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  1. 27.8.2024 | Speech by Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Joakim Strand at the Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission in Helsinki on 27 August 2024. Check against delivery.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/speech-by-minister-for-european-affairs-and-ownership-steering-joakim-strand-at-the-annual-meeting-of-heads-of-mission-on-27-august-2024
  2. 16.6.2022 | The Government has decided which regions will belong to support areas I and II in accordance with the EU regional state aid guidelines. The aim is to allocate aid to areas where the economic situation is disadvantaged either nationally or relative to the Union as a whole. In the support areas, the maximum amount of investment aid granted to companies is higher than in the rest of the country.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-decides-on-regions-eligible-for-higher-investment-aid-in-2022-2027
  3. 8.3.2021 | Today, on 8 March 2021, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) issued its recommendations on Finland’s seventh periodic report concerning the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/recommendations-to-finland-on-the-implementation-of-economic-social-and-cultural-rights
  4. 19.1.2023 | In 2022, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the missions abroad provided consular services to a total of approximately 256,000 customers. The demand for advisory services, in particular, continued to grow. During the year, the ministry’s 24/7 service received more than 8,000 contacts in total.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministry-for-foreign-affairs-helps-finns-in-distress-abroad
  5. 31.1.2022 | Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Master of Laws trained on the bench, has been appointed to serve as Secretary General of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Concerning the Sámi People. Juuso will take up her duties on 1 February 2022.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/anni-kristiina-juuso-appointed-secretary-general-of-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-concerning-the-sami-people
  6. 28.11.2022 | According to a recent evaluation, Finland’s influencing towards the EU’s development policy has been relevant and successful. However, the evaluation identified deficiencies, too, such as gaps in the strategic guidance of activities at different levels.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-mainly-successful-in-influencing-eu-development-policy
  7. 29.9.2023 | Pääministeri Petteri Orpo puhui Helsinki Security Forumissa perjantaina 29.9.2023. Puhe muutosvarauksin. Vain englanniksi.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/-/paaministeri-petteri-orpon-puhe-helsinki-security-forumissa-2023
  8. 8.4.2021 | A working group appointed by the Ministry of Transport and Communications to study forms of media support is proposing permanent forms of assistance for media operations that provide news and current affairs content. These forms would be editorial production assistance and development assistance. The assistance will seek to promote communications that are reliable, diverse, wide-ranging and socially meaningful.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/working-group-proposes-support-formats-for-journalism
  9. 30.3.2022 | Integration programmes and language training increase employment of immigrants. An active labour market policy is most effective for people who have the greatest difficulty in securing employment. Financial sanctions, on the other hand, are likely to work best for the highly educated. These are the findings of a study completed by Labore, the Labour Institute for Economic Research som beställts av arbets- och näringsministeriets Kompetenscentret för integration av invandrare.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/utredning-integrationsprogram-och-sprakutbildning-okar-sysselsattningen-bland-invandrare
  10. 10.12.2021 | The Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II is Finland’s next multi-role fighter Ministry of Defence Publication date 10.12.2021 14.37 Type: Press release The Government of Finland has 10 December 2021 authorised the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Co...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/the-lockheed-martin-f-35a-lightning-ii-is-finland-s-next-multi-role-fighter
  11. 8.7.2022 | The EU home affairs ministers will hold an informal meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 11 July in Prague. The meeting will be the first during the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Ministers will discuss the effects of the war in Ukraine on the EU’s internal security, fight against child sexual abuse, and interoperability between EU information systems in the justice and home affairs sector.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/eu-home-affairs-ministers-discuss-the-effects-of-the-war-in-ukraine-on-the-union-s-internal-security
  12. 13.3.2024 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 13 March 2024. Check against delivery.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10616/speech-by-prime-minister-petteri-orpo-at-the-european-parliament-13-march-2024
  13. 5.12.2023 | Findings of the OECD’s PISA 2022 (Programme for International Student Assessment) show that while the performance of Finnish young people has deteriorated, it remains above the OECD average. PISA 2022 focused on mathematical literacy.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/pisa-2022-performance-fell-both-in-finland-and-in-nearly-all-other-oecd-countries
  14. 31.3.2021 | Ten years ago, millions of Syrians took to the streets of Dara’a, Aleppo and Damascus, calling for democracy and respect of their fundamental rights and basic freedoms. The brutal response by the regime triggered over the span of a decade one of the most serious criminal enterprises and humanitarian crises since the Second World War resulting in more than 400 000 deaths and in countless violations of human rights.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/joint-op-ed-by-18-foreign-ministers-on-the-fight-against-impunity-for-crimes-committed-in-syria
  15. 8.4.2021 | A working group appointed by the Ministry of Transport and Communications to study forms of media support is proposing permanent forms of assistance for media operations that provide news and current affairs content. These forms would be editorial production assistance and development assistance. The assistance will seek to promote communications that are reliable, diverse, wide-ranging and socially meaningful.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/working-group-proposes-support-formats-for-journalism-1265636
  16. 13.3.2024 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo spoke at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 13 March 2024. Check against delivery.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/speech-by-prime-minister-petteri-orpo-at-the-european-parliament-13-march-2024
  17. 27.10.2022 | Israelin miehittämällä Palestiinalaisalueeella asuu yli viisi miljoonaa ihmistä: kolme Länsirannalla ja kaksi Gazassa. Palestiinalaisalueella kytee nuorten turhautuminen niin miehitykseen kuin omaan hallintoonsa.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/-/elamaa-muurien-takana-palestiinalaisalueella
  18. 9.11.2022 | Kai Rinkinen from Rovaniemi, Jere Jokinen from Kerava and Janne Pihanperä from Masku were today awarded the Father of the Year Prize. The Prize was presented by Minister of Social Affairs and Health Hanna Sarkkinen
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/winners-of-the-father-of-the-year-prize-represent-safe-and-responsible-parenting
  19. 15.9.2022 | The government proposal lays the foundation for the introduction of a digital identification application, a digital service authenticator for foreign nationals and an electronic identification means for natural persons. The digital identification application will be introduced alongside passports and identity cards and will improve the ability of citizens to manage their own information. The Government submitted the proposal on 15 September.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/digital-identification-application-to-be-introduced-next-year
  20. 12.1.2022 | EU foreign affairs ministers will meet at an Informal Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Gymnich) on 13–14 January in Brest, France. Finland’s representative at the meeting will be Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-foreign-affairs-ministers-to-discuss-security-situation-in-eastern-europe