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27.1.2021 | At their virtual meeting on 27 January, the group of ministers from digitally advanced EU countries (D9+) discussed Europe’s goals on digitalisation for the 2030 targets of the Digital Decade. According to the countries’ joint declaration published at the meeting, Europe’s technological competitiveness is based on digital development, innovations and a functioning internal market.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/digitally-advanced-eu-countries-eu-must-strive-for-technological-competitiveness
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11.2.2021 | Employers should support an employee who is subject to online targeting and shaming on social media or otherwise because of his or her duties. In addition, the police must ensure uniform practices in the investigation of online targeting and shaming. This will improve the position of the victim and safeguard legal protection, says the Ministry of the Interior's working group.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/employers-should-support-victims-of-online-targeting-and-shaming-more-effectively-in-future
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19.5.2021 | Finland’s digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate will be available in the My Kanta pages as of 26 May. However, not all users will able to view their vaccination certificate on the launch date.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/digital-vaccination-certificates-available-in-my-kanta-pages-in-stages
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13.4.2022 | On Wednesday 13 April, the Government adopted a report on changes in the security environment and submitted it to Parliament for consideration. The report assesses fundamental changes in Finland's foreign and security policy environment following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The report does not include any conclusions or present new security policy guidelines.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/government-report-discusses-changes-in-finland-s-security-environment
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4.5.2021 | The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has granted funding to 38 Catch the Carbon development projects that are part of the package of climate actions for the land use sector. A total of EUR 10.4 million in funding was granted for 2021–2023. The projects will support agricultural producers, forest owners and other people who make land use decisions in introducing new climate-resilient practices.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/practical-development-actions-towards-climate-resilient-land-use
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30.6.2022 | On 30 June 2022, the Government submitted its national climate and energy strategy to Parliament as a report. The strategy is a comprehensive action plan for the medium term, which Finland will use to meet the EU’s obligations for 2030 and to achieve the national climate target for 2035. The strategy covers all greenhouse gas emissions in the emissions trading, effort sharing and land use sectors as well as the carbon sinks of land use and other sectors.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-sends-climate-and-energy-strategy-to-parliament-action-plan-to-help-finland-achieve-carbon-neutrality-by-2035
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8.12.2021 | Facilitating the employment of persons with disabilities will be the focus of a virtual Nordic conference on Thursday 9 December. The conference will highlight new kinds of intermediate labour markets and successful experiences of employing people with disabilities through social enterprises. The agenda also includes good practices for supporting work ability for people with disabilities at workplaces.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/rubriik
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9.4.2021 | The Government has published a plan to lift the restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 epidemic, along with a target timetable.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/government-publishes-plan-and-timetable-for-lifting-covid-19-restrictions-consultation-round-begins
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8.7.2021 | More information will be added to the EU Digital COVID Certificate on 14 July, when COVID-19 test results and certificates of recovery from COVID-19 are made available in the My Kanta Pages. The EU COVID-19 vaccination certificate has been available in the My Kanta Pages since 22 June.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/eu-covid-19-test-certificate-and-proof-of-recovery-from-covid-19-available-in-my-kanta-pages-as-of-14-july
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5.1.2022 | The advance voting period for the county elections is from 12 to 18 January 2022 in Finland and from 12 to 15 January 2022 abroad. Election day is Sunday 23 January 2022.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410853/advance-voting-for-county-elections-begins-on-wednesday-12-january
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16.1.2023 | GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES ON TRANSLATING AND WRITING FOR TWITTER Prime Minister’s Office 2021 GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES ON TRANSLATING AND WRITING FOR TWITTER Helsinki 2021 GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES ON TRANSLATING AND WRITING FOR TWITTER 3 Contents 1 About Tw...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/documents/194055633/200039986/Government+Guidelines+on+Translating+and+Writing+for+Twitter.pdf/d52c73ce-3d0a-32f6-4195-8e5adcc33e21/Government+Guidelines+on+Translating+and+Writing+for+Twitter.pdf?t=1673878246428
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17.6.2021 | Finland’s digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate will be updated and made interoperable with the EU Digital COVID Certificate as of 22 June. This means that the EU Digital COVID Certificate will be available to people in the My Kanta Pages starting on 22 June.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/eu-digital-covid-certificate-available-in-finland-as-of-22-june
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22.4.2021 | Business cost support is intended for companies whose turnover has decreased by more than 30% due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 22 April 2021, the Government issued a decree on the sectors that can apply for support without providing further justification. If a company does not operate in one of the sectors in the decree, it must justify the need for support and provide an account of the loss of turnover due to COVID-19.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/companies-in-all-sectors-can-apply-for-business-cost-support-some-without-further-justification
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5.8.2021 | Finland has sponsored the United Nations Junior Professional Officers (JPO) Programme since 1965, encouraging young Finnish nationals to work in UN agencies and international financial and research institutions. The newly selected Finnish JPO will be posted to work in the UN Global Pulse innovation initiative.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-nominated-its-1000th-un-junior-professional-officer
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8.12.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications submitted a report to Parliament on 8 December 2022 concerning the longer-term impacts of the Transport Services Act. The report finds that the Act is meeting the needs for change arising from the change in transport sector.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/transport-services-act-impact-assessment-the-act-is-enabling-digitalisation-of-transport-1888373
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8.12.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications submitted a report to Parliament on 8 December 2022 concerning the longer-term impacts of the Transport Services Act. The report finds that the Act is meeting the needs for change arising from the change in transport sector.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/transport-services-act-impact-assessment-the-act-is-enabling-digitalisation-of-transport
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27.1.2021 | In 2019, Finland’s economy was in the later stages of a cyclical upturn and demand for labour remained strong, with the number of those employed increasing by 26,000. However, this change in the level of employment was accompanied by a significantly larger increase in search for labour by employers and the creation of new jobs. In all, employers were looking for more than 764,000 employees. At 65,000, the workforce shortage, i.e.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/ministry-of-economic-affairs-and-employment-analysis-333-000-new-jobs-created-in-2019-smes-would-benefit-from-help-and-advice-during-recruitment-process
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24.2.2021 | At their video conference on 25 February 2021, the EU ministers responsible for the internal market and industry will discuss national recovery plans, the New Consumer Agenda of the EU and public country-by-country tax reporting. A declaration prepared by the group of ministers from digitally advanced EU countries (D9+) will moreover be presented by Finland.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/eu-competitiveness-ministers-to-discuss-eu-recovery-package-and-tax-reporting
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6.6.2024 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment began to update the low-carbon roadmaps together with the sectors in autumn 2023. In accordance with the Programme of Prime Minister Orpo’s Government, the roadmaps from 2020 have now been updated to correspond to the changed operating environment and technological development of sectors and companies. This time, 14 sectors systematically investigated ways to decarbonisation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/updating-sectoral-low-carbon-roadmaps-responds-to-the-challenges-of-the-time
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21.5.2024 | In 2020–2023, more than 50 projects tackling the shadow economy and economic crime were carried out in Finland. They succeeded in preventing abuses, promoting healthy competition between companies and supporting a fair labour market by improving the transparency and openness of business activities, for example.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/good-results-achieved-in-the-combat-against-grey-economy-and-economic-crime-in-2020-2023