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15.8.2025 | Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne has invited Jesse Horsma, Bachelor of Science in Economics, to serve as her Special Adviser.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/jesse-horsma-appointed-to-serve-as-special-adviser-to-minister-ranne
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14.7.2023 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen has appointed Elisa Tarkiainen and Eemil Nuuttila to serve as her special advisers.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/elisa-tarkiainen-and-eemil-nuuttila-appointed-special-advisers-to-minister-for-foreign-affairs-valtonen
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30.8.2024 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has invited Elisa Tarkiainen to serve as his special adviser at the Prime Minister’s Office. Tarkiainen will be responsible for EU affairs and for matters related to general and foreign policy. She will take up her duties on 1 September 2024.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/elisa-tarkiainen-appointed-special-adviser-to-prime-minister-orpo
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24.6.2026 | The EU Environment Council will meet in Luxembourg on Thursday 25 June. Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala will represent Finland at the meeting. Finland supports strong emissions trading in the EU, an ambitious climate policy and increased allocation of private and public funding for nature protection.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/eu-climate-and-environment-ministers-meet-in-luxembourg-to-discuss-emission-standards-for-automotive-industry-and-biodiversity
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22.9.2025 | A total of EUR 238.8 million in appropriations is proposed for the main title of the Prime Minister’s Office. The draft budget appropriations cover the operating expenses of both the Prime Minister’s Office and the Office of the Chancellor of Justice, the salary expenses of ministers, state secretaries and special advisers, as well as subsidies to political parties, among other things.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/government-proposal-for-appropriations-to-the-prime-minister-s-office-for-2026-
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2.9.2024 | Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman has appointed Lars Aikala as his Special Adviser. Aikala holds the degrees of Master of Laws and Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/lars-aikala-appointed-as-special-adviser-to-minister-of-economic-affairs
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9.8.2024 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Joakim Strand has invited Master of Social Sciences Alexander Lång to serve his Special Adviser at the Prime Minister’s Office.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/alexander-lang-appointed-to-serve-as-special-adviser-to-minister-strand
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25.6.2026 | The clean energy transition continues to make good progress: the use of fossil energy sources keeps decreasing in industry, electricity production and heating. The trend in emissions takes us in the right direction, but more work will be needed in all sectors to reach the climate targets nationally and at the EU level.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/annual-climate-report-2026-finland-s-net-emissions-decreased-by-six-per-cent-from-previous-year-but-there-is-still-way-to-go-to-reach-carbon-neutrality
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Ministerial committees and working groups The Government has four statutory ministerial committees with different areas of responsibility: the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/governments/ministerial-committees-and-ministerial-working-groups
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8.8.2025 | For its main title of expenditure, the Prime Minister's Office proposes an appropriation of EUR 245.2 million for 2026. The draft budget appropriations cover the operating expenses of both the Prime Minister’s Office and those of the Office of the Chancellor of Justice, the salary expenses of ministers, state secretaries and special advisers, as well as subsidies to political parties, among other things.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-s-office-draft-budget-2026
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5.3.2025 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will attend a special summit of the European Council in Brussels on 6 March. The meeting will focus on support for Ukraine and European security. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend via video connection.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-to-attend-special-european-council-in-brussels
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14.6.2022 | Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä has appointed Master of Social Sciences Matias Ollila and Bachelor of Administrative Sciences Hannes Torppa as his Special Advisers. Ollila will take up his duties on 17 June with industrial policy and communications as his responsibilities, while Torppa will start in the position on 1 July, focusing on energy policy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/matias-ollila-and-hannes-torppa-appointed-as-special-advisers-to-minister-of-economic-affairs
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28.2.2024 | Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen has invited Eemil Nuuttila to serve as her Special Adviser. Nuuttila will deputise for Special Adviser Niilo Heinonen during his family leave between 1 March and 31 July 2024.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/eemil-nuuttila-appointed-as-special-adviser-to-minister-grahn-laasonen
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7.2.2025 | Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne has invited Jussi Laatikainen, Bachelor of Social Sciences, to serve as her Special Adviser.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/jussi-laatikainen-appointed-to-serve-as-special-adviser-to-minister-ranne
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3.4.2025 | On 3 April 2025, the Government submitted to Parliament its proposal for an act amending the Act on the State’s Export Credit Guarantees to increase the maximum guarantee liability for special risk-taking from EUR 8 billion to EUR 12 billion.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-to-increase-finnvera-s-maximum-guarantee-liability-for-special-risk-taking
