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1.4.2025 | The use of coal in Finnish energy production will end this spring as energy companies Helen and Vantaan Energia will close their last remaining power plant units using coal. The energy use of coal will thus end four years before the deadline of May 2029 required by law. In this way, Finland is taking another major step towards an energy system that is cleaner, more self-sufficient and climate neutral.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/energy-use-of-coal-to-end-in-finland-during-spring
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25.4.2025 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on the draft government proposal that includes amendments to the taxi regulation in the Act on Transport Services and certain other acts. The deadline for submitting comments is 6 June 2025. The legislative amendments should enter into force in stages from 1 January 2026 onwards.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/amendments-to-taxi-regulation-sent-out-for-comments-aiming-for-safer-taxi-rides
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14.1.2025 | Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will visit Sweden on 15–17 January. He will be accompanied by a large delegation of Finnish businesses.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-tavio-to-lead-trade-mission-to-northern-sweden
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28.5.2025 | The Ministry of Education and Culture has prepared a programme to advocate equity and non-discrimination in early childhood education and care, in schools and in educational institutions. The measures will be carried out over the 2025 to 2027 period.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/ministry-of-education-and-culture-promotes-equity-and-non-discrimination-across-the-whole-education-system
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6.3.2025 | A report commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health discusses how society could better support children in contentious divorces and custody disputes. The report gives 31 recommendations for improving the situation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/children-s-rights-and-best-interests-are-not-realised-in-contentious-divorces
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9.8.2024 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health proposes appropriations of EUR 15.1 billion for the Ministry and its administrative branch for 2025. This is approximately EUR 1.2 billion less than in 2024.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/draft-budget-for-the-ministry-of-social-affairs-and-health-and-its-administrative-branch-for-2025
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1.4.2025 | Finland will raise national defence spending to at least three percent of GDP by 2029. The aim was proposed by Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen and endorsed by the Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy on Tuesday.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/finland-to-raise-defence-spending-to-at-least-three-percent-of-gdp
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6.5.2025 | Nordic solutions to climate change adaptation will be sought at the Nordic Conference on Climate Change Adaptation (NOCCA2025) to be held in Rovaniemi on 14–15 May 2025. The conference is part of Finland’s and Åland’s Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/limits-and-opportunities-in-climate-change-adaptation-in-nordic-countries-to-be-discussed-in-rovaniemi-on-14-15-may
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26.8.2024 | Sandra Bergqvist, Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity, will attend the Paralympics in Paris from 28 to 30 August, and Sari Multala, Minister of Science and Culture, will be there from 5 to 6 September. The ministers will follow various sports that Finnish Paralympic athletes will be competing in, such as para archery, wheelchair sprint events and para equestrian.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/ministers-bergqvist-and-multala-to-attend-the-paralympics
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22.11.2024 | Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland Sari Essayah met Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Portugal José Manuel Fernandes in Helsinki on 22 November. The bilateral meeting between the ministers was part of Minister Fernandes’s programme of his visit to Finland. During the visit, Minister Fernandes met various representatives of the administrative branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/ministers-of-finland-and-portugal-met-in-helsinki
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10.9.2024 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment have appointed Antti Neimala to carry out a study on the possibilities to allow sales of wines with up to 15 per cent alcohol outside the Alko monopoly.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/rapporteur-to-explore-allowing-sales-of-wines-with-up-to-15-per-cent-alcohol-outside-alko-monopoly
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6.3.2025 | On 6 March 2025, the Government decided on the allocation of funds under ‘Innovation and Skills in Finland 2021–2027’, the EU’s Regional and Structural Policy Programme, for 2025. At the same time, the Government made decisions on the allocation of funds from the 2021–2027 Interreg programmes for 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/eur-357-million-is-allocated-to-support-regional-growth-and-vitality
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17.3.2025 | The EU General Affairs Council (GAC) will meet in Brussels on Tuesday 18 March. Items on the agenda for the meeting include preparations for the March European Council and relations between the EU and the United Kingdom. Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Joakim Strand will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministers-for-european-affairs-to-prepare-for-march-european-council-3
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18.11.2024 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Joakim Strand will visit Brussels on 18–19 November. The programme for his visit will include an event focusing on recruiting more Finns to EU institutions, a discussion event on protecting and strengthening European democracy and a meeting of the EU General Affairs Council.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-european-affairs-strand-to-visit-brussels
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21.2.2025 | EU foreign ministers will convene in Brussels on 24 February. Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-foreign-affairs-council-to-discuss-russian-war-of-aggression-against-ukraine-situation-in-the-middle-east-iran-and-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo
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14.1.2025 | NATO to strengthen its presence in Baltic Sea Ministry of Defence Publication date 14.1.2025 16.07 Type: Press release NATO has decided to strengthen its ongoing surveillance and exercises in the Baltic Sea region, following recent damage to under...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/nato-to-strengthen-its-presence-in-baltic-sea-
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13.3.2025 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen and Ukraine’s Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov met bilaterally on Thursday 13 March 2025. They signed a Memorandum of Understanding on defence cooperation between the two countries’ defence administrations.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/finland-and-ukraine-sign-new-mou-on-defence-cooperation-finland-announces-new-arms-assistance-package
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11.3.2025 | The webinar series of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization FAO that started on Tuesday 11 March is part of a global initiative aimed to develop forest-based bioeconomy worldwide. At the opening of the series, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah stressed the role of multilateral cooperation as we move towards sustainable forest-based bioeconomy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/finland-promotes-sustainable-forest-based-bioeconomy-as-part-of-new-global-coalition
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28.11.2024 | On Thursday 28 November 2024, the Government granted Metsähallitus a permission to sell four parcels of land in the municipalities of Muhos and Kajaani. The land is sold to Google for future expansions of its cloud and data center infrastructure in Finland. The total value of the transaction is over EUR 27 million, with the combined areas covering approximately 1,400 hectares. The areas are part...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/government-grants-metsahallitus-permission-to-sell-land-areas-to-google-in-muhos-and-kajaani
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21.1.2025 | Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman signed the Artemis Accords on behalf of Finland in Otaniemi, Espoo on 21 January 2025. The Artemis Accords were established by NASA and the US Department of State to boost NASA’s Artemis Program.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/finland-joins-the-artemis-accords