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24.8.2023 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo visited Kyiv on Wednesday 23 August. There, he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk. Prime Minister Orpo also attended the third Crimea Platform Summit hosted by President Zelenskyy, where discussions highlighted the status of Crimea as part of Ukraine.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-meets-with-ukrainian-leaders-and-attends-crimea-platform-summit-in-kyiv
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11.7.2023 | Finland promotes the implementation of democracy, the rule of law, and the fundamental and human rights. A society built on trust and good relations between population groups arises from the fact that everyone in Finland can trust that their rights and the principles of gender equality, equality before the law and non-discrimination will be respected and that they will be able to improve their own lives.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/government-party-leaders-declaration-11-july-2023
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23.8.2023 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo is on a visit to Ukraine and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv this morning. Orpo will also attend the third Crimea Platform Summit. In his meeting with Zelenskyy, Orpo stressed that Finland’s strong and unwavering support to Ukraine would continue.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-meets-with-ukrainian-president-zelenskyy
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24.8.2023 | The Ministry of Finance’s budget session began on Thursday 24 August.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/preparation-of-next-year-s-budget-proposal-under-way
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1.3.2023 | Parliament adopted the new Building Act on 1 March 2023. The act incorporates measures to combat climate change comprehensively into the building legislation. The act will also smoothen the construction processes, boost a circular economy and digitalisation and improve the quality of building. The Building Act will enter into force on 1 January 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/parliament-adopted-acts-that-will-reduce-emissions-from-building-and-promote-digitalisation
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19.9.2023 | The Government aims to strengthen general government finances, increase immigrants’ own responsibility for integration and improve the position of immigrant mothers. The Government’s proposed amendments to the Integration Act, which will enter into force in 2025, have now been circulated for comments until 23 October 2023.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/changes-to-the-integration-services-reform-in-2025-government-proposal-circulated-for-comments
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27.10.2023 | On 26 October, on the first day of the European Council meeting in Brussels, the EU leaders discussed the situation in the Middle East. The European Council condemned Hamas’ attacks on Israel and called on Hamas to immediately release all hostages while underlining the importance of ensuring protection of all civilians and enabling humanitarian access and aid to reach those in need in Gaza. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo represented Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/european-council-discusses-situation-in-the-middle-east-addressing-also-gas-pipeline-in-the-gulf-of-finland
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1.9.2023 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Anders Adlercreutz met Sweden's EU Minister Jessika Roswall on Friday 1 September. The ministers discussed a number of topical issues in connection with the Europe Forum organised in Turku.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-european-affairs-adlercreutz-meets-swedish-minister-for-eu-affairs-roswall-
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23.11.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin will visit New Zealand and Australia from 29 November to 3 December. Prime Minister Marin will meet the Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern in Auckland and the Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese in Sydney. Prime Minister Marin will be accompanied by Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari and a Finnish business delegation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-to-visit-new-zealand-and-australia
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5.12.2022 | On 5 December 2022, the EU's Transport Council adopted the general approach on the proposal for a new TEN-T Regulation. The Regulation defines a trans-European transport network (TEN-T) and issues provisions on the quality requirements for TEN-T corridors and nodes.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/the-ports-of-oulu-and-kaskinen-included-in-the-ten-t-regulation-proposal-transport-ministers-reach-agreement-on-proposal-1886857
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10.11.2023 | Finland’s targets concerning national flexibilities accepted at the last minute. The outcome requires a thorough analysis.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/eu-reaches-provisional-agreement-on-nature-restoration-regulation
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5.10.2023 | The Government Programme states that, as a rule, mediation in cases involving domestic or family violence will be discontinued. Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen invited a wide range of organisations and experts to discuss the issue on 4 October.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/mediation-in-cases-of-domestic-violence-was-discussed-under-the-leadership-of-minister-grahn-laasonen
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6.10.2023 | Finland and the other Nordic countries risk becoming underrepresented among the official staff in EU institutions. Concerns were raised about the issue in a report published on 6 October comparing the measures taken by certain Member States to promote their citizens’ careers in the EU. According to the report, national efforts alone will not be enough to rectify the situation over the short or medium term.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/report-number-of-finns-in-eu-positions-at-risk-of-collapse-situation-difficult-to-rectify-through-national-measures-alone
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9.11.2023 | While continuing to suffer from the consequences of Russia’s invasion, Ukraine is busy preparing for reconstruction. Around forty Finnish companies, led by Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio, will participate in Rebuild Ukraine, the exhibition and conference to be held in Warsaw on 14–15 November 2023.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finnish-companies-to-participate-in-ukraine-s-reconstruction
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10.2.2023 | The special meeting of the European Council held on 9 February discussed support for Ukraine, migration and measures to support the European economy and competitiveness. At the summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to EU leaders to increase support for Ukraine and to intensify sanctions against Russia.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-it-is-important-that-president-zelensky-was-able-to-appeal-to-eu-leaders-in-person
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6.2.2024 | On 6 February 2024, the European Commission issued a Communication concerning the climate target for 2040 and a Communication on Industrial Carbon Management. The Communications open up paths towards new clean solutions and further development of carbon sequestration.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/technologies-and-technical-carbon-sequestration-solutions-needed-to-reach-eu-s-2040-climate-target
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6.3.2023 | Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to attend informal meeting of EU defence ministers Ministry of Defence Publication date 6.3.2023 15.00 Type: Press release Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will attend the informal meeting of EU defence ministers i...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/-minister-of-defence-kaikkonen-to-attend-informal-meeting-of-eu-defence-ministers
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3.10.2023 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will represent Finland at two meetings hosted by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 October in Granada, Spain. An extraordinary meeting of the European Council will be held on Friday. It will be preceded on Thursday by the third meeting of the European Political Community, which will bring together the heads of state or government of the EU Member States and 20 other European countries.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-to-represent-finland-at-granada-meetings
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1.3.2024 | In its meeting on Friday 1 March, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs discussed issues related to security and defence policy, as well as economic security. The Ministerial Committee also outlined Finland’s positions for three upcoming council meetings.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-european-union-affairs-discusses-eu-defence-cooperation-and-economic-security
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22.11.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin met with Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir in Reykjavik on Tuesday 22 November. Their discussions focused on security, climate and energy issues, Nordic and Arctic cooperation, EU affairs and bilateral relations.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-ministers-of-finland-and-iceland-meet-in-reykjavik-discussions-focus-on-security-climate-change-and-nordic-cooperation