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5.3.2025 | At its meeting on Wednesday 5 March, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs outlined Finland’s positions for the Special European Council on Thursday 6 March in Brussels, where the EU leaders will discuss Ukraine and European defence.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-european-union-affairs-discusses-special-european-council-1
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6.5.2025 | The Nordic and Baltic ministers of culture convened at an informal meeting on Tuesday 6 May 2025 in Helsinki to discuss the protection of cultural heritage in a crisis or war as part of preparedness work and resilience. Ukraine's Minister of Culture Mykola Tochytskyi attended the meeting as a special guest.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/ukraine-attends-informal-meeting-of-nordic-baltic-ministers-of-culture-as-special-guest
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22.12.2023 | Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen has invited Teresa Salminen, Master of Social Sciences, to serve as her Special Adviser. Salminen will deputise for Special Adviser Sakari Rokkanen during his family leave between 2 January and 31 July 2024.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/teresa-salminen-appointed-as-special-adviser-to-minister-grahn-laasonen
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1.9.2023 | Tuomas Tähti has been appointed as the second Special Adviser to Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio. He serves as the Minister’s Special Adviser in development policy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/tuomas-tahti-appointed-as-special-adviser-to-minister-tavio
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11.3.2025 | Sandra Bergqvist, Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity will be travelling with the Finnish Paralympic Committee to Italy and visit the Special Olympics World Winter Games for athletes with disabilities between 12 and 14 March 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/minister-bergqvist-to-visit-turin-to-follow-the-special-olympics-winter-world-championships
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11.7.2023 | Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio has invited Janna Rantanen to serve as his Special Adviser. Another special adviser to the Minister will be appointed in the autumn.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/janna-rantanen-appointed-as-special-adviser-to-minister-tavio
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19.11.2021 | Milja Henttonen, Jarno Lappalainen and Erkki Perälä have been appointed as Special Advisers to the new Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Emma Kari. Antti Heikkinen and Riikka Yliluoma will continue as Special Advisers to the Minister.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/special-advisers-to-minister-kari-antti-heikkinen-milja-henttonen-jarno-lappalainen-erkki-perala-and-riikka-yliluoma
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16.8.2021 | Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen appoints Iiris Niinikoski and Piritta Jokelainen as Special Advisershttps://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/iiris-niinikoski-and-piritta-jokelainen-named-special-advisers-to-minister-of-employment
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26.6.2026 | In its meeting on Friday 26 June, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs outlined its positions on the new package of sanctions proposed by the Commission and the External Action Service in response to Russia’s military actions in Ukraine. The 21st sanctions package expands personal and entity sanctions, sectoral sanctions and sanctions against Belarus. Finland supports the sanctions.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-european-union-affairs-discusses-21st-eu-sanctions-package
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22.1.2025 | As part of Finland’s Chairpersonship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE, Kerstin Stendahl from the Ministry of the Environment has started as the Special Representative on Climate and Security. Finland holds the OSCE Chairpersonship in 2025. The overarching theme of Finland’s Chairpersonship is resilience, which is also being challenged by climate change.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/new-osce-special-representative-kerstin-stendahl-climate-security-is-part-of-crisis-resilience
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6.9.2023 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Anders Adlercreutz has invited Andreas Elfving, Bachelor of Social Sciences, to serve as his Special Adviser at the Prime Minister's Office.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/andreas-elfving-appointed-to-serve-as-special-adviser-to-minister-adlercreutz
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21.1.2025 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Joakim Strand has invited Master of Political Science Benina Uotinen to serve his Special Adviser at the Prime Minister’s Office.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/benina-uotinen-appointed-to-serve-as-special-adviser-to-minister-for-european-affairs-and-ownership-steering-strand
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17.8.2023 | Master of Social Sciences Marjo Lindgren took up her post as Special Adviser to Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne on 14 August 2023.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/marjo-lindgren-appointed-to-serve-as-special-adviser-to-minister-ranne
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24.1.2025 | On 24 January, the President of the Republic appointed Minister of Science and Culture Sari Multala, Master of Science in Economics, to the post of Minister of Climate and the Environment and Member of Parliament Mari-Leena Talvitie, Master of Science in Engineering, as a member of the Government and as the new Minister of Science and Culture.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/sari-multala-to-serve-as-minister-of-climate-and-the-environment-mari-leena-talvitie-as-minister-of-science-and-culture
