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18.5.2023 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin will be in Lisbon on 18–21 June 2023 to take part in a meeting of the Bilderberg Group.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-to-visit-portugal
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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.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-intensify-cooperation-with-canada-promising-opportunities-in-forestry-and-bioeconomy-for-finnish-companies
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1.12.2023 | The UN Climate Change Conference COP28 began on Friday with a two-day summit of heads of state and government. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo is representing Finland at the summit and will deliver Finland’s national address on Saturday.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/un-climate-change-conference-begins-with-summit-of-heads-of-state-and-government
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10.11.2023 | Finland’s targets concerning national flexibilities accepted at the last minute. The outcome requires a thorough analysis.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/eu-reaches-provisional-agreement-on-nature-restoration-regulation
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5.6.2024 | Press release by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom and the Finnish Border Guard:https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/finland-to-exert-influence-for-greater-eu-funded-oil-spill-response-capability-in-baltic-sea
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12.4.2024 | Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman will attend the European Commission’s Cohesion Forum in Brussels on 11–12 April 2024. The 9th Cohesion Forum will discuss the importance of the European Union’s cohesion policy for the wellbeing of regions and their inhabitants.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/minister-of-economic-affairs-rydman-to-attend-the-9th-cohesion-forum-in-brussels
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5.1.2024 | On 5 January 2024, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment received from Teollisuuden Voima Oyj an environmental impact assessment (EIA) programme referred to in the Act on the Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure. The programme concerns extending the service life of Olkiluoto 1 and Olkiluoto 2 nuclear power plant units located in the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant area in Eurajoki as well as increasing their thermal output.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/ministry-of-economic-affairs-and-employment-receives-an-eia-programme-to-extend-service-life-of-olkiluoto-nuclear-power-plant-units-ol1-and-ol2-and-to-increase-their-thermal-output
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13.6.2024 | The State and the shareholder municipalities of West Railway Ltd – Turku, Espoo, Salo, Lohja, Vihti and Kirkkonummi – have been negotiating on the terms and conditions of the pre-agreement which will enable the transition to the construction phase of the West Railway. Helsinki, which was involved in the planning phase of the project, will not take part in funding the construction phase.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/the-shareholders-of-west-railway-ltd-reach-a-preliminary-understanding-on-the-terms-and-conditions-of-the-pre-agreement-on-the-construction-phase
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20.2.2024 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will visit New Delhi, India, on 21–22 February. She will attend India’s most important foreign and security policy conference, the Raisina Dialogue. The visit will take place within the framework of co-operation between the Nordic and Baltic countries (NB8).https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-valtonen-to-visit-india
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6.6.2024 | The WHO Member States have agreed to extend negotiations on a pandemic treaty for up to a year. The decision to continue the negotiations was made at the World Health Assembly on 1 June. However, an agreement was reached on a package of amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR). The negotiations on them were thus finalised.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/negotiations-on-who-pandemic-treaty-extended-for-a-year-agreement-reached-on-amendments-to-international-health-regulations
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23.5.2024 | On 23 May 2024, the Government submitted its second supplementary budget proposal for 2024 to Parliament. The proposal includes several transport projects across Finland.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-ranne-government-transport-projects-strengthen-finland-s-security-and-growth-
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26.9.2023 | Minister of Climate and the Environment Kai Mykkänen will attend the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 27 September 2023. The Conference will be held in Vienna this week. Mykkänen will deliver Finland’s national statement at the Conference on Wednesday.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/minister-mykkanen-to-attend-iaea-general-conference-in-vienna
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9.6.2023 | The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) will meet in Luxembourg on 12–13 June 2023. The topics of the meeting include platform work, health and safety at work, labour market dialogue, gender equality, strengthening the pharmaceutical ecosystem, combating antimicrobial resistance, mental health at workplaces, and loneliness.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/eu-ministers-to-seek-agreement-on-platform-work-and-discuss-the-pharmaceutical-ecosystem
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20.3.2024 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will attend the European Council on 21–22 March and the Euro Summit to be held in connection with the Council meeting. On 21 March, the Prime Minister will also attend the first-ever Nuclear Energy Summit.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-to-attend-eu-summit-in-brussels
