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  1. 5.9.2023 | On 5 September 2023, the Government published a report on public transport procurements and public service obligations. It provides information on purchase of air transport services and on the impacts and future prospects of flight connections to support decision-making in the government budget session. 
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/report-on-regional-air-services-provides-information-for-the-government-budget-session
  2. 7.7.2023 | The EU General Affairs Council (GAC) will meet in Brussels on Monday 10 July. The main theme of the meeting will be the Commission's proposal, issued on 20 June, for a mid-term review of the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework 2021–2027. Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Anders Adlercreutz will represent Finland at the meeting.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/european-affairs-ministers-to-start-discussion-on-the-mid-term-review-of-the-eu-financial-framework
  3. 16.5.2023 | The vision for the future of child welfare and the strategic priorities for achieving it have been finalised. The vision was crystallised into one sentence: Children and their families can rely on child welfare services and their effectiveness.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/vision-work-highlights-the-need-to-reform-child-welfare
  4. 29.9.2023 | The implementation of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will begin on 1 October. CBAM is a new kind of EU policy tool that imposes an emissions-based price on certain products from outside the EU equivalent to that imposed by the EU emissions trading scheme on similar products manufactured in the Union.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/implementation-of-eu-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-starts-in-october-creating-new-obligations-for-importers
  5. 15.2.2022 | The EU ministers responsible for employment, social, health and consumer affairs (EPSCO) will convene for an informal meeting in Bordeaux, France on 15 February 2022. The meeting will focus on the effects of the digital and green transition on the labour market. 
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/eu-employment-ministers-to-discuss-the-effects-of-digital-and-green-transition-on-work
  6. 31.1.2023 | Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality Thomas Blomqvist will attend a meeting of Ministers for Nordic Cooperation in Copenhagen on 31 January.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-blomqvist-to-attend-meeting-of-ministers-for-nordic-cooperation-1
  7. 29.6.2022 | Finland needs immigration of skilled workforce to strengthen the growth conditions of companies and to ensure the functioning and wellbeing of society. Up-to-date information about the Talent Boost programme which promotes education-based and work-based immigration will be available on the new website. The purpose of the website is to describe the Talent Boost network’s practical work and to serve all those involved in the network as well as others interested in the programme.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/talent-boost-website-offers-current-information-about-promotion-of-immigration-of-experts
  8. 23.1.2023 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Tytti Tuppurainen will travel to Brussels on 24 January. The purpose of her visit is to discuss topical EU matters.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-tuppurainen-to-visit-brussels
  9. 10.2.2023 | Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin visited Luxembourg on 10 February at the invitation of the country’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel. The prime ministers discussed current EU policy issues and bilateral relations between the countries.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-ministers-of-finland-and-luxembourg-discuss-common-eu-policy-goals
  10. 27.4.2023 | The Ministry of the Interior has published a report on the operation of the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service concerning Matti Saarelainen, who previously held high-level positions both at the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service and the Immigration Office. The Ministry has also drawn up a memorandum on the Immigration Office’s citizenship decisions concerning the Timchenko family.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/ministry-of-the-interior-publishes-report-on-the-finnish-security-and-intelligence-service
  11. 9.5.2023 | This year (9 May 2023–8 May 2024) has been designated as the European Year of Skills. The aim is to encourage working-age people to identify and develop their skills and to help companies find solutions for recruiting skilled labour.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/european-year-of-skills-highlights-the-competence-of-working-age-people
  12. 6.5.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has published its first responsibility report. The report contains information on the measures taken by the Ministry of Transport and Communications to promote the achievement of the UN's 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals in 2021. 
