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20.8.2025 | Heads of Finland’s missions abroad and foreign policy leaders will meet at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission in Helsinki, to be held at the Parliament Annexe ‘Little Parliament’ on 25–27 August.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/heads-of-finland-s-missions-abroad-to-gather-for-annual-meeting-in-helsinki
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22.10.2025 | Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will visit Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Singapore on 24–28 October. The three areas of focus for the visit are Finland’s accession to ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), the promotion of economic cooperation and investments, and dialogue on network security. Minister Valtonen will have high-level meetings with the countri...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-valtonen-to-travel-to-malaysia-indonesia-and-singapore
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10.11.2025 | On the opening day of COP30 in Belém, the Nordic Ministers for Fisheries, Aquaculture, Agriculture, Food, and Forestry present a ministerial declaration that underlines the potential of food systems and bioeconomy to address climate change through both mitigation and adaptation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/cop30-nordic-declaration-addresses-the-role-of-food-systems-and-bioeconomy-to-counter-climate-change
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2.9.2025 | Political State Secretary Pasi Rajala will make a working visit to Canberra and Wellington from 3 to 9 September.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/political-state-secretary-rajala-to-visit-australia-and-new-zealand
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19.1.2026 | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its annual report on the Finnish economy on Monday 19 January. According to the IMF, efforts to strengthen public finances will have to continue for several years.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/imf-recommends-continued-fiscal-adjustments
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27.10.2025 | Finland has become the thirteenth country to join the Tallinn Mechanism—an international initiative that helps Ukraine enhance its cyber resilience and digital security.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-joins-the-tallinn-mechanism-to-strengthen-ukraine-s-cyber-defense
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27.8.2025 | The Canadian province of Québec and Finland are deepening their collaboration in the forest sector. They have signed a declaration of intent to improve the conditions for commercial and research collaboration in forestry and bioeconomy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/finland-s-declaration-of-intent-with-quebec-reinforces-collaboration-with-canadian-forest-sector
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19.11.2025 | Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne participated in the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin on 18 November 2025. Finland also signed the Declaration for European Digital Sovereignty initiated by Austria and published in connection with the summit.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-ranne-time-for-talk-is-over-now-eu-s-digital-sovereignty-requires-swift-action
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23.12.2025 | The Ministry of the Interior has submitted a draft amendment to the Passport Act and the Identity Card Act for comments. These amendments would extend passport and personal identity card validity to 10 years. The consultation process will last until 16 February 2026.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/proposal-to-extend-passport-validity-submitted-for-comments
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25.11.2025 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo represented Finland at the seventh EU-African Union (AU) Summit in Luanda, Angola on 24 and 25 November. The summit was attended by heads of state or government from both continents and by President of the European Council António Costa and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen from the European side.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-at-eu-au-summit-deepening-the-economic-partnership-between-the-eu-and-african-countries-is-an-important-goal-for-finland-s-export-sectors-
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29.10.2025 | As part of the lecture series "Raffles lecture" at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in Singapore Minister Elina Valtonen delivered the following speech on 28th October 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/lecture-by-minister-elina-valtonen-at-the-iiss-in-singapore
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11.9.2025 | The economic prospects of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have improved slightly from last spring, the most recent SME Barometer shows. The outlook is also more positive than a year ago, driven by low inflation and falling interest rates. The challenging situation of construction companies, in particular, appears to be easing.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/expectations-of-smes-reach-highest-level-since-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-began
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16.1.2026 | In its meeting on 16 January, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs outlined Finland’s positions on the Commission’s proposal for an amendment to the Market Stability Reserve Decision. The proposal aims to curb fluctuations in emission allowance prices when the new emissions trading system for road transport and buildings is launched in 2028.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-eu-affairs-discusses-commission-proposal-to-curb-fluctuations-in-emission-allowance-prices
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19.9.2025 | The high-level meetings of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80) will start in New York on 22 September 2025. Finland’s delegation will be led by President of the Republic Alexander Stubb, who will deliver Finland’s statement at the general debate on 24 September. The deputy heads of the delegation are Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Developm...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministers-valtonen-and-tavio-to-attend-high-level-week-of-un-general-assembly-in-new-york-2
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16.7.2025 | Finland believes that the overall level of the European Commission’s proposal for the EU’s next multiannual financial framework for 2028–2034 is too high. Finland considers the proposed priorities to be steps in the right direction. The Government will formulate a more detailed position on the proposals in early autumn.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-calls-for-moderation-in-eu-budget-and-supports-funding-allocation-for-defence-competitiveness-and-ukraine
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27.11.2025 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo visited South Africa on 26–27 November. In Pretoria, Prime Minister Orpo met for discussions with the Deputy President of South Africa, Paul Mashatile. This was the first-ever visit by a Finnish prime minister to Pretoria, the administrative capital of the country. The main purpose of the visit was to promote commercial and economic relations between Finland and South Africa, and the Prime Minister had several meetings related to export promotion.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-in-south-africa-finland-has-a-lot-to-offer-
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23.9.2025 | The September issue of the Kauppapolitiikka magazine looks at the future of a rules-based and multilateral world order at a time when trade policy cooperation is becoming increasingly regionalised and fragmented into blocs. The economy and trade have become tools of power and superpower competition, and there seems to be no going back to the way things were.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/kauppapolitiikka-magazine-the-growing-power-of-the-stronger
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24.11.2025 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo is of the view that the negotiations between Ukraine and the United States in Geneva have moved the Ukraine peace plan in the right direction. On Monday 24 November, Prime Minister Orpo attended an informal meeting of EU leaders on the status of the peace negotiations.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-ukraine-peace-plan-is-moving-in-the-right-direction
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11.12.2025 | A round table discussion on port safety and security took place on 11 December 2025 at the invitation of Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne and Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen. The meeting focussed on the security situation in Finnish ports and how they might be impacted by changes taking place in the operating environment.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/authorities-and-port-logistics-operators-gathered-to-discuss-port-safety-and-security-
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17.12.2025 | Finland will participate in the 17th replenishment of the African Development Fund (AfDF-17) to support sustainable economic growth in the poorest countries on the continent. The objective of the African Development Fund (AfDF) is to reduce poverty by promoting the economic and social development of African countries. Finland is also involved in supporting Africa’s debt sustainability.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-support-sustainable-economic-growth-and-industrialisation-in-africa-through-african-development-fund