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10.12.2021 | Finland decided on the procurement of its next fighter aircraft on 10 December 2021. The industrial participation related to the procurement will create significant technological competence for the Finnish industry.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/procurement-of-fighter-jets-to-bring-work-and-livelihood-to-finland-
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23.3.2023 | The provisions on the processing of personal data in emergency response centre operations will be updated to comply with the EU data protection legislation. The legislative amendments will not affect the right of the Emergency Response Centre Agency’s operators to process personal data needed in their work.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/emergency-response-centre-legislation-to-be-updated-to-comply-with-eu-data-protection-legislation
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12.10.2023 | The Government has submitted to Parliament a proposal aimed at reforming unemployment security to provide more incentives for work. The proposed amendments concern the prior work requirement for an employee to be entitled to unemployment benefit, the adjusted unemployment benefit, the starting date of the right to receive unemployment benefit, and the child increments to unemployment benefits.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/government-proposes-several-amendments-to-act-on-unemployment-security-to-increase-employment
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27.10.2021 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin will attend the 73rd Session of the Nordic Council and the meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers in Copenhagen on Wednesday 3 November. This year, Finland holds the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, which is the official body for intergovernmental Nordic cooperation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-and-other-ministers-to-attend-nordic-meetings
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7.9.2022 | Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to take part in Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting Ministry of Defence Publication date 7.9.2022 15.09 Type: Press release Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will participate in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group m...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-kaikkonen-to-take-part-in-ukraine-defense-contact-group-meeting
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6.2.2023 | Finland is rapidly sending a team of experts to Türkiye to assist in rescue efforts following a major earthquake. The experts will be deployed through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-sends-expert-assistance-to-turkiye-
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20.3.2023 | Finland will grant additional EUR 12 million in humanitarian assistance to help earthquake survivors in Türkiye and Syria. The support will be used to finance food aid, water services, emergency shelters and protection to those who lost their homes.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-grant-additional-support-to-earthquake-areas-in-turkiye-and-syria
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1.2.2023 | On January 31, 2023, Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security John K. Tien and Krista Mikkonen, Minister of Interior of Finland, and their respective delegations met in Washington, D.C.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/on-january-31-2023-deputy-secretary-for-homeland-security-john-k.-tien-and-krista-mikkonen-minister-of-interior-of-finland-and-their-respective-delegations-met-in-washington-d.c
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28.11.2022 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto visited Kyiv, Ukraine, on 28 November together with Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers. In Kyiv, the foreign ministers met the President and the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, among others, and reaffirmed their countries’ firm support to Ukraine.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-foreign-affairs-haavisto-visited-ukraine
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8.2.2023 | Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will visit New Delhi and Mumbai from 8 to 10 February. The visit aims to promote commercial and economic opportunities between Finland and India. In Mumbai, Minister Skinnari will inaugurate Finland’s new Consulate General. Parts of his programme will be a collaboration with Norway’s Minister of Trade and Industry.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-skinnari-to-lead-a-trade-mission-to-india
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22.6.2022 | Rapid changes in the operating environment in recent years have brought security of supply and preparedness into the forefront of social discourse. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is currently preparing a report on security of supply, which will define the key policies for its development until 2030.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/comments-requested-on-report-on-security-of-supply-
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22.6.2022 | The preparations for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) will continue in July under the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The preparations have advanced well and from Finland's point of view the work will lay a good groundwork for the regulatory drafting in the matter.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/finland-active-in-the-preparations-for-the-trans-european-transport-network-1784000
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22.6.2022 | The preparations for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) will continue in July under the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The preparations have advanced well and from Finland's point of view the work will lay a good groundwork for the regulatory drafting in the matter.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-active-in-the-preparations-for-the-trans-european-transport-network
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6.10.2022 | Finland to deliver more defence materiel assistance to Ukraine Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence Publication date 6.10.2022 13.57 Type: Press release Finland will deliver another package of defence materiel to Ukraine. The President of the R...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/finland-to-deliver-more-defence-materiel-assistance-to-ukraine-1
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11.5.2023 | Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has aggravated world hunger and multiplied global humanitarian needs. For this reason, Finland’s humanitarian assistance focuses on life-saving food in 2023.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-gives-humanitarian-assistance-to-ease-hunger
