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13.6.2025 | Representatives from Canada, Finland and the United States met to discuss the next steps in the ICE Pact collaboration to build Arctic and polar icebreakers.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/national-coordinators-advance-work-on-icebreaker-collaboration-effort
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17.10.2025 | On Tuesday 14 October, Finland joined the Tallinn Mechanism to support Ukraine’s cyber security and resilience. The mechanism coordinates international cyber security support to Ukraine’s public administration and critical infrastructure.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-support-ukraine-s-cyber-security-and-resilience
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9.9.2025 | In Finland, the share of young adults with a tertiary degree (39%) remains lower than the OECD average (48%). The figures are from the OECD’s Education at a Glance publication, which compares education systems in different countries.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/education-at-a-glance-share-of-tertiary-educated-young-adults-in-finland-still-below-oecd-average
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25.11.2025 | On 25 November, Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen presented a policy document outlining Finland’s Arctic foreign and security policy. The Foreign Minister’s policy document complements Finland’s Strategy for Arctic Policy (2021) and the Government report on Finnish Foreign and Security Policy (2024).https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-valtonen-outlines-finland-s-arctic-foreign-and-security-policy-finland-is-a-trusted-partner-in-arctic-security-and-expertise
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13.6.2025 | Representatives from Canada, Finland and the United States met to discuss the next steps in the ICE Pact collaboration to build Arctic and polar icebreakers.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/national-coordinators-advance-work-on-icebreaker-collaboration-effort
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27.8.2025 | The Canadian province of Québec and Finland are deepening their collaboration in the forest sector. They have signed a declaration of intent to improve the conditions for commercial and research collaboration in forestry and bioeconomy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/finland-s-declaration-of-intent-with-quebec-reinforces-collaboration-with-canadian-forest-sector
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15.10.2025 | Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will visit Reykjavik on 16–17 October and attend the Arctic Circle Assembly.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-valtonen-to-visit-iceland
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27.10.2025 | Finland has become the thirteenth country to join the Tallinn Mechanism—an international initiative that helps Ukraine enhance its cyber resilience and digital security.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-joins-the-tallinn-mechanism-to-strengthen-ukraine-s-cyber-defense
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23.6.2025 | Finland will start as co-chair of the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC), which advocates for media freedom and the safety of journalists. Finland will hold the two-year co-chairmanship together with Germany and succeed Estonia when it concludes its term as co-chair on 30 June.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-co-chair-media-freedom-coalition
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10.10.2025 | Finland and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding on icebreaker cooperation. Finnish President Alexander Stubb and US President Donald Trump signed the memorandum of understanding at their meeting in Washington on 9 October. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo also attended the meeting. This memorandum of understanding lays the foundation for commercial agreements between the United States Coast Guard and Finnish companies.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-and-usa-deepen-icebreaker-cooperation
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22.6.2023 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will attend the summer meeting of Nordic prime ministers in Iceland on Sunday 25 and Monday 26 June. The Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers has also invited Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the meeting. This is Petteri Orpo’s first trip abroad as Prime Minister.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-to-meet-with-prime-ministers-of-nordic-countries-and-canada-in-iceland
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7.3.2025 | Representatives from the United States, Canada, and Finland discussed concrete implementation of this important initiative to build Arctic and Polar icebreakers.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/national-coordinators-of-the-icebreaker-collaboration-effort-ice-pact-meet-in-helsinki-finland
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25.4.2025 | A large group of international experts attended a conference held in Helsinki on 23 April 2025 focusing on the protection of critical underwater infrastructure and the threats posed to it by international maritime transport. Co-operation between different authorities is needed to address these wide-ranging threats.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/international-conference-in-helsinki-sought-practical-solutions-to-protect-critical-underwater-infrastructure
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23.3.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Brussels on Wednesday 23 March.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-to-meet-with-prime-minister-of-canada
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Reko-Antti Suojanen appointed national head of ICE Pact -icebreaker cooperation - Finnish Government
21.10.2024 | Reko-Antti Suojanen (M.Sc. Engineering) will lead the national coordination of ICE Pact – an icebreaker collaboration effort between Finland, the United States and Canada.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/reko-antti-suojanen-appointed-national-head-of-ice-pact-icebreaker-cooperation -
5.3.2025 | At its meeting on Wednesday 5 March, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs outlined Finland’s positions for the Special European Council on Thursday 6 March in Brussels, where the EU leaders will discuss Ukraine and European defence.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-european-union-affairs-discusses-special-european-council-1
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4.4.2022 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will meet Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly on 4 April. Follow the live webcast of the press conference at 19.40 o'clock.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/live-webcast-press-conference-of-canada-s-minister-of-foreign-affairs-melanie-joly-and-minister-for-foreign-affairs-pekka-haavisto
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11.7.2024 | On 11 July 2024, Finland, the United States and Canada published a trilateral declaration concerning cooperation in the production of icebreakers (ICE). The initiative was signed by the Presidents of Finland and the United States Alexander Stubb and Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/icebreaker-initiative-means-significant-opportunities-for-finnish-industrial-policy
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11.2.2025 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo attended the AI Action Summit in Paris on Monday and Tuesday, 10–11 February. In his closing remarks, Orpo underscored that artificial intelligence offers immense opportunities to Finland. The Prime Minister also met with several heads of state and government.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-ai-offers-many-opportunities-to-finland
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26.4.2024 | The action plan on closer cooperation on forests and the bioeconomy between the province of Nova Scotia in Canada and Finland was signed in Helsinki on 26 April 2024. The parties to the five-year action plan are the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland and the Department of Natural Resources of Nova Scotia.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/finland-and-the-province-of-nova-scotia-increase-cooperation-in-forest-sector