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3.7.2026 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen will attend the NATO Summit, held in Ankara, Türkiye, on 7–8 July 2026.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-hakkanen-to-attend-nato-summit-in-ankara
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15.6.2026 | The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has adopted Finland’s first comprehensive Indo-Pacific policy, responding to the region’s growing economic and geopolitical significance.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministry-for-foreign-affairs-policy-on-finland-s-indo-pacific-approach-prioritising-stability-and-cooperation
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29.5.2026 | Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will open the Ministerial Council Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris on 3 June. Finland will chair the meeting for the first time in more than 40 years. Several ministers from Finland will attend the meeting. In Paris, Prime Minister Orpo will also have a bilateral meeting with the French President Emmanuel Macron.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-chair-oecd-ministerial-council-meeting-in-paris-prime-minister-orpo-to-meet-french-president-macron
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16.12.2022 | Otto Köngäs took up his duties as Special Adviser to Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Krista Kiuru on 16 December 2022. He will be responsible for issues involving alcohol and drugs, mental health, and services for older people and people with disabilities and children and young people.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/otto-kongas-to-serve-as-special-adviser-to-minister-kiuru
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30.6.2026 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will be part of the delegation of the President of the Republic Alexander Stubb to the NATO Summit in Ankara, Türkiye, on 7–8 July.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finnish-foreign-minister-valtonen-to-attend-nato-summit
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17.6.2026 | The EU heads of state and government will meet for the European Council in Brussels on 18–19 June. Discussions at the meeting will focus on Ukraine, the Middle East, global economic challenges for European competitiveness and the EU's multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2028–2034. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/european-council-to-discuss-ukraine-competitiveness-and-eu-budget-prime-minister-orpo-to-represent-finland
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9.6.2026 | The leading Finnish satellite company ICEYE announced 9.6.2026 that it raised EUR 450 million in new growth capital during a recent funding round. A Finnish consortium led by Solidium and consisting of Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment), Ilmarinen, Varma, Nokia and Lifeline Ventures is participating in the funding round together with international investors.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/ministers-strand-and-puisto-are-pleased-with-finland-s-increased-ownership-of-iceye
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30.6.2026 | Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will visit Helsinki on 5 July and meet Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/chinese-foreign-minister-wang-yi-to-visit-finland
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17.6.2026 | On Wednesday 17 June, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs outlined Finland’s positions for the European Council meeting at the end of this week. The Ministerial Committee also discussed ways to use the European Peace Facility (EPF) to support Ukraine, Commission Communication on fertilisers and reform of the merger control rules.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-european-union-affairs-outlined-positions-for-european-council-meeting
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2.12.2022 | Petteri Nurmi took up his duties as Special Adviser to Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Krista Kiuru on 1 December 2022. His areas of responsibility are social assistance, international affairs and rehabilitation.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/petteri-nurmi-to-serve-as-special-adviser-to-minister-kiuru
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6.5.2025 | On 6 May 2025, the President of the Republic appointed Member of Parliament Matias Marttinen, M.Pol.Sc., to serve as Minister of Employment.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/matias-marttinen-appointed-to-serve-as-minister-of-employment
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29.6.2026 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas will visit Finland on 29–30 June and meet Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-mozambique-maria-manuela-dos-santos-lucas-to-visit-finland
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28.6.2021 | Matti Hirvola and Jenny Suominen will deputise for Special Advisers to Krista Kiuru, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services, starting on 1 July and 1 August respectively.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/matti-hirvola-and-jenny-suominen-to-deputise-for-special-advisers-to-minister-of-family-affairs-and-social-services-krista-kiuru
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2.7.2026 | Effective and proactive action is needed to address the exploitation of foreign workers. The Government continues to combat labour exploitation by amending the rules on residence permits.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/public-consultation-changes-to-residence-permit-rules-to-combat-labour-exploitation
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21.2.2023 | Oikeustieteen maisteri Emilia Laaksonen on palannut vanhempainvapaalta sisäministeri Krista Mikkosen erityisavustajaksi maanantaina 20.2.2023.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/emilia-laaksonen-to-return-as-special-adviser-to-minister-of-the-interior-mikkonen
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29.6.2026 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Joakim Strand will visit Vilnius, Lithuania on 29–30 June. The programme for his visit will include discussions with Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigitas Mitkus and other high-level meetings.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-european-affairs-strand-to-visit-vilnius