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4.10.2022 | On Tuesday 4 October, Prime Minister Sanna Marin will attend a video meeting with the President of the European Council and the leaders of three other EU Member States.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-to-speak-with-several-eu-leaders-4
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1.3.2023 | In a joint letter to the presidents of the European Commission and European Council, Finland and nine other EU Member States call for a long-term strategy to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness and global influence. The countries hope that the European Council can adopt the strategy this spring. The European Council will discuss the European economy and competitiveness in its meeting at the end of March.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10616/finland-and-several-other-member-states-call-for-strategy-to-improve-europe-s-competitiveness
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8.11.2021 | Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to host Nordic colleagues in Kirkkonummi Ministry of Defence Publication date 8.11.2021 12.35 Type: Press release Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will host a ministerial meeting on Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORD...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-kaikkonen-to-host-nordic-colleagues-in-kirkkonummi
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17.3.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin met with Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Wednesday 16 March 2022. In their meeting, Prime Minister Marin and Federal Chancellor Scholz discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the development of European security and defence cooperation and the EU’s economic and energy policy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-meets-with-german-federal-chancellor-scholz-in-berlin
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14.10.2022 | EU foreign ministers will convene in Luxembourg on 17 October. Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-foreign-affairs-council-to-discuss-russia-s-military-aggression-against-ukraine-and-matters-concerning-china
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16.6.2022 | The board of directors of Työkanava Oy has appointed Sari Nikkola as the company’s chief executive. She will start in the position on 1 September 2022.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/sari-nikkola-to-head-tyokanava-from-1-september
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20.2.2023 | A new young people’s climate change and nature group will be established under the Prime Minister’s Office. The group will be tasked to support the ministries in the planning, implementation and impact assessment of youth participation. The aim is to ensure the fairness of different policy measures from the perspective of future generations.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/youth-participation-in-decision-making-on-climate-and-nature-to-be-strengthened-by-new-young-people-s-climate-change-and-nature-group
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8.7.2022 | Following the death of former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister Sanna Marin expresses her condolences on behalf of the Finnish Government to Abe's loved ones and to the people of Japan.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-expresses-her-condolences-following-the-death-of-former-japanese-prime-minister-shinzo-abe
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6.2.2023 | The 61st session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) will be held in New York from 6 to 15 February 2023. Finland will be represented at the session by Minister of Social Affairs and Health Hanna Sarkkinen and Youth Delegate Hung Ly. Finland, the International Labour Organization ILO, the African Union and UN Women will organise a side event focusing on social protection and the effects of climate change.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/social-development-and-sustainability-employment-and-decent-work-on-the-agenda-of-un-csocd-session
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27.10.2022 | On 27 October 2022, the Government decided to grant EUR 3 million to the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Central Finland for managing the sudden structural change in Jämsä. The funding will be especially allocated to investment and development projects of SMEs that create new jobs and support business renewal.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-grants-eur-3-million-in-business-financing-for-managing-structural-change-in-jamsa
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6.12.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin attended the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tirana, Albania.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-at-summit-unity-of-the-eu-and-the-western-balkans-is-more-important-than-ever-before
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15.3.2023 | Finland has been one of the leading providers of assistance to Ukraine's energy sector during the war. On Tuesday 14 March, the latest energy sector assistance, a smart solar power system, was sent from Finland to Ukraine.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-sent-solar-power-system-and-other-energy-sector-assistance-to-ukraine
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9.3.2023 | In its meeting on 9 March, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs outlined Finland’s positions on strengthening the EU’s strategic autonomy and influencing the mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework, and on the topics to be discussed at next week’s meetings of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council and the Eurogroup.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-european-affairs-discusses-eu-strategic-autonomy
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14.6.2022 | The Fifth National Dialogues Conference (NDC) will bring about 120 peace mediation experts from 30 different countries to Helsinki on 15–16 June. On the two days, the conference will focus on the significance and challenges of national dialogues in the changing world. Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto will open the conference and participate in the opening panel discussion.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/national-dialogues-support-peace-in-an-unstable-world-conference-on-national-dialogues-in-helsinki
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14.3.2022 | EU ministers responsible for employment and social affairs will meet to discuss gender equality in boards of listed companies, prevention of discrimination in recruitment and ways of increasing diversity in working life. The ministers will also discuss the reception of Ukrainian refugees.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/ministers-to-meet-in-brussels-to-discuss-equality-in-working-life-and-reception-of-ukrainian-refugees
