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4.5.2026 | Prime Minister Orpo represented Finland at the eighth summit of the European Political Community (EPC) in the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Monday 4 May. The theme of the summit was building the future through unity and stability in Europe.

27.3.2026 | On 27 March 2026, Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen denied six prospective buyers from outside the EU and EEA a permit to buy real estate in Finland.

11.2.2026 | Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto is pleased with the icebreaker agreement between the United States Coast Guard and the Helsinki shipyard published today. The Coast Guard and the Rauma shipyard announced their agreement already on 29 December 2025. With the agreements, the building of four icebreakers will begin at the shipyards in Helsinki and Rauma.

27.4.2026 | Minister of Employment Matias Marttinen will attend the OECD’s Skills Summit in Istanbul on 27–28 April 2026. He will meet the employment ministers of Türkiye and the United Kingdom, among others.

8.5.2026 | EU foreign affairs ministers will convene for a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on 11 May.

10.3.2026 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will take part in a Nordic-Canadian summit in Oslo on Sunday 15 March. Hosted by Norway, the summit will bring together the prime ministers of all the Nordic countries and Canada.

4.5.2026 | National coordinators of the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact) from Canada, Finland and the United States will meet in Helsinki on 5–7 May 2026. Finland will host a three-day meeting for the countries’ government representatives to advance the goals related to icebreaker construction and Arctic cooperation.

22.6.2026 | Labour migration models used in different countries were examined in a report by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. A points-based system has been implemented and is being used in different ways in different countries. Introducing such a system in Finland would require the setting of a clear objective.

8.9.2026 | Findings of the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show that while performance among students in Finland has continued to decline, it remains above the OECD average. Science was the main domain of assessment in the 2025 survey.

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.

8.5.2026 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s EU policy speech on Friday 8 May 2026 Prime Minister's Office Publication date 8.5.2026 14.07 | Published in English on 11.5.2026 at 9.42 Type: Speech (Check against delivery) Dear friends, dear students, Happy Europe...

24.8.2026 | "Finland will continue to play a constructive role in promoting a stable and peaceful international order", said Minister of Finance Riikka Purra in her speech at the Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission . 

25.6.2026 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo represented Finland at the Ukraine Recovery Conference and the Eastern Flank Summit in the Polish city of Gdańsk on Thursday 25 June.

25.6.2026 | The Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy outlined on Finland’s additional funding package of EUR 40 million to the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative of NATO and the United States. The package is part of the commitment the Finnish Government agreed in its spring budget session to increase Finland’s military support to Ukraine by EUR 300 million in 2026–2027.

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.

26.6.2023 | The main theme of the Nordic prime ministers’ summer meeting in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland on 25 and 26 June was how to respond to various security threats. Along with the Nordic prime ministers, the Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers invited Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the meeting.

4.3.2024 | Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman will lead a Team Finland visit to Canada and the US on 5–8 March 2024. The main themes of the visit will be marine industry and ports. A business delegation of 30 people from 20 different companies and organisations will participate in the trip.

13.11.2024 | New trilateral arrangement formalizes collaboration on the production of Arctic and polar icebreakers

11.1.2024 | The Youth Mobility Agreement allows Canadian and Finnish young people aged 18 to 35 to explore the other country through temporary work and travel. The agreement enters into force on 1 March 2024.

5.2.2024 | Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will lead a trade mission to the province of Nova Scotia in Canada and visit the country’s capital, Ottawa, on 5–8 February.

25.11.2024 | Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah visits Canada with a delegation of the Finnish forestry and bioeconomy actors on 24–28 November. Minister Essayah will deliver the keynote speech at the Scaling Up Bioeconomy Conference 2024 in Ottawa. Finland is the Feature Country of this year’s conference. In addition, the Minister and the business delegation will visit the province of Quebec.

31.8.2026 | An informal meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers, also known as Gymnich, will take place in Wicklow, Ireland, on 1–2 September. Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will represent Finland at the meeting.

19.8.2025 | On August 19, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen met with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand during her visit to Finland.

19.11.2025 | On 18 November, Finland, the United States and Canada signed a trilateral Joint Statement of Intent (JSOI) confirming support for the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE) Pact, launched in autumn 2024. The JSOI was signed in Washington DC by Sakari Puisto, the Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs, Kristi Noem, the United States Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s Ambassador to the United States.

16.2.2026 | Minister of Employment Matias Marttinen is currently visiting Canada and the United States. The visit is part of Finland’s long-term goal to intensify strategic cooperation and collaboration on skills and expertise with North America. Another purpose is to find sustainable solutions for the development, availability and opportunities for skilled labour in the marine industry together with partner countries.

20.10.2025 | Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will travel to the Province of Ontario, Canada, on 20–23 October 2025. During his visit, the Minister will visit Toronto and the country’s capital Ottawa.

15.4.2026 | Finland and Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will strengthen their bilateral collaboration especially in marine industry and Arctic matters. The MoU was signed by Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto and Canada’s Minister of Industry Melanie Joly in Ottawa on 14 April 2026.

15.3.2026 | The Nordic countries and Canada agreed to intensify their cooperation at the Nordic-Canadian Summit in Oslo on Sunday 15 March.

13.4.2026 | Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will travel to Canada on 13–14 April.

4.8.2026 | On 31 July 2026, the state-owned special assignment company Arctia, which operates under the ownership steering of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, signed a chartering agreement to operate a multi-purpose icebreaker in the Canadian Arctic in late 2026.