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8.8.2019 | "To curb climate change, we need to take quick action to strengthen carbon sinks. Finnish research data can offer solutions for reducing emissions from food production and land use worldwide," says Minister of Transport and Communications Sanna Marin.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-marin-finnish-meteorological-institute-s-cutting-edge-research-provides-solutions-for-reducing-land-use-emissions-1017369
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8.8.2019 | "To curb climate change, we need to take quick action to strengthen carbon sinks. Finnish research data can offer solutions for reducing emissions from food production and land use worldwide," says Minister of Transport and Communications Sanna Marin.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-marin-finnish-meteorological-institute-s-cutting-edge-research-provides-solutions-for-reducing-land-use-emissions
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27.2.2019 | Artificial intelligence can help promote equal access to justice and enable a more democratic and inclusive society.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410853/oikeusministeri-hakkanen-tekoalykehitys-tarvitsee-eurooppalaista-lahestymistapaa
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27.2.2019 | -https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finnish-kazakh-intergovernmental-commission-for-economic-cooperation-to-meet-in-astana
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30.4.2020 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has made further specifications to its guidelines on COVID-19 support for sole entrepreneurs and self-employed people. Municipalities can also grant support to pensioners. A person can be deemed a full-time entrepreneur even if they receive a pension, and they may be eligible for support if the other terms and conditions are met. Other updates have also been made to the guidelines.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/yksinyrittajien-koronatukeen-tasmennyksia-elakelaiset-voivat-saada-tukea
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10.11.2020 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health requests opinions on the draft government proposal for temporarily amending the Communicable Diseases Act to curb the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in cross-border traffic. The aim of the proposal is to focus measures, based on a risk assessment, on travellers arriving in Finland at airports, ports and land borders.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/request-for-opinions-amendments-to-communicable-diseases-act-aim-to-curb-spread-of-covid-19-in-cross-border-traffic
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1.3.2019 | -https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/colombian-foreign-minister-to-visit-finland
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5.5.2020 | The preparation of a new national climate and energy strategy is getting started, led by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. The work on the strategy will be coordinated with that of the Medium-term Climate Change Plan for 2030 under the Ministry of the Environment, which will be responsible for measures concerning the effort sharing sectors. The strategy content should be completed in summer 2021 and the strategy is to be submitted as a report to Parliament in autumn 2021.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/uuden-ilmasto-ja-energiastrategian-valmistelu-kaynnistyy
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26.5.2021 | Finland will begin the first reforms and investments of its Sustainable Growth Programme already this year, but most of the funding will be used in 2022–2023. In its third supplementary budget, the Government proposes investments in research, continuous learning, quicker access to care and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The proposal includes EUR 238 million in funding for the Sustainable Growth Programme.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/sustainable-growth-programme-s-reforms-and-investments-to-start
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23.2.2021 | The funding decisions for the Catch the Carbon research and innovation programme’s first round of applications have been made by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. A total of EUR 10.7 million was granted to ten research and innovation projects. This funding is part of the government programme’s climate action package for the land use sector. It is a significant public investment in the sector’s climate objectives, including agriculture and forestry.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/first-projects-chosen-for-the-catch-the-carbon-r-i-programme-ten-projects-to-receive-eur-10.7m
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12.6.2019 | Timo Harakka, Minister of Employment; Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, Minister of Social Affairs and Health; and Krista Kiuru, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services will take part in the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) meeting in Luxembourg on 13-14 June.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/uusien-ministereiden-eu-tyoskentely-ministerineuvostoissa-alkaa-13-14-6-
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4.2.2021 | On 4 February, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal for an act on temporarily amending the Communicable Diseases Act. The amendment would extend the validity of the provisions on restrictions concerning food and beverage service businesses, namely restaurants, bars and cafes. The current Act on Temporarily Amending the Communicable Diseases Act is in force until 28 February 2021. W...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/temporary-provisions-of-communicable-diseases-act-on-restrictions-concerning-food-and-beverage-service-businesses-to-remain-in-force-until-end-of-june-2021
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1.3.2019 | Prime Minister Juha Sipilä will visit Lithuania and Poland on Wednesday 6 March, and the visits to Latvia and Estonia will take place on Thursday 7 March. He will meet the Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaité and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Latvia Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš and Prime Minister of Estonia Jȕri Ratas. The purpose...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-sipila-to-the-baltic-states-and-poland
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18.3.2020 | On 17March 2020, the Ministry of Transport and Communications sent draft decrees on road ferries, and on the manning of ships and certification of seafarers out for comments. Both amendments are based on the new Water Traffic Act, which will enter into force at the beginning of June. The aim is also to improve the overall safety of water transport.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/amendments-to-decrees-on-road-ferries-manning-of-ships-and-certification-of-seafarers-circulated-for-comments-1035150
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18.3.2020 | On 17March 2020, the Ministry of Transport and Communications sent draft decrees on road ferries, and on the manning of ships and certification of seafarers out for comments. Both amendments are based on the new Water Traffic Act, which will enter into force at the beginning of June. The aim is also to improve the overall safety of water transport.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/amendments-to-decrees-on-road-ferries-manning-of-ships-and-certification-of-seafarers-circulated-for-comments
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27.2.2019 | At the initiative of Prime Minister Juha Sipilä, the leaders of 17 EU countries have sent to Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, a letter which emphasises the comprehensive development of the Single Market as a key means of improving the Union’s sustainable growth and global competitiveness.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/leaders-of-17-eu-countries-emphasise-the-development-of-the-single-market-in-a-letter-to-president-tusk
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30.10.2019 | Press release of the Ministry of Transport and Communications and Ministry of the Environmenthttps://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/council-of-the-eu-agrees-on-the-monitoring-of-co2-emissions-from-maritime-transport-1022159
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28.2.2019 | On Thursday 28 February, the Government appointed Mr Vesa Vihriälä, Doctor of Social Sciences, as State Secretary to the Prime Minister from 13 March 2019. The current State Secretary to the Prime Minister Paula Lehtomäki will start as Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers in March.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/vesa-vihriala-appointed-as-state-secretary-to-the-prime-minister
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17.2.2021 | The objective of the student admissions reform is to streamline the transition to higher education and to improve the allocation of student places. In the monitoring study commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture, researchers from the Labour Institute for Economic Research (PT) and the VATT Institute for Economic Research examined whether the reform succeeded in its objectives. The study will be completed in spring 2022. This interim report presents provisional data on the study.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/monitoring-study-interim-report-on-the-student-admissions-reform-published
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16.3.2020 | In order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Government has adopted policy recommendations for the providers of early childhood education and care, pre-primary education, primary and lower secondary education, general upper secondary education, vocational education and higher education . This way we can safeguard early childhood education and care as well as education and the completion of examinations and qualifications and student admissions despite the coronavirus outbreak.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/valtioneuvoston-linjaus-suosituksista-varhaiskasvatuksen-esiopetuksen-perusopetuksen-lukio-ja-ammatillisen-koulutuksen-korkeakoulutuksen-vapaan-sivist