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29.6.2026 | Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will visit Hamburg on 29 and 30 June to speak at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference. The visit will also include a business programme aimed at strengthening commercial and economic ties between Finland and Germany, in particular in the Hamburg region.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-tavio-to-visit-germany
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4.6.2026 | Finland has been awarded EUR 462,000 in EU funding to advance road safety under a European Commission call launched in late 2025. It will support a network-wide road safety assessment, the collection of road safety performance indicators, and the national implementation of the EU Road Safety Package.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/eu-funding-awarded-for-research-and-development-to-improve-road-safety
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17.10.2022 | Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen has invited Master of Administrative Sciences Emily Strohm to serve as her Special Adviser.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/emily-strohm-appointed-as-special-adviser-to-minister-of-employment
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13.2.2025 | Minister Anna-Kaisa Ikonen represented Finland at the World Governments Summit in the United Arab Emirates. At the event, the Suomi.fi service won the Govtech Prize for Best Government Service in the World.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/suomi.fi-wins-prize-for-best-government-service-in-the-world
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3.6.2026 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on 3 June. Their discussions focused on bilateral relations, the defence industry, the situation in Ukraine and the EU’s multiannual financial framework.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-and-france-to-further-deepen-cooperation-prime-minister-orpo-meets-with-french-president-macron
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5.7.2023 | Laura Rissanen is to serve as State Secretary to Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen. The minister has invited Sakari Rokkanen and Niilo Heinonen to serve as special assistants.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/state-secretary-and-special-assistants-appointed-for-minister-of-social-security-grahn-laasonen
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3.7.2026 | In its meeting on 3 July, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs specified Finland’s positions on the overall level of the EU’s multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2028–2034, new own resources and key issues for the negotiations. The ministerial committee also outlined Finland’s positions for three upcoming council meetings.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-eu-affairs-discusses-next-multiannual-financial-framework
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10.10.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin has invited Iiris Niinikoski to serve as her Special Adviser. Niinikoski, who holds a master’s degree in education, will be responsible for domestic policy and for institutional relations between the Government and Parliament. She will take up her duties on 10 October 2022.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/iiris-niinikoski-appointed-special-adviser-to-the-prime-minister
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17.6.2026 | Minister of Defence Häkkänen is attending meetings of the NATO defence ministers, NATO’s Nuclear Planning Group and the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at NATO Headquarters on 18 June.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-to-attend-meetings-of-nato-defence-ministers-nato-s-nuclear-planning-group-and-ukraine-defence-contact-group-in-brussels
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30.8.2024 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has invited Tuomas Tikkanen to serve as Senior Adviser in European Affairs as of 1 September 2024. Tikkanen will represent Prime Minister Orpo in the network of high-level advisers to EU heads of state or government. In other words, he will serve as the Prime Minister’s EU Sherpa.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/tuomas-tikkanen-appointed-senior-adviser-to-prime-minister-orpo-in-european-affairs
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12.6.2026 | Minister Anders Adlercreutz, who is responsible for Nordic cooperation, will attend the summer meeting of the ministers for Nordic cooperation in the Faroe Islands on 15–16 June.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-adlercreutz-to-attend-meeting-of-ministers-for-nordic-cooperation-in-the-faroe-islands
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21.5.2024 | Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne has invited Maaria Wallin (M.Sc., M.A.) to serve as her Special Adviser.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/maaria-wallin-appointed-to-serve-as-special-adviser-to-minister-ranne
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13.6.2019 | Prime Minister Antti Rinne has appointed Matti Hirvola, Pilvi-Elina Kupias, Tuulia Pitkänen, Dimitri Qvintus, Joonas Rahkola and Lauri Voionmaa to serve as his Special Advisers. In addition, the Prime Minister has appointed Jari Luoto as his Under-Secretary of State for EU Affairs. Last week Raimo Luoma was appointend as State Secretary to the Prime Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/special-advisers-to-prime-minister-antti-rinne-appointed
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13.4.2026 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo welcomes Jyrki Katainen’s designation as Special Adviser for EU-Arctic relations. The European Commission appointed Katainen to the position on Monday 13 April.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-finnish-expertise-is-recognised-and-valued-in-the-eu
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12.6.2026 | EU foreign affairs ministers will convene for a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on 15 June. Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-foreign-affairs-council-to-discuss-russia-s-war-of-aggression-the-middle-east-and-china