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31.8.2021 | Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will visit Japan on 1–5 September 2021. Minister Skinnari will attend the Tokyo 2021 Paralympic Games as a representative of Finnish state leaders and have meetings with Japanese ministers and representatives of Japanese companies.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-skinnari-to-visit-tokyo
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22.11.2021 | Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will visit Oslo on 22–23 November. Minister Skinnari will meet ministers of Norway’s new Government and visit a waste treatment plant that makes use of carbon capture technologies. The Minister will also attend a seminar organised by the Finnish and Norwegian Shipowners Associations and the Embassy of Finland in Oslo.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-skinnari-to-visit-oslo
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26.8.2021 | The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has recruited 20 new senior specialists in international business to work in 16 different countries. The intention is to increase Finnish exports in important export markets and, in particular, to help small- and medium-sized companies to work globally.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/new-specialists-to-bolster-finnish-exports
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8.7.2021 | Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka has sent a letter to European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans concerning emissions trading in maritime transport. Minister Harakka stresses that the special circumstances related to winter navigation should be taken into account in the Commission's proposal for emissions trading, and the proposal should also include an assessment of its impacts on the relative competitiveness of Member States.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-harakka-winter-navigation-to-be-taken-into-account-in-eu-emissions-trading-proposal-1430171
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16.9.2022 | Professor Eeva Furman has been appointed Secretary-General of the Finnish National Commission on Sustainable Development. Furman took up her post in mid-August. She previously worked as Director of the Environmental Policy Centre at the Finnish Environment Institute and has also served as Chair of the Expert Panel on Sustainable Development.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eeva-furman-appointed-secretary-general-of-the-national-commission-on-sustainable-development
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15.11.2021 | Finland and Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 9 November 2021 in Brazil. The aim is to provide a framework for cooperation between the countries in the field of cyber security.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-and-brazil-agreed-on-cooperation-in-cyber-security
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15.11.2021 | Finland and Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 9 November 2021 in Brazil. The aim is to provide a framework for cooperation between the countries in the field of cyber security.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/finland-and-brazil-agreed-on-cooperation-in-cyber-security-1579934
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22.6.2022 | Annual report on export of defence materiel 2021 published Ministry of Defence Publication date 22.6.2022 9.27 Type: Press release In 2021, the Ministry of Defence granted a total of 261 licences for permanent exports and transfers of defence mate...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/annual-report-on-export-of-defence-materiel-2021-published
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23.8.2021 | The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF will establish two innovation hubs in Finland. The hubs are the latest addition to the UN competence cluster built in Finland in recent years by UNOPS and UN Global Pulse.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/unicef-innovation-activities-to-finland-new-hubs-will-promote-learning-and-innovative-financing-solutions
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7.10.2022 | On 6 October 2022, the European Union imposed new sanctions on Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The eight package of sanctions will ban transport of Russian oil that exceed a pre-established price cap and add new import and export bans.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-s-new-sanctions-ban-some-oil-transport-add-export-and-import-bans-and-tackle-circumvention
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17.9.2021 | The high-level meetings of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) will start in New York on Monday 20 September. Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will attend ministerial events in New York and have bilateral meetings with his counterparts and with representatives of the UN. Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will represent Finland at several high-level meetings held in virtual format during the week.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-haavisto-to-attend-the-high-level-week-of-the-76th-session-of-the-un-general-assembly-in-new-york-minister-skinnari-will-represent-finland-at-meetings-virtually
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7.7.2021 | The study commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications on the impacts of emissions trading in maritime transport on the costs of shipping, the national economy and Finland's competitiveness has been completed. The impacts on the national economy are negative, but the scale of those impacts is modest.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/new-information-on-economic-impacts-of-emissions-trading-in-maritime-transport-1440291
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7.7.2021 | The study commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications on the impacts of emissions trading in maritime transport on the costs of shipping, the national economy and Finland's competitiveness has been completed. The impacts on the national economy are negative, but the scale of those impacts is modest.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/new-information-on-economic-impacts-of-emissions-trading-in-maritime-transport
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4.11.2021 | The first deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines donated by Finland have been mobilised. The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated to developing countries arrived in Abidjan, Côte d’ Ivoire, on Thursday 4 November. Based on a joint decision by the EU, vaccines are distributed through COVAX, the global mechanism for equitable access to the vaccines.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-s-first-donation-of-covid-19-vaccines-to-cote-d-ivoire
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1.4.2025 | The use of coal in Finnish energy production will end this spring as energy companies Helen and Vantaan Energia will close their last remaining power plant units using coal. The energy use of coal will thus end four years before the deadline of May 2029 required by law. In this way, Finland is taking another major step towards an energy system that is cleaner, more self-sufficient and climate neutral.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/energy-use-of-coal-to-end-in-finland-during-spring
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8.3.2021 | Arranged by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Finnish Development NGOs Fingo and chambers of commerce, the 'Development partners' live broadcast series showcases development cooperation operators from various parts of Finland.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/the-development-partners-discussion-series-sheds-light-on-the-present-day-development-cooperation
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23.9.2021 | The UN Food Systems Summit will be held virtually on 23 September during the UN General Assembly in New York. Finland’s representative at the meeting will be President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö. Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari, in his role as the World Food Programme’s School Meals Champion, will speak at the event on school meals.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/un-food-systems-summit-finland-as-a-trailblazer-as-provider-of-school-meals
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1.7.2021 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin met with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Thursday 1 July.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-meets-with-french-president-macron-in-paris
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18.8.2021 | The Heads of Finnish Missions abroad will convene for their annual meeting on 23-25 August. The meeting will discuss foreign policy, international relations, the state of the global economy and Finland’s positioning in the post-pandemic world. Due to COVID-19, the Foreign Ministry will hold the meeting virtually in its newly renovated premises in Merikasarmi.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/meeting-of-heads-of-mission-organised-virtually
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22.11.2021 | The EU General Affairs Council will meet in Brussels on 23 November. Minister for European Affairs Tytti Tuppurainen will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/meeting-of-ministers-for-european-affairs-to-prepare-for-december-european-council