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28.3.2023 | Russia has destroyed people's homes and healthcare infrastructure in Ukraine. There is a great need for assistance in Ukraine. Since March 2022, Finland has provided Ukraine with necessary civilian material assistance. Most recently, Finland has sent, for example, one thousand maternity packages to Ukraine in February and March 2023.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-sends-one-thousand-maternity-packages-to-ukraine
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10.10.2022 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will visit Brussels on 10 October and speak at a meeting of the EU Heads of Mission. Minister Haavisto will also meet EU High Representative Josep Borrell and Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-foreign-affairs-haavisto-to-visit-brussels-and-speak-at-meeting-of-eu-heads-of-mission
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7.2.2022 | The 60th session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD) will be held in a hybrid format, that is, both in New York and virtually, from 7 to 16 February 2022. The priority theme of the session is ‘Inclusive and resilient recovery from COVID-19 for sustainable livelihoods, well-being and dignity for all: eradicating poverty and hunger in all its forms and dimensions to achieve the 2030 Agenda’.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/finland-participates-in-the-60th-session-of-the-un-commission-for-social-development-priority-theme-for-this-year-is-eradicating-poverty-and-hunger-worldwide
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16.5.2023 | The Council of Europe has long been monitoring Russia’s alarming situation of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. For many years, the Council tried to exert influence over Russia by keeping the country as a Member and within the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). However, Russia launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 was the last straw, and the Council decided to expel Russia only three weeks later.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/international-register-to-record-damage-caused-by-russia-s-aggression-against-ukraine
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24.8.2021 | The Climate Policy Roundtable will hold its tenth meeting on Wednesday 25 August. The topic to be discussed is the EU’s Fit for 55 package, which presents the means that will enable the EU to reduce its emissions by at least 55% by 2030. This binding emission reduction target is also included in the EU Climate Law, which entered into force in summer 2021.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/climate-policy-roundtable-convenes-to-discuss-eu-s-fit-for-55-climate-package
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16.9.2021 | The aim of the family leave reform is to increase the wellbeing of children and families and to strengthen gender equality and non-discrimination in working life and in the daily lives of families. The measures to achieve this aim include more flexible and longer family leaves and equal quotas of daily allowance days for both parents, some of which can be transferred to the other parent. The new family leave model treats all children equally, irrespective of the type of the family.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/government-submits-proposal-for-family-leave-reform-to-parliament
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5.9.2022 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will attend a meeting of Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers, to be held in the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) cooperation format, in Kaunas in Lithuania on 6–7 September.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-haavisto-attends-nb8-meeting-in-kaunas
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1.3.2023 | Finland’s new Special Envoy for Climate Change Kerstin Stendahl has been following international climate and environmental negotiations for nearly three decades. Stendahl has held leading positions in the Ministry of the Environment and in the United Nations, among other places.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/special-envoy-for-climate-change-just-green-transition-a-condition-for-solving-environmental-problems
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4.5.2022 | On Thursday 5 May, Prime Minister Sanna Marin will travel to Warsaw to attend an international donors’ conference for Ukraine.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-to-attend-international-donors-conference-for-ukraine-in-warsaw
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6.12.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin attended the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tirana, Albania.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-at-summit-unity-of-the-eu-and-the-western-balkans-is-more-important-than-ever-before
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9.8.2022 | Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka will travel to São Paulo, Brazil on 9 August 2022. During the visit, Minister Harakka will attend a seminar on 5G technology. The agenda also includes meetings with ministers and business representatives.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-harakka-to-attend-5g-seminar-in-sao-paulo-1814675
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2.3.2023 | The Act on Cross-Border Health Care will be amended. The legislative amendments will enter into force on 1 May 2023. The most central amendment deals with renewing the right to reimbursement under the Directive on the Application of Patients’ Rights in Cross-Border Healthcare.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/reimbursement-scheme-for-cross-border-healthcare-to-be-amended
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22.12.2021 | On 22 December 2021, the European Commission issued a proposal for a Council Directive concerning a global minimum level of taxation for multinational groups. The proposal is based on the project to reform international income taxation, launched by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/commission-s-proposal-for-directive-on-global-minimum-taxation-for-multinational-groups-circulated-for-comments
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27.1.2022 | On January 26 2022, the Energy programme committee of the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) decided to grant EUR 127 million for the implementation of a planned electricity transmission line between Northern Finland and Northern Sweden. The amount will be divided between Finland and Sweden. The financial support covers 50% of the project costs.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/eu-s-connecting-europe-facility-grants-eur-127-million-for-a-transmission-line-between-northern-finland-and-sweden
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9.12.2021 | On 9 December 2021, the European Commission published a proposed directive on improving working conditions in platform work. The proposal contains provisions on the determination of employment status of people working through digital platforms as well as other requirements. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will assess the relationship between the proposals and Finnish legislation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/commission-issues-proposal-to-improve-working-conditions-in-platform-work
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23.3.2023 | On 23 March 2023, the President of the Republic approved a legislative package on the reorganisation of public employment and business services. The responsibility for organising such services will be transferred from the central government to municipalities on 1 January 2025. The reform aims to create a service structure that promotes the rapid employment of jobseekers by utilising all opportunities offered by municipal services.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/acts-on-the-transfer-of-te-services-to-municipalities-have-been-approved
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31.5.2022 | The high-level UN meeting Stockholm+50 will be held in Stockholm, Sweden on 2–3 June 2022. The meeting will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first UN conference on the environment, assess the environmental actions taken in the past 50 years and present concrete recommendations to improve the state of the environment.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/international-environmental-meeting-in-stockholm-50-years-of-environmental-action
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28.10.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson met in Helsinki on Friday 28 October. In their meeting, the prime ministers discussed bilateral relations between Finland and Sweden, the countries’ future NATO membership, support for Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia’s invasion, and other topical EU matters.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-and-swedish-prime-minister-kristersson-highlight-importance-of-cooperation-between-finland-and-sweden
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7.10.2021 | Abuse in the accommodation conditions for foreign workers may, at worst, be part of foreign labour exploitation and human trafficking. The task of the working group for monitoring accommodation conditions is to make proposals on how to develop cooperation between the authorities and the relevant regulations and guidelines.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/working-group-seeks-ways-to-prevent-abuse-in-accommodation-conditions-for-foreign-workers
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21.10.2022 | A steering group appointed by the Ministry of Transport and Communications will investigate the establishment of a national space situation centre. As society's functioning depends on the services provided by satellite systems, an ability to observe events in near space is needed.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/establishment-of-finland-s-national-space-situation-centre-investigated-1851418