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  1. 11.11.2021 | The Government has adopted new programmes for the European Union Home Affairs Funds for the programming period 2021–2027. The Funds for the programming period include the Internal Security Fund, the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/new-programmes-adopted-for-eu-home-affairs-funds-for-the-2021-2027-programming-period
  2. 12.1.2022 | The European Commission wants to increase opportunities for a successful social economy in Europe. The Commission’s interest in the matter is based on the benefits that the social economy can bring for employment and the economy as a whole. The Commission published its action plan for the social economy on 9 December 2021.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/social-economy-can-create-sustainable-wellbeing-in-finland-and-throughout-europe
  3. 6.11.2023 | The Russian salvage vessel Spasatel KarevKarev began to repair Rostelecom’s Baltika telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland on 6 November. The company has negotiated with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment concerning the repair of the faulty cable, which is partly located in Finland’s exclusive economic zone.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/russia-starts-repairs-of-its-baltika-data-cable-in-the-gulf-of-finland
  4. 17.6.2021 | The entrepreneurship programme Draft Program of the Karelia University of Applied Sciences in Joensuu and the Kuopio Living Lab product development and testing service concept of the City of Kuopio are the winners of Finland’s national competition for the European Enterprise Promotion Awards.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/finland-selects-its-candidates-for-the-european-enterprise-promotion-awards
  5. 10.1.2025 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications is requesting opinions on an assessment memorandum regarding regulatory and implementation options for a system to respond to location study requests. Opinions may be submitted until 24 January 2025.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/consultation-process-on-implementation-options-for-location-study-systems-starts
  6. 4.6.2020 | Businesses in the food and beverage service sector can receive support for job retention and the re-employment of employees once their activities resume, along with compensation for the restrictions on their activities due to COVID-19. The support and compensation will be granted by the KEHA Centre, which provides development and administrative services for the Centres for Economic Development, Transp...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/suuri-osa-ravitsemisyrityksista-saa-hyvitysta-toiminnan-rajoittamisesta-ilman-hakemusta-tukea-tyollistamiseen-voi-hakea-5-kesakuuta-alkaen
  7. 9.11.2023 | Former President of the Republic of Finland, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Ambassador and State Secretary of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Martti Ahtisaari passed away in Helsinki on 16 October 2023 at the age of 86. He was born on 23 June 1937 in Vyborg.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/martti-ahtisaari-1937-2023
  8. 16.4.2026 | A Finnish-led project has applied for EUR 9.55 million in European Commission funding to reinforce subsea cable repair capacity. The project is coordinated by the Finnish National Emergency Supply Agency and involves partners from Finland, Sweden and Estonia. The Ministerial Finance Committee decided in favour of the proposal on 16 April 2026.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/finland-seeks-eu-funding-for-subsea-cable-repair-capacity
  9. 27.9.2021 | The Competitiveness Council will discuss the EU’s climate package, ‘Fit for 55', from an industrial perspective, the role of better regulation in developing competitiveness and the internal market, and the governance reform of the European Research Area. 
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/eu-competitiveness-ministers-to-discuss-fit-for-55-and-internal-market-development
  10. 9.4.2026 | The Finnish Ministry of Defence and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) signed a government-to-government contract on 9 April 2026 regarding the purchase of surplus K9 self-propelled howitzers.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/finland-procures-more-155-mm-k9-self-propelled-howitzers-from-the-republic-of-korea
  11. Hallituksen esitys eduskunnalle ydinpuolustustietoja koskevasta yhteistyöstä Pohjois-Atlantin sopimuksen osapuolten välillä tehdyn sopimuksen hyväksymiseksi ja voimaansaattamiseksi ESITYKSEN PÄÄASIALLINEN SISÄLTÖ Esityksessä ehdotetaan, että edusk...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/delegate/file/136877
  12. 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
  13. 30.4.2021 | Minister of Social Affairs and Health Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Krista Kiuru and Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality Thomas Blomqvist say that the Government’s decisions at its mid-term policy review session will reinforce health and social services, improve access to care, safeguard the financing and activities of third-sector operators, promote the employment of people with partial work ability, and prevent disability pensions and sick leaves.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/decisions-in-the-mid-term-review-promote-wellbeing-and-support-covid-19-recovery-efforts
  14. 16.5.2024 | The Government proposes that the President of the Republic approve amendments to the Rail Transport Act and the Act on Transport Services. The amendments to the Rail Transport Act concern the investment-based raise to the basic railway infrastructure charge. The Act on Transport Services is to be amended with regard to licensing regulation.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/amendments-to-rail-transport-act-licensing-and-railway-infrastructure-charge-to-be-specified
  15. 22.5.2024 | Experiences and views of anti-Semitism in Finland – A report on discrimination and hate crime targeting Jews’ is a new report indicating that the majority of people who identify as Jews feel that anti-Semitism has risen in Finland in recent years.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410853/report-anti-semitism-has-risen-in-finland-over-the-past-five-years
  16. 13.5.2026 | The rescEU Medical Stockpile hosted in Finland reached its full material readiness at the end of April. All products specified in the original plan have now been purchased and stored and they are ready to go. The project was completed on schedule, thanks to seamless cooperation among the different parties.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-s-resceu-medical-stockpile-reached-full-readiness
  17. 16.2.2024 | EU foreign ministers will convene in Brussels on 19 February. State Secretary Lauri Tierala will represent Finland at the meeting.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-foreign-affairs-council-to-discuss-russian-aggression-against-ukraine-situation-in-the-middle-east-and-the-sahel
  18. 25.2.2021 | On 24 February, the Commission adopted a new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change as part of the European Green Deal. The impacts of climate change are proceeding even more strongly and rapidly than expected. Besides mitigation, we must also prepare for and adapt to the changes and risks brought about by climate change. The EU Strategy on Adaptation incorporates adaptation into all policy actions.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/building-a-climate-resilient-europe-commission-published-a-new-eu-strategy-on-adaptation-to-climate-change
  19. 29.4.2024 | The Digital and Population Data Services Agency has started sending out polling cards (notices of right to vote) for the 2024 elections to the European Parliament, or European elections. A polling card will be sent to each eligible voter either by letter or via Suomi.fi Web Service in April or May. All polling cards will be sent out by 16 May 2024.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410853/polling-cards-for-the-2024-european-elections-now-being-sent-to-voters
  20. 8.5.2024 | On 8 May 2024, the Government submitted a legislative proposal to Parliament on amending the Act on Fixed-Term Subsidies for the Purchase of Vehicles Powered by Alternative Fuels.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/government-proposes-amendments-to-the-act-on-purchase-subsidy-schemes