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15.9.2023 | The European Commission’s Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, will visit Finland on 18–19 September 2023. During her visit, Simson will meet Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment Kai Mykkänen, Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Anders Adlercreutz and members of Parliament’s Environment and Commerce Committees.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/eu-energy-commissioner-kadri-simson-to-visit-finland
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30.5.2024 | Finnish Government submitted to Parliament a proposal on the acceptance and bringing into force of the Defence Cooperation Agreement between Finland and the United States on 30 May. The proposal consists of the act bringing into force the agreement and ten related acts. According to the proposal, the acceptance of the agreement will require a two-thirds majority decision of Parliament.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410853/government-proposal-on-defence-cooperation-agreement-between-finland-and-the-united-states-submitted-to-parliament
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13.12.2023 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will attend the Western Balkans Summit on Wednesday 13 December and the European Council meeting on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 December in Brussels.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-the-european-council-must-agree-on-continuing-its-strong-support-for-ukraine
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8.9.2023 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has launched preparations for legislative amendments that will clarify the effects of unemployment on valid work-based residence permits. In future, persons with a work-based residence permit would have to leave Finland if the employment relationship ended and no new employment relationship was concluded within three months.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/preparations-begin-to-strengthen-the-tie-between-work-based-residence-permits-and-work
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3.9.2024 | In 2025, the Government will launch several important transport infrastructure projects across Finland. The decision on new infrastructure investments was reached today, 3 September, in the government budget session.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-ranne-government-budget-session-decides-on-road-projects-strengthening-safety-security-and-the-economy
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6.8.2025 | The Ministry of Finance's draft budget for 2026 implements the guidelines of the Government’s spring mid-term policy review and includes the Minister of Finance's new adjustment measures proposed by the Minister of Finance to ensure that the debt ratio stabilises towards the end of the parliamentary term. The draft budget totals EUR 89.6 billion and involves a deficit of EUR 9.9 billion. When enter...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/draft-budget-of-minister-of-finance-riikka-purra-to-stabilise-the-debt-ratio-budget-deficit-to-be-reduced-to-below-eur-10-billion
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4.6.2024 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched a project to draft legislation for an experiment concerning the development of a knowledge base for publicly supported passenger transport.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/project-on-developing-knowledge-base-for-publicly-supported-transport-services-launched
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14.9.2023 | World Patient Safety Day is celebrated every year on 17 September. The World Health Organization (WHO) chose “Engaging patients for patient safety” as this year’s theme. In Finland, the day is called Client and Patient Safety Day.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/world-patient-safety-day-makes-the-voice-of-clients-patients-and-families-heard-
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22.2.2024 | On 22 February 2024, the Government made a decision on four employment areas. All future employment areas are now known.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/te-services-reform-2024-finland-to-have-45-employment-areas
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7.2.2024 | Finland is currently participating in the 62nd session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD62) that is held in New York. The Finnish delegation is led by Minister of Social Affairs and Health Kaisa Juuso.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/finland-wants-to-highlight-wellbeing-economy-approach-at-un-social-summit-2025
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31.1.2024 | Lieutenant General Janne Jaakkola appointed Chief of Defence Ministry of Defence Publication date 31.1.2024 13.40 Type: Press release Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen has proposed Lieutenant General Janne Jaakkola as the Chief of Defence for the...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/lieutenant-general-janne-jaakkola-appointed-chief-of-defence
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13.3.2024 | Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will visit Los Angeles on 13–16 March 2024. During his visit, Minister Tavio will sign a letter of intent agreed between the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the City of Los Angeles on clean transition and digitalisation. The Minister will also present Finnish expertise in clean energy, port security and the games industry.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-and-the-united-states-to-intensify-cooperation-on-digitalisation-and-clean-technology
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23.7.2024 | The number of unemployed jobseekers rose by 28,600 from June of last year. The number of new vacancies reported totalled 23,800. In all, the number of unfilled vacancies in June was 60,100, which is 63,700 fewer than a year ago.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/293-300-unemployed-jobseekers-in-june