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17.3.2023 | The measures to reduce emissions have progressed as planned, but the trend in carbon sinks jeopardises the achievement of carbon neutrality by 2035.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/ministerial-working-group-on-climate-and-energy-policy-sums-up-climate-work-during-this-government-term
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15.9.2023 | On Friday, 15 September, the Finnish Government’s Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs outlined Finland’s positions on the EU Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (Taxonomy Regulation) and the Commission communication on a sustainable finance framework. In addition, the Ministerial Committee outlined Finland’s positions on Spain’s request...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-european-union-affairs-discusses-sustainable-finance-essential-patents-and-new-genomic-techniques
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5.10.2022 | The central government will implement an extensive energy saving programme in its premises with the aim to help Finland overcome the current challenging energy situation. The Ministerial working group on developing the digital transformation, the data economy and public administration discussed the matter on 5 October. Minister of Local Government Sirpa Paatero fully took over as chair of the ministerial working group for the remainder of the government term.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/ministerial-working-group-endorses-energy-saving-programme-in-government-premises
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24.10.2022 | Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to visit Japan Ministry of Defence Publication date 24.10.2022 15.00 Type: Press release Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will make a working visit to Japan on 25 to 27 October 2022. Minister Kaikkonen’s delegation...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-kaikkonen-to-visit-japan
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17.2.2023 | Finland will send fire engines, an ambulance, a tanker truck and equipment needed for rescue operations to Ukraine on Friday 17 February. These vehicles and equipment were donated by the Rescue Departments of Central Uusimaa and Pirkanmaa. Assistance will be delivered to Ukraine through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-sends-rescue-service-vehicles-and-equipment-to-ukraine
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8.12.2022 | Finland will grant EUR 4.5 million in additional support to help Ukraine’s energy sector. The support will be used to address acute energy needs in schools, early education centres and hospitals and to develop the country’s energy efficiency in the longer term.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-supports-energy-supply-to-schools-early-education-centres-and-hospitals-in-ukraine
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9.3.2023 | The Sámi Climate Council to be established under the new Climate Act will begin its work in the spring. The purpose of the Sámi Climate Council is to bring the knowledge base and perspectives of the Sámi people into the climate policy processes.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/government-adopts-decree-on-sami-climate-council
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2.9.2022 | In the supplementary budget in July, the Government allocated additional funds to Ukraine amounting to EUR 70 million. Half of these funds has now been granted to improving food security and reproductive health services, ensuring the payment of teachers’ salaries, and to providing accommodation in Ukraine for those who have lost their homes.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-gives-humanitarian-assistance-temporary-accommodation-units-and-public-administration-support-to-ukraine
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2.2.2023 | The Government submitted the first supplementary budget proposal for 2023 to Parliament on Thursday 2 February.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10616/government-submits-supplementary-budget-proposal-to-parliament-2
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19.9.2022 | The Government has submitted a proposal to Parliament on a pay subsidy reform with the aim of promoting the employment of people in a vulnerable labour market position and increasing the use of pay subsidies, especially by businesses.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/pay-subsidy-reform-simplifies-regulation-and-promotes-the-employment-of-people-in-a-vulnerable-labour-market-position
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4.7.2022 | Finland sends more defence materiel assistance to Ukraine Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence Publication date 4.7.2022 18.15 Type: Press release On July 4th 2022, the President of the Republic decided, at the proposal of the Government, that ...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/finland-sends-more-defence-materiel-assistance-to-ukraine
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28.6.2023 | The Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Government met for the first time on Wednesday 28 June. The Ministerial Committee outlined Finland’s positions on the matters to be discussed at the June European Council and on the Commission’s Communication on a European economic security strategy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-eu-affairs-discuss-issues-on-agenda-at-european-council
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22.2.2023 | Minister of the Interior Krista Mikkonen will visit Moldova on 22–24 February. During the visit, Mikkonen will meet the Moldovan Minister of Internal Affairs Ana Revenco and the Representative of the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR in Moldova, Francesca Bonelli, among others. The topics of discussion in the meetings during the trip include Ukraine’s refugees and civilian crisis management.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/minister-mikkonen-to-visit-moldova
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9.6.2022 | The Climate Change Act lays the foundation for national work on climate change in Finland. The reformed Act sets emission reductions targets for 2030, 2040 and 2050. Now the target of a carbon-neutral Finland by 2035 has for the first time been laid down by law.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/new-climate-change-act-into-force-in-july
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25.2.2022 | The European Union has reacted in a swift, strong and unified manner to the military action taken by Russian in Ukraine on Thursday 24 February. On the same, a special meeting of the European Council agreed on further restrictive measures that will have massive and severe consequences for Russia. At the start of the meeting, the EU leaders spoke remotely with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-leaders-agree-on-new-sanctions-against-russia
