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29.4.2021 | The Government has amended the decree restricting the activities of restaurants and other food and beverage service businesses due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The amendment to the decree will enter into force on 30 April at 00.00.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/restrictions-on-food-and-beverage-service-businesses-to-be-eased-in-the-regions-of-ostrobothnia-and-satakunta
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20.5.2020 | The Government has started to lift the restrictions and recommendations imposed due to the corona epidemic. This means that public transport services, too, that decreased during the state of emergency are starting to recover. In the beginning of June, the Ministry of Transport and Communications will organise a forum for transport operators to agree on the ways to ensure the provision of safe public transport services.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-harakka-safe-public-transport-services-to-be-discussed-with-transport-operators-1185152
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6.7.2020 | The EU home affairs ministers will meet at the first informal meeting of Interior Ministers during Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 7 July. The meeting will be held as a video conference. The Ministers will discuss the development of European law enforcement cooperation and search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea. Finland will be represented by Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/minister-of-the-interior-ohisalo-to-attend-the-first-meeting-of-eu-home-affairs-ministers-during-german-presidency
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2.3.2021 | At the end of January, a total of 332,800 unemployed jobseekers were registered at the Employment and Economic Development Offices. This is 81,200 more than a year earlier. The number of unemployed jobseekers decreased by 24,500 from the previous month. The number of unemployed jobseekers also includes those fully laid off. These figures are from the Employment Bulletin of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/332-800-unemployed-jobseekers-in-january
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1.6.2021 | The Finnish Science Award 2021 was granted to Martti Koskenniemi, Professor of International Law at the University of Helsinki. In his research, Koskenniemi brings together in a unique way the practical understanding of international law, emanating from his diplomatic background, with wide-ranging theoretical thinking and critical examination. Over the past three decades, Koskenniemi has significantly influenced the theoretical discussion in the field of international law.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/finnish-science-award-awarded-to-professor-martti-koskenniemi
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9.3.2020 | Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka will represent Finland at the Informal Meeting of EU Transport Ministers in Opatija, Croatia, on 10-11 March 2020. The meeting will focus on maritime transport.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-harakka-to-attend-a-meeting-of-transport-ministers-in-croatia
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3.9.2020 | The Government proposes that, in the event of a cancellation of a travel package, travellers would receive compensation from the State for the fees paid to the tour operator. Travellers could also be compensated for a travel voucher issued by the tour operator instead of a cash refund. Normally, it is the tour operator’s obligation to refund the fees or the value of the travel voucher. The tempor...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-proposes-to-improve-protection-of-consumers-in-case-of-travel-package-cancellations-due-to-the-coronavirus-epidemic
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8.4.2021 | On 8 April 2021, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal, which would extend the national distribution obligation of transport fuels to biogas and to other renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-submits-to-parliament-its-proposal-to-add-biogas-and-electrofuels-to-distribution-obligation
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12.5.2021 | The Government has amended the decree restricting the activities of restaurants and other food and beverage service businesses due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The restrictions will be eased almost throughout the country, depending on the epidemiological situation in each area. The amendment to the decree will enter into force on 13 May at 00.00.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/restrictions-on-food-and-beverage-service-businesses-to-be-eased-almost-throughout-finland-from-13-may
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26.5.2020 | On Tuesday 26 May, Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Tytti Tuppurainen attended an informal video conference of ministers for European affairs on the EU’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ministers discussed the coordination of de-escalation measures among the Member States and sharing of best practices as well as efforts to ensure a balance between the launch of economic activities and protection of people's health.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministers-for-european-affairs-discuss-de-escalation-measures-and-economic-recovery
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28.5.2020 | The Government and the Ministry of Transport and Communications have adopted two decrees that specify the new Water Traffic Act. The decrees deal with road ferries, the manning of ships and certification of seafarers, and they will enter into force simultaneously with the Water Traffic Act, on 1 June 2020.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/decrees-supplementing-the-water-traffic-act-enter-into-force-on-1-june-1192960
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1.2.2021 | A revision of the Act on Environmental Protection in Maritime Transport is underway. The draft has been modified based on initial comments, and the requirements for ports and the authorities have been relaxed. The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on the draft by 12 February.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/act-on-environmental-protection-in-maritime-transport-circulated-for-second-comments-reduced-requirements-for-ports-and-authorities-1254822
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6.5.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has appointed a working group to assess the impacts of the digitalisation development taking place in the emergency conditions, to draw up a plan to accelerate the recovery process after the emergency conditions, and to permanently increase Finland's digital capacity.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/working-group-to-examine-how-to-turn-the-steps-taken-during-the-current-exceptional-circumstances-into-a-permanent-digital-leap-forward-1173788
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5.5.2020 | The topics on the agenda of EU telecommunications ministers' video conference on Tuesday, 5 May 2020, included mobile tracing applications in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meeting, Finland was represented by Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/telecommunications-ministers-discuss-the-tracing-apps-in-tackling-covid-19-crisis
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18.1.2021 | The ministers for European Affairs held an informal video meeting on 18 January 2021. The main topics on the agenda were EU coordination in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and preparations for the video meeting of European Council members on 21 January. Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Tytti Tuppurainen represented Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/european-affairs-ministers-discuss-improving-efficiency-of-eu-measures-to-combat-covid-19
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18.5.2021 | A fourth application round for business cost support for March–May will be organised for companies. The conditions of aid would remain unchanged. In addition, large companies would receive separate compensation if their premises were closed by law or by order of an authority due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The Government currently negotiates with the European Commission about the terms and amount of closure compensation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/draft-bill-out-for-comments-another-round-of-business-cost-support-to-open-and-new-compensation-for-large-companies-under-preparation
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21.4.2021 | The Government outlined a support package for culture, art, physical activity and the event production industry. The package will help culture, art, physical activity and the event production industry recover from the pandemic. The aim is to support content producers and create conditions for organisers to generate work in the sector and provide people with opportunities to participate in events when society will open up.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/government-outlined-a-support-package-for-culture-art-physical-activity-and-the-event-production-industry
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25.5.2020 | The Nordic energy ministers will hold a video conference on 26 May 2020 at the invitation of the Danish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers. Ministers will discuss the development of Nordic energy cooperation and energy policy as a tool for green post-corona recovery. Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/pohjoismaiset-energiaministerit-keskustelevat-energiasektorin-roolista-koronaepidemian-jalkeisessa-elvytyksessa
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22.6.2020 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment funds circular economy cooperation between the public and private sectors. A total of million euros has been earmarked for grants over a three-year period. The aim is to create new connections and cooperation between different parties and thus inspire new solutions for achieving carbon neutrality, for example.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/rahoitushaku-kiertotaloushankkeille-avattu-tavoitteena-luoda-uutta-liiketoimintaa-ja-kasvua
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8.7.2021 | On Friday 9 July, the European Commission will hold a High-Level Forum on Resettlement & Refugee Protection to discuss the reception of quota refugees and ways to promote it. Finland will be represented by Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/minister-of-the-interior-ohisalo-participates-in-european-commission-s-quota-refugee-forum-finland-s-good-practices-on-agenda