GAC) will meet in Brussels on Tuesday 21 March. The meeting will focus mainly on preparations for the March European Council. The ministers will also discuss EU-UK relations and continue their annual rule of law dialogue. Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Tytti Tuppurainen will represent Finland at the meeting.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministers-for-european-affairs-to-prepare-for-march-european-council-1
  19. 6.6.2023 | Permanent secretary Jaana Husu-Kallio gave the opening speech at the Bioeconomy seminar: How to speed up the value added in innovative bioeconomy – steps to strategy implementation, held on the June 6th 2023 in Helsinki.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/-/1410837/speech-by-jaana-husu-kallio-at-the-bioeconomy-seminar-6.6.2023-in-helsinki
  20. 27.2.2023 | Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto at the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Human Rights Council's 52nd session on 27 February 2023.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/statement-by-minister-for-foreign-affairs-pekka-haavisto-at-the-high-level-segment-of-the-united-nations-human-rights-council-s-52nd-session