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14.1.2022 | In its meeting on Friday 14 January, the Government’s Ministerial Working Group on Coordinating COVID-19 Response discussed the development of the epidemic, closures of food and beverage service businesses and compensation for the costs of restrictive measures. On Friday morning, the ministerial working group received an overview of the epidemiological situation and heard preliminary assessments...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-working-group-on-covid-19-decides-on-compensation-for-costs-of-restrictive-measures-and-on-additional-restrictions-to-be-placed-on-food-and-beverage-service-businesses
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24.10.2022 | Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar from 24 to 27 October 2022. During his visit, Minister Skinnari will meet Saudi Arabian and Qatari ministers and representatives of business life. In addition, he will deliver a keynote address at the international Future Investment Initiative Forum (FII), which will be held in Riyadh on from 25 to 27 October.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-skinnari-to-visit-saudi-arabia-and-qatar
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20.2.2023 | Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will lead a broad delegation on a visit to Uzbekistan from 21 to 23 February and to Kazakhstan from 23 to 25 February. Minister Skinnari is scheduled to meet state leaders of both countries.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-skinnari-to-visit-central-asia-together-with-finnish-companies
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13.8.2021 | “The ministry's draft budget is aimed at boosting sustainable growth. We will invest in good management of employment, skills, innovations, low carbon solutions and digitalisation,” say Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen and Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä about the draft budget of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment for 2022.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/draft-budget-of-the-ministry-of-economic-affairs-and-employment-for-2022-aiming-to-boost-sustainable-growth
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18.10.2021 | Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen and Under-Secretary of State Elina Pylkkänen will visit Stockholm on 18 October 2021. The programme includes a meeting with Sweden’s Minister for Employment Eva Nordmark and a visit to the Samhall company. Finland's new state-owned company to promote employment of the most disadvantaged people with partial work ability has been modelled after Samhall.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/minister-of-employment-haatainen-to-visit-sweden-s-samhall-that-employs-people-with-partial-work-ability
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21.3.2022 | The Climate Policy Roundtable will hold its 14th meeting on Tuesday 22 March 2022. It will discuss the climate plan for the land use sector, which is due to be circulated for comments in the next few weeks. The Roundtable will consider whether the proposed set of measures is balanced and effective and how fairness should be taken into account in the plan. The Roundtable is chaired by Prime Minister Sanna Marin.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/climate-policy-roundtable-meets-to-discuss-climate-plan-for-land-use-sector
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3.6.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin will meet with Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi on Friday 3 June during her visit to Washington, DC.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-sanna-marin-to-meet-with-speaker-of-united-states-house-of-representatives-nancy-pelosi
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25.3.2022 | On the second day of its meeting, the European Council focused on energy issues and the EU’s security and defence policy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-to-phase-out-dependency-on-russian-energy-as-soon-as-possible
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9.3.2023 | EU home affairs ministers gather in Brussels on 9 March for a meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council. Items on the agenda include the monitoring of the implementation of the Action Plans on the Western Balkans and Central Mediterranean migration routes. The European Commission presented both plans at the end of last year. Minister of the Interior Krista Mikkonen will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/home-affairs-ministers-to-discuss-migration-and-eu-visa-policy
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22.3.2023 | On Wednesday 22 March, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs outlined Finland’s positions for the European Council meeting, the Euro Summit and the meeting of the EU Energy Council, and discussed the proposal for a regulation on CO2 emission standards for new heavy-duty vehicles.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-eu-affairs-outlines-positions-on-ukraine-and-competitiveness-ahead-of-european-council
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17.10.2022 | Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Catherine Russell will visit Finland on 19 October. Russell was invited to Finland by Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/executive-director-of-unicef-catherine-russell-to-visit-finland
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20.1.2023 | Finland to deliver more defence materiel to Ukraine Ministry of Defence Publication date 20.1.2023 9.00 Type: Press release Finland will deliver another package of defence materiel to Ukraine. The President of the Republic decided on the matter on...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/finland-to-deliver-more-defence-materiel-to-ukraine-4
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4.11.2022 | The Guidelines for Impact Assessment in Law Drafting help law drafters plan impact assessments, identify and assess different types of impacts and, where necessary, seek further information.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410853/new-guidelines-for-impact-assessment-to-support-high-quality-law-drafting
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16.5.2023 | The Council of Europe has long been monitoring Russia’s alarming situation of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. For many years, the Council tried to exert influence over Russia by keeping the country as a Member and within the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). However, Russia launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 was the last straw, and the Council decided to expel Russia only three weeks later.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/international-register-to-record-damage-caused-by-russia-s-aggression-against-ukraine
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12.9.2022 | The Transport and Communications Agency Traficom reported on 12 September 2022 that the number of cyber attacks has increased globally this year. After a quieter period in the spring, activity towards Finland has also increased.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-harakka-sustained-funding-for-cyber-security-must-be-ensured