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11.3.2024 | The name of the company Finnish Rail (Suomi-rata Oy) is changing, and the company will continue operations as Airport Line (Lentorata Oy). The company’s mission is to plan the rail link between Pasila and Kerava via Helsinki Airport until it is ready for construction.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-ranne-airport-line-planning-progresses-with-eye-on-economy
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28.6.2024 | On 24 June, the Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy decided that the Ministry of Finance would continue preparing a tax subsidy for large industrial investments that promote the clean transition. This tax subsidy would accelerate investments in the green transition.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/preparation-moves-forward-on-tax-subsidy-for-large-investments
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16.10.2024 | The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) will convene in Cali, Colombia on 21 October–1 November 2024. The main objective of COP16 is to agree on the implementation of the global biodiversity targets and the related monitoring. Finland’s delegation will be led by Minister of Climate and the Environment Kai Mykkänen.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/un-biodiversity-conference-in-cali-to-focus-on-implementation-of-new-biodiversity-targets
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15.12.2023 | Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will visit Washington D.C. on 18 December. She will meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. A Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) between Finland and the United States will be signed during the visit.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-valtonen-to-visit-washington-d.c
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23.1.2024 | On 23 January 2024, the Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy discussed the current investment climate in Finland. Finland has a high number of investment intensions for major clean transition projects and the Government is actively taking measures to promote their realisation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/intentions-to-invest-in-finland-are-at-high-level-but-investment-climate-remains-challenging-1
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24.8.2023 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo visited Kyiv on Wednesday 23 August. There, he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk. Prime Minister Orpo also attended the third Crimea Platform Summit hosted by President Zelenskyy, where discussions highlighted the status of Crimea as part of Ukraine.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-meets-with-ukrainian-leaders-and-attends-crimea-platform-summit-in-kyiv
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23.1.2024 | On 23 January 2024, the Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy discussed the current investment climate in Finland. Finland has a high number of investment intensions for major clean transition projects and the Government is actively taking measures to promote their realisation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/intentions-to-invest-in-finland-are-at-high-level-but-investment-climate-remains-challenging
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8.12.2023 | EU foreign ministers will convene in Brussels on 11 December. Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-foreign-affairs-council-to-discuss-russian-aggression-against-ukraine-situation-in-israel-and-the-region-the-sahel-and-economic-security
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12.10.2023 | The Government has submitted to Parliament a proposal for amending the Act on the General Housing Allowance. The proposed amendments concern lowering the reimbursement rate of the allowance, tightening the effect of the income that affects the allowance, and abolishing the earned income allowance and the support for owner-occupied housing.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/changes-proposed-to-general-housing-allowance
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23.8.2023 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo is on a visit to Ukraine and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv this morning. Orpo will also attend the third Crimea Platform Summit. In his meeting with Zelenskyy, Orpo stressed that Finland’s strong and unwavering support to Ukraine would continue.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-meets-with-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy
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17.4.2024 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Anders Adlercreutz and Czech Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvořák met in Helsinki on Wednesday 17 April. Discussions at the meeting focused on the countries’ common will for measures to ensure sustainable European security and competitiveness over the long term.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-adlercreutz-and-czech-minister-for-european-affairs-dvorak-discuss-measures-to-ensure-peace-and-competitiveness-in-europe
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21.12.2023 | On 21 December, the President of the Republic approved the bill on the European Union Emergency Travel Document (EU ETD) and the related amendments to other legislation. The acts will enter into force on 8 December 2025 when uniform provisions become simultaneously applicable in all EU Member States. The current provisions will apply until the entry into force of the acts.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/new-act-on-eu-emergency-travel-document
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12.10.2023 | On 12 October 2023, the Government submitted to Parliament a government proposal for the national implementation of the EU Digital Services Act which aims to improve the transparency and safety of online intermediary services for users.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/progress-in-implementation-of-the-digital-services-act-government-proposes-an-act-on-the-supervision-of-online-intermediary-services