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  1. 30.8.2021 | The Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU has called an extraordinary meeting of home affairs ministers on Tuesday 31 August. Finland will be represented by Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo. The topics on the agenda will be the migratory and security impacts of the situation in Afghanistan.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/eu-home-affairs-ministers-to-discuss-situation-in-afghanistan
  2. 23.9.2021 | At its 65th General Conference, the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA elected Finland to the IAEA Board of Governors for a two-year term from September 2021 to September 2023 with a possible extension for a third year.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/finland-to-the-iaea-board-of-governors
  3. 13.4.2022 | The Government issued a decree on the enforcement of social legislation on road transport and division of responsibilities between different authorities on 13 April 2022. The decree entered into force on 18 April 2022. The decree harmonises the enforcement of social legislation on road transport with the EU legislation and strengthens the division of responsibilities between different authorities.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/reforms-concerning-enforcement-of-social-legislation-on-heavy-professional-road-transport-and-division-of-responsibilities-between-authorities-1728242
  4. 13.4.2022 | The Government issued a decree on the enforcement of social legislation on road transport and division of responsibilities between different authorities on 13 April 2022. The decree entered into force on 18 April 2022. The decree harmonises the enforcement of social legislation on road transport with the EU legislation and strengthens the division of responsibilities between different authorities.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/reforms-concerning-enforcement-of-social-legislation-on-heavy-professional-road-transport-and-division-of-responsibilities-between-authorities
  5. 23.6.2022 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on a draft proposal for amending the Aviation Act and the Act on Transport Services.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/proposal-for-amending-the-aviation-act-for-public-consultation
  6. 20.5.2022 | Gasgrid Finland Oy and US-based Excelerate Energy, Inc. signed a ten-year lease agreement for the LNG terminal ship Exemplar on 20 May 2022. The vessel will safeguard Finland’s security of supply and help Finland meet its gas needs in the event that imports of Russian pipeline gas are shut down.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/leasing-of-lng-terminal-ship-will-ensure-sufficient-gas-supply-in-finland
  7. 24.9.2021 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched a legislative project aimed at the adoption and national implementation of the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/status-of-the-international-association-of-marine-aids-to-navigation-and-lighthouse-authorities-to-be-strengthened
  8. 23.9.2021 | The Government proposes amendments to certain laws regulating market surveillance in Finland. The amendments will update national market surveillance structures to correspond with the new EU Market Surveillance Regulation. The proposal also aims to harmonise the regulation of market surveillance in Finland. The amendments are set to enter into force during autumn 2021.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/legislative-amendments-to-reform-and-harmonise-market-surveillance-in-finland
  9. 19.8.2021 | Doctor of Social Sciences Mikko Vähä-Sipilä has been appointed Director at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment beginning on 24 August 2021. The Government decided on the appointment on 19 August 2021.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/mmikko-vaha-sipila-to-head-eu-s-recovery-and-resilience-facility-measures-at-the-ministry-of-economic-affairs-and-employment
  10. 22.11.2021 | The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will meet on 22-26 November 2021. The aim of the remote meeting is to discuss ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping and to discuss a more stringent emission reduction target for 2050. Finland is in favour of raising the global target for reducing emissions by 2050.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/imo-negotiations-on-higher-emission-reduction-targets-for-2050-1588325
  11. 22.11.2021 | The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will meet on 22-26 November 2021. The aim of the remote meeting is to discuss ways to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping and to discuss a more stringent emission reduction target for 2050. Finland is in favour of raising the global target for reducing emissions by 2050.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/imo-negotiations-on-higher-emission-reduction-targets-for-2050
  12. 30.5.2022 | Minister of the Interior Krista Mikkonen will visit Stockholm on 31 May and meet with her colleagues, Minister for Integration and Migration Anders Ygeman and Minister of Justice and Home Affairs Morgan Johansson. Items on the agenda include the situation in Ukraine and questions relating to the countries’ NATO membership.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/minister-of-the-interior-mikkonen-to-visit-stockholm-on-31-may-
  13. 1.4.2022 | The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is surveying Finland’s possibilities to participate in the World Expo 2025, hosted by Japan in Osaka. All companies and other corporations interested in the Japanese market will be invited to join.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/ministry-of-economic-affairs-and-employment-charts-companies-interest-in-world-expo-2025-in-osaka
  14. 2.11.2021 | Finland has joined the Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use of the Glasgow Climate Change Conference, whereby more than one hundred countries commit to stopping deforestation by 2030. President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö will speak at the publication event of the Declaration on Forests in Glasgow on Tuesday.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-joins-glasgow-leaders-declaration-on-forests-and-land-use
  15. 27.1.2021 | The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation have agreed to expand cooperation on game management. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Jari Leppä and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Aleksandr Kozlov signed the Joint Statement on 27 January 2021. The signing of the statement took place via remote connection.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/finland-and-russia-enhance-cooperation-on-game-management-all-game-animal-species-included-in-the-statement
  16. 21.4.2021 | The EU Member States, European Parliament and Commission reached a provisional agreement on the European Climate Law early on Wednesday 21 April. With this law, the objective of a climate-neutral EU by 2050 is written into binding legislation. The Climate Law also includes EU’s climate target of  at least 55% by 2030.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/minister-mikkonen-agreement-on-european-climate-law-a-major-step-towards-a-climate-neutral-europe-
  17. 21.6.2022 | The annual meeting of the European Goose Management International Working Group under the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds AEWA will be held in Helsinki on 21–23 June 2022. AEWA and its Individual Species Working Groups (ISWG) are important for Finland in terms of the protection and sustainable exploitation of the migratory aquatic and shore birds found in Finland.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/un-goose-management-working-group-meets-in-helsinki-to-discuss-population-trends-and-joint-measures
  18. 18.8.2021 | This week, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has released a non-return advisory calling for all countries to suspend the return of Afghan nationals to their country of origin. The advisory also applies to the return of asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected. Finland has followed this policy for several weeks now.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/non-return-of-persons-from-finland-to-afghanistan-policy-in-line-with-un-advisory
  19. 27.4.2021 | On 27 April, Finland offered to provide India with material assistance to help the country in the extremely difficult COVID-19 crisis. Finland is prepared to send oxygen bottles to India via the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-offers-assistance-to-help-india-fight-covid-19-epidemic
  20. 2.11.2021 | Finland has joined the Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use of the Glasgow Climate Change Conference, whereby more than one hundred countries commit to stopping deforestation by 2030. President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö will speak at the publication event of the Declaration on Forests in Glasgow on Tuesday.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/finland-joins-glasgow-leaders-declaration-on-forests-and-land-use