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  1. 25.2.2021 | The 25–26 February video meeting of members of the European Council is currently under way. Prime Minister Sanna Marin is representing Finland at the meeting.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/covid-19-measures-and-the-eu-s-ability-to-respond-to-future-cross-border-health-threats-on-the-agenda-at-the-video-meeting-of-european-council-members
  2. 22.11.2021 | The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will meet on 22-26 November 2021. The aim of the remote meeting is to discuss ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping and to discuss a more stringent emission reduction target for 2050. Finland is in favour of raising the global target for reducing emissions by 2050.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/imo-negotiations-on-higher-emission-reduction-targets-for-2050
  3. 21.5.2021 | The Governing Board of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) has awarded a cultural route certification to the Alvar Aalto Route – 20th Century Architecture and Design. The Aalto Route is the first certified route led by Finland.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/minister-of-science-and-culture-annika-saarikko-the-certification-awarded-to-the-alvar-aalto-route-is-a-magnificent-recognition-of-finnish-architecture
  4. 8.7.2022 | On 27 April, the European Commission issued a package on reforming legal migration. The package included a Communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU, and proposals for the revision of the Single Permit Directive and the Long-Term Residents Directive. The Finnish Government expressed its views on the proposed Directives in statements issued to the Parliament on 8 July.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/commission-proposes-improvements-to-the-eu-s-legal-migration-policy
  5. 16.12.2021 | The reception act will be amended so that the Finnish Immigration Service will have central responsibility for preparedness planning concerning the organisation of reception services in the event of a mass influx of migrants. The President of the Republic approved the bill for the act on Thursday 16 December. The act will enter into force on 1 January 2022.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/amendment-to-the-reception-act-clarifies-responsibilities-for-preparing-for-mass-influx-of-migrants
  6. 19.10.2021 | Finland and Sweden have signed an agreement on police cooperation in the border area in Tornionlaakso. Its purpose is to step up police cooperation between the two countries. Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo and Swedish Minister for Home Affairs Mikael Damberg signed the agreement in Tornio on Tuesday 19 October.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/agreement-between-finland-and-sweden-to-step-up-police-cooperation-in-the-border-area
  7. 27.5.2021 | The Government has today adopted a Resolution on an Anti-Corruption Strategy and Action Plan, the objective being to combat corruption more broadly than is done now at all levels of public administration. Intensification of cooperation between the authorities, better identification of corruption than at present, and increased transparency in decision-making play a key role.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410853/comprehensive-and-long-term-approach-to-combat-corruption
  8. 16.9.2021 | A report commissioned by Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen identifies reasons and possible solutions for disputes over the choice of collective agreements. The aim is to maintain industrial peace and to prevent and resolve labour disputes. Among other things, the rapporteurs propose a new voluntary conciliation procedure. The preparation of the proposals will continue in a tripartite working group.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/new-solutions-proposed-for-disputes-over-collective-agreement-choices
  9. 23.9.2021 | On 23 September 2021, the Government submitted a draft proposal to Parliament to nationally implement the reformed directive on road infrastructure safety management. The goal is to expand the monitoring of road safety to reduce the number of fatalities and serious accidents in road traffic.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/draft-proposal-for-parliament-for-the-assessment-of-road-traffic-safety
  10. 31.3.2021 | Due to the military coup on 1 February 2021, the situation in Myanmar is now deeply disturbing. On 29 March 2021, Finland together with the other Nordic countries raised the alert level of its travel advice, urging travellers “to leave the country as soon as possible”.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-raised-alert-level-of-its-travel-advice-to-myanmar
  11. 24.3.2022 | At the end of the second coronavirus year, the views of wage and salary earners on the labour market were fairly positive, according to preliminary data from the Working Life Barometer 2021, which was published on 24 March 2022. More than 80 per cent of them felt that their capacity to work was good in relation to the physical and mental demands of the work.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/working-life-barometer-2021-wage-and-salary-earners-view-of-the-labour-market-is-positive-but-continuous-learning-not-available-to-all
  12. 7.1.2021 | On 7 January 2021, the Ministry of the Interior sent out for comments a proposal for reforming the Lotteries Act, which regulates gambling in Finland. The key points of the proposal include preventing the harm caused by gambling in an effective manner, combating marketing that violates the Lotteries Act, and securing Veikkaus Oy’s capacity to channel the demand for gambling. The basic premise of ...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/proposal-for-reforming-lotteries-act-sent-out-for-comments
  13. 12.10.2021 | A Swedish translation of the Finnish integration glossary has been published. The glossary on integration harmonises the use of concepts related to integration, equality and discrimination.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/swedish-translation-of-finnish-integration-glossary-published-glossary-harmonises-the-use-of-integration-concepts
  14. 4.3.2020 | Minister Mikkonen: Commission proposal for the European Climate Law important step towards a carbon neutral Europe; the plan to update the 2030 target must come sooner than planned Ministry of the Environment Publication date 4.3.2020 10.24 Type: ...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/minister-mikkonen-commission-proposal-for-the-european-climate-law-important-step-towards-a-carbon-neutral-europe-the-plan-to-update-the-2030-target-must-come-sooner-than-planned
  15. 25.1.2022 | The number of unemployed jobseekers decreased by 82,000 from December the year before. The number of new vacancies reported in December totalled 90,600. In all, the number of unfilled vacancies amounted to 164,500, which is 71,600 more than a year ago.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/275-300-unemployed-jobseekers-in-december
  16. 7.5.2021 | Employment, equal opportunities, social protection and health were key themes on the agenda the Porto Social Summit on Friday 7 May. The summit was organised by the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-highlights-importance-of-education-at-porto-summit
  17. 28.5.2020 | The working group set up to determine the need for changes to the Municipality of Residence Act proposes that the Act should specify the criteria by which a person’s municipality of residence entry can be removed from the Population Information System if he or she no longer meets the statutory requirements for obtaining a municipality of residence in Finland. The working group also proposes other, less significant amendments to the Municipality of Residence Act.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/working-group-proposes-changes-to-municipality-of-residence-act
  18. 2.6.2021 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications will reform the Act on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. The aim of the reform is to improve the safety of the transport, to prevent possible environmental damage and to provide favourable conditions for new businesses. The reform would clarify and harmonise the outdated, and partly unclear, regulation and so improve the safety and security of the entire society.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/comprehensive-reform-of-the-act-on-the-transport-of-dangerous-goods-would-raise-the-safety-and-security-of-society-draft-bill-out-for-comments
  19. 11.3.2021 | The Government has amended the decree restricting the activities of food and beverage service businesses due to the COVID-19 epidemic. With the amendment, the restrictions that previously applied to regions in the community transmission phase of the epidemic would be introduced throughout the country. For areas in the baseline and acceleration phases, the additional restrictions will be in effect for the duration of the restaurant lockdown.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/new-decree-restricting-activities-of-food-and-beverage-service-businesses-from-13-march
  20. 27.1.2021 | The EU Ministers responsible for Sports submitted a letter to Commissioner Mariya Gabriel in order to secure human rights in sport and major sporting events, both within and outside of the European Union. The ministers wished to reiterate the message of the statement made by the EU sport ministers in 2013 where all states that participate in organising major sporting events, such as the Olympic Gam...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/eu-sports-ministers-human-rights-must-be-ensured-at-all-international-sporting-events