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministry-of-transport-and-communications-publishes-its-first-responsibility-report
  13. 10.1.2023 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin will take part in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday 17 January.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-to-attend-world-economic-forum-in-davos
  14. 5.6.2023 | The responsibility for awarding government grants for sport science research will transfer from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture to the Academy of Finland. The amendment to Act on the Promotion of Sports and Physical Activity, which entered into force in February 2023, will simplify the application and review process by making it entirely the responsibility of a single organisation. To this end, the Academy of Finland will launch a new Academy Programme for sport science.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/academy-of-finland-to-launch-new-programme-to-increase-impact-of-sport-science
  15. 1.12.2022 | Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to visit United States Ministry of Defence Publication date 1.12.2022 12.17 Type: Press release Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will make a working visit to the United States from 2 to 4 December 2022. On 3 Decemb...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-kaikkonen-to-visit-united-states
  16. 2.1.2023 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will visit the capital of Senegal, Dakar, from 2 to 3 January. In Dakar, he will meet Senegalese Foreign Minister Aïssata Tall Sall and other state leaders.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-foreign-affairs-haavisto-to-visit-senegal
  17. 18.1.2023 | On 18 January 2023, Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland Timo Harakka and Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Finnish and Ukrainian Ministries on cooperation to promote digital resistance and transformation.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-and-ukraine-agree-on-cooperation-to-promote-digitalisation
  18. 1.2.2023 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Tytti Tuppurainen and Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs Tiago Antunes will meet in Helsinki on Thursday 2 February. Topics on the agenda for their meeting include security issues and preparations for the February Special European Council.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-tuppurainen-and-portuguese-secretary-of-state-for-european-affairs-antunes-to-meet-in-helsinki
  19. 7.9.2022 | Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to take part in Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting Ministry of Defence Publication date 7.9.2022 15.09 Type: Press release Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will participate in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group m...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-kaikkonen-to-take-part-in-ukraine-defense-contact-group-meeting
  20. 14.11.2022 | Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to Brussels Ministry of Defence Publication date 14.11.2022 14.30 Type: Press release Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will attend the EU's Foreign Affairs Council meeting for defence ministers in Brussels on 15 No...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-kaikkonen-to-brussels-1
  21. 11.3.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin will meet with Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Wednesday 16 March 2022.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-sanna-marin-to-visit-berlin
  22. 2.9.2022 | Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to meet Nordic and Baltic defence ministers in Gotland, Sweden Ministry of Defence Publication date 2.9.2022 9.30 Type: Press release Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will participate in the meeting of Nordic and B...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-kaikkonen-to-meet-nordic-and-baltic-defence-ministers-in-gotland-sweden
  23. 7.7.2022 | The consultation round for the draft legislative proposal of the TE services reform 2024 ended on 27 June 2022. A total of 373 statements were submitted by the deadline. Based on the feedback, the Ministerial Working Group on Promoting Employment outlined certain new policies on 7 July concerning, among other things, the responsibility of municipalities for organising services, the provision of services, and the funding model.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/te-services-reform-2024-ministerial-working-group-outlined-changes-to-draft-government-proposal-based-on-feedback-from-consultation-round
  24. 30.5.2023 | On 30 May 2023, Minister of the Interior Krista Mikkonen will attend an informal meeting of EU civil preparedness ministers in Brussels on CBRN threats (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear). The coordination meeting was convened by Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič and the Swedish Minister of Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/minister-mikkonen-to-travel-to-brussels-for-informal-ministerial-meeting-on-cbrn-threats
  25. 13.9.2022 | The EU will provide funding of EUR 1.5 billion for the building of alternative fuels infrastructure, including electricity and hydrogen, in 2021-2023. Finland has been granted funding within the framework of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport programme for expanding the recharging network of electric cars.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/eu-provides-funding-for-the-building-of-alternative-fuels-infrastructure-finland-to-receive-funding-for-recharging-points-for-electric-cars-1838416
  26. 7.4.2023 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto visited Mogadishu, Somalia, on 7 April. He met President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abshir Omar Jama, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Khadija M. Almakhzoumi and international actors in Somalia.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-foreign-affairs-haavisto-visited-somalia
