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12.5.2021 | The government report on the General Government Fiscal Plan was submitted to Parliament at the government plenary session on 12 May 2021. The appropriation for the administrative branch of the Ministry of the Interior will remain under EUR 1.5 billion per year during the 2022–2025 spending limits period.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/only-moderate-increases-to-funding-of-basic-activities-of-internal-security-authorities
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13.8.2021 | The Government has amended the decree that restricts the activities of food and beverage service businesses due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Satakunta moves to COVID-19 community transmission phase.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/government-decides-on-new-regional-restrictions-on-food-and-beverage-service-businesses-satakunta-to-community-transmission-phase
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8.4.2021 | Chief Specialist Sami Pirkkala from the Prime Minister’s Office has been appointed Secretary General of the Finnish National Commission on Sustainable Development. Sami Pirkkala has worked on the General Secretariat on Sustainable Development since 2017, first at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and then at the Prime Minister’s Office.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/sami-pirkkala-appointed-secretary-general-of-finnish-national-commission-on-sustainable-development
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25.2.2021 | On 25 February, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal for the first supplementary budget for 2021. The Government proposes additional funding of EUR 23.2 million to the administrative branch of the Ministry of Transport and Communications to support the operation of cargo and passenger shipping companies.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/the-government-proposes-additional-appropriation-to-assist-shipping
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7.10.2021 | The Government proposes that the reception act be amended so that the Finnish Immigration Service would have central responsibility for preparedness planning concerning the organisation of reception services in the event of a mass influx of migrants. The amendment would improve preparedness for large numbers of migrants and clarify the division of duties between the authorities. The Government submitted a proposal on the amendment to Parliament on 7 October.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/amendment-to-the-reception-act-would-clarify-responsibilities-for-preparing-for-mass-influx-of-migrants
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8.2.2021 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has launched a project programme to reform the legislation governing social and health care information management.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/comprehensive-reform-of-social-and-health-care-information-management-legislation-begins
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4.11.2021 | The fourth supplementary budget proposal for 2021 will reduce the central government’s net borrowing requirement for this year by approximately EUR 2.2 billion. The proposal takes into account changes in needs estimates resulting from the economic upturn and increases in tax revenue estimates. On the whole, the supplementary budget proposal envisages a reduction of approximately EUR 249 million in appropriations for 2021.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/government-reaches-agreement-on-fourth-supplementary-budget-proposal-for-2021
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10.6.2021 | The Government has amended the decree restricting the activities of restaurants and other food and beverage service businesses due to the COVID-19 epidemic. As a result, Pirkanmaa and Kymenlaakso will move to baseline restrictions.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/restrictions-on-food-and-beverage-service-businesses-to-be-eased-in-pirkanmaa-and-kymenlaakso-
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11.6.2021 | The Government has amended the decree restricting the activities of restaurants and other food and beverage service businesses due to the COVID-19 epidemic. As a result, the region of Uusimaa will move to acceleration phase restrictions.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/more-lenient-restrictions-on-food-and-beverage-service-businesses-in-uusimaa-to-enter-into-force-on-11-june-at-18.00
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7.5.2021 | In its mid-term policy review, the Government decided to set up an expert unit to support the creation and growth of social enterprises. The centre of expertise’s operations will be network-based and funded by both the working capacity programme for persons with partial working ability and the European Social Fund. The aim is to organise a call for applications to enable the centre to start operations in October 2021.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/new-centre-of-expertise-to-support-social-enterprises-and-to-help-employ-people-with-partial-work-ability
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29.6.2022 | Den arbetsgrupp som jord- och skogsbruksministeriet tillsatte den 24 november 2021 för att utveckla Evois strövområde överlämnade sin slutrapport till jord- och skogsbruksminister Antti Kurvinen den 29 juni 2022. Arbetsgruppen föreslår att Evois ska utvecklas till ett exemplariskt statligt strövområde där såväl den biologiska mångfalden som rekreations- och landskapsvärden främjas. Enligt bedömninga...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/sv/-/1410837/arbetsgruppen-for-utveckling-av-evois-strovomrade-evois-kan-bli-ett-exemplariskt-strovomrade-som-framjar-den-biologiska-mangfalden
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26.3.2021 | In February–March 2021, the Employment and Economic Development Offices (TE Offices) defined 37 occupations as shortage occupations nationwide. A year ago, before the effects of the coronavirus epidemic started to show, there were 60 such occupations. In the autumn of 2020, 31 of the estimated 200 occupations suffered from labour shortage. In other words, the number of shortage occupations has risen slightly from the assessment in the autumn.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/occupational-barometer-number-of-shortage-occupations-rises-slightly-as-effect-of-coronavirus-epidemic-stabilises
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12.1.2023 | The Ministry of Education and Culture has published the first bildung review, which provides an overview of development in the Ministry’s administrative branch over the past decades. The latest stage, which began in the 1990s, is characterised by a decline in the achieved learning outcomes, the plateauing of the rising level of education among Finns, as well as a gradual decrease in public input into education.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/the-bildung-review-describes-the-development-of-finland-s-education-and-culture-sector-over-the-past-decades-up-to-the-present-moment
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27.5.2021 | A Government supplementary budget proposal would provide additional funding of EUR 3 million to the police for preventative work. The main target group for preventative action will be children and young adults.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/additional-police-funding-for-preventative-work-targeting-children-and-young-adults
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1.12.2021 | The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has granted EUR 17.82 million to international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) for 2022–2024. Support was granted to 11 international human rights organisations operating in developing countries, whose work focuses on four themes: ending impunity; supporting human rights defenders; strengthening the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights and addressing discriminatory practices; and business and human rights.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/support-for-international-non-governmental-organisations-to-promote-human-rights-in-developing-countries
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26.8.2021 | The Government has amended the decree restricting the activities of food and beverage service businesses due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The restrictions for the community transmission phase will be applied to food and beverage service businesses in Ostrobothnia.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/restrictions-on-food-and-beverage-service-businesses-ostrobothnia-moves-to-covid-19-community-transmission-phase
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28.1.2021 | The resilience of critical entities in EU countries will be improved by reforming the old European Critical Infrastructure Protection Directive. The proposed new directive is significantly more extensive, and it aims to improve the resilience of critical entities providing essential services in the EU. The Government informs Parliament on 28 January of the new proposal for a directive.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/the-commission-s-directive-proposal-aims-to-enhance-the-resilience-of-critical-services-of-society
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21.9.2021 | The Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU will organise informal meetings of energy and transport ministers in Kranj on 22–23 September 2021. At the meeting of energy ministers, Finland will be represented by Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä and Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka at the meeting of transport ministers.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/energy-and-transport-ministers-to-attend-eu-meetings-in-slovenia-on-22-23-september
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28.1.2021 | The Government proposes that the provisions on the Average Adjuster be reformed and included in the Maritime Act. The aim of the proposal is to clarify the initiation process of matters that are to be referred to the Average Adjuster as well as the involved indemnity schemes.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/amendments-to-legislation-on-the-average-adjuster-1252900
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28.1.2021 | The Government proposes that the provisions on the Average Adjuster be reformed and included in the Maritime Act. The aim of the proposal is to clarify the initiation process of matters that are to be referred to the Average Adjuster as well as the involved indemnity schemes.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/amendments-to-legislation-on-the-average-adjuster