  27. 23.3.2023 | On 23 March 2023, the President of the Republic approved the new Pilotage Act. The aim of the Act is to ensure maritime safety in Finnish waters.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/pilotage-act-reform-aims-to-ensure-maritime-safety-in-finnish-waters
  28. 23.3.2023 | On 23 March 2023, the President of the Republic approved the new Pilotage Act. The aim of the Act is to ensure maritime safety in Finnish waters.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/pilotage-act-reform-aims-to-ensure-maritime-safety-in-finnish-waters
  29. 16.2.2023 | Mental health and the development of the EU’s social dimension are among the key themes to be discussed during the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU this year. These are also among the main topics when Minister of Social Affairs and Health Hanna Sarkkinen meets the Swedish Minister for Older People and Social Security Anna Tenje and Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health Jacob Forssmed in Stockholm on 16–17 February 2023.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/mental-health-themes-increasingly-important-in-the-eu
  30. 9.6.2022 | The Climate Change Act lays the foundation for national work on climate change in Finland. The reformed Act sets emission reductions targets for 2030, 2040 and 2050. Now the target of a carbon-neutral Finland by 2035 has for the first time been laid down by law.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/new-climate-change-act-into-force-in-july
  31. 21.2.2022 | //The meeting has been rescheduled to 28 February.// The Climate Policy Roundtable will hold its 13th meeting on Tuesday 22 February. The meeting will focus on the assessment of the measures to be included in the Medium-term Climate Change Policy Plan (KAISU). The Roundtable is chaired by Prime Minister Sanna Marin.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/climate-policy-roundtable-meets-to-discuss-assessment-of-measures-in-medium-term-climate-change-policy-plan
  32. 18.11.2022 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will attend the Manama Dialogue organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in Bahrain from 18 to 19 November. He will have a number of bilateral meetings during the visit.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-haavisto-to-visit-bahrain
  33. 13.9.2022 | The EU will provide funding of EUR 1.5 billion for the building of alternative fuels infrastructure, including electricity and hydrogen, in 2021-2023. Finland has been granted funding within the framework of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport programme for expanding the recharging network of electric cars.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-provides-funding-for-the-building-of-alternative-fuels-infrastructure-finland-to-receive-funding-for-recharging-points-for-electric-cars
  34. 3.4.2023 | On 4 April, Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will deposit Finland's instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty. Minister Haavisto will deposit the instrument of accession in Brussels with the Government of the United States. Finland will become a NATO member country at the moment of the deposit. Minister Haavisto will also represent Finland at the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs starting on the same day.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-foreign-affairs-haavisto-to-deposit-finland-s-instrument-of-accession-and-attend-nato-foreign-ministers-meeting-in-brussels
  35. 18.10.2022 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will meet UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in London on 19 October.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-haavisto-to-meet-uk-foreign-secretary-1
  36. 22.6.2023 | On Thursday 22 June, the Government appointed Risto Artjoki, Master of Science in Agriculture and Forestry, as State Secretary to Prime Minister Petteri Orpo. At the same session, the Government appointed Mikaela Nylander, Bachelor of Laws and Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration, as State Secretary to Minister of Education Anna-Maja Henriksson and Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo, Design Assistant, as State Secretary to Minister of Finance Riikka Purra.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10616/government-appoints-state-secretaries-to-ministers
  37. 12.12.2022 | The Belarusian opposition leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, will visit Helsinki on 13 and 14 December, at the invitation of Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/belarusian-opposition-leader-sviatlana-tsikhanouskaya-is-visiting-finland
  38. 12.12.2022 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will attend a virtual Nordic foreign ministers’ meeting in N5 format on 13 December. Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly will attend the meeting as a guest.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-attend-virtual-meeting-of-nordic-foreign-ministers-n5-
  39. 17.11.2022 | Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen decided on Finland’s participation in international training and exercises in 2023 Ministry of Defence Publication date 17.11.2022 12.46 Type: Press release Finland’s decision to apply for NATO membership, deepe...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-antti-kaikkonen-decided-on-finland-s-participation-in-international-training-and-exercises-in-2023
  40. 3.3.2022 | On 3 March, Minister of Finance Annika Saarikko will meet with the President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe, in Helsinki.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/president-of-the-eurogroup-paschal-donohoe-travels-to-finland