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17.9.2025 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Joakim Strand gave a keynote Address to the Institute of International and European Affairs on the 17th of September 2025 in Dublin, Ireland. Check against delivery.

7.3.2025 | The promotion of gender equality, women’s rights and the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people is facing strong opposition around the world. The situation causes concern, but Finland’s policy is clear: we defend gender equality and continue to work towards achieving equality between women, men and people belonging to gender minorities together with the other Nordic countries, civil society and our other partners.

29.9.2026 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen will attend a meeting of Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) defence ministers in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 1–2 October 2026. This is the first official meeting of JEF defence ministers to be held in person this year.

10.2.2025 | Keynote Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen, Chairperson-in-office of the OSCE, Conference on Addressing Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region, 10 February 2025

23.1.2024 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications published a report on the administrative categories of roads on 23 January 2024. The report examines the concepts guiding the classification, the practical application of the concepts and the challenges in defining and changing the categories. The study was carried out by Wuutis.

27.9.2022 | The absence of Russia among our trade partners will affect the lives of people and businesses in many ways.

20.6.2023 | Prime Minister Orpo spoke during first visit of the new Government to the Presidential Palace on 20 June 2023. Speech to be checked against delivery.

11.10.2022 | People with disabilities across the world get a voice in the ‘Wanted’ photo campaign of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Family Federation of Finland. Girls and women with disabilities are often at a particularly high risk of discrimination.

1.12.2022 | Finland’s Ambassador in Addis Ababa Outi Holopainen says that while her daily life is sometimes tense in Ethiopia, it is also extremely rewarding. Addis Ababa houses the African Union’s headquarters, which in a way makes it the centre of African diplomacy.

31.3.2021 | Due to the military coup on 1 February 2021, the situation in Myanmar is now deeply disturbing. On 29 March 2021, Finland together with the other Nordic countries raised the alert level of its travel advice, urging travellers “to leave the country as soon as possible”.

26.1.2023 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Tytti Tuppurainen spoke at the ceremony to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Helsinki on 26 January 2023. Speech to be checked against delivery.

31.3.2021 | Ten years ago, millions of Syrians took to the streets of Dara’a, Aleppo and Damascus, calling for democracy and respect of their fundamental rights and basic freedoms. The brutal response by the regime triggered over the span of a decade one of the most serious criminal enterprises and humanitarian crises since the Second World War resulting in more than 400 000 deaths and in countless violations of human rights.

15.9.2026 | The Government submitted a proposal for the Urban Development Act to Parliament on 15 September 2026. The aim is to ensure that local detailed plans are implemented smoothly. New elements to be introduced include provisions on municipal land use policy programmes.

13.5.2026 | On 13 May 2026, the Government adopted a National Security Concept as a government resolution. The concept defines Finland’s key national security interests and focuses on measures to counter the most serious threats.

9.3.2026 | Finland’s Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen and Lithuania’s Minister of the Interior Vladislav Kondratovič met in Helsinki on 9 March 2026. The ministers discussed, among other things, the Finnish police system, cooperation related to preparedness, and the countries' common security challenges.

19.2.2026 | The Ministry of the Interior has today sent out for comments a draft government proposal for legislation on police criminal intelligence. The reform would enable the use of criminal intelligence methods in the fight against serious crime on a threat-informed basis. The deadline for submitting comments is 16 April 2026.

3.12.2025 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has published the Non-Violent Childhoods Action Plan for 2026–2033 aimed at preventing all forms of violence against children. The plan, which will be implemented at the government level, is based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Lanzarote Convention and national statutes that require all forms of violence against children to be combated.

8.10.2025 | Oikeusministeriö järjestää Helsingissä 26. marraskuuta 2025 pohjoismaisen konferenssin ihmiskaupasta osana Suomen puheenjohtajuutta Pohjoismaiden ministerineuvostossa. Tilaisuutta voi seurata myös verkossa.

8.10.2025 | Justitieministeriet ordnar en nordisk konferens om människohandel i Helsingfors den 26 november 2025 som en del av Finlands ordförandeskap i Nordiska ministerrådet. Evenemanget sänds också på nätet.

13.6.2025 | The recipients of the 2025 State Award for Public Information have two things in common: they give a voice to those often left unheard and they challenge the status quo. Their work invites us to look at the world with curiosity, empathy and a critical eye.

13.3.2025 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen and Ukraine’s Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov met bilaterally on Thursday 13 March 2025. They signed a Memorandum of Understanding on defence cooperation between the two countries’ defence administrations.

26.3.2025 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications is requesting comments on the Government’s draft proposal on updating provisions on transport and logistics data. The update aims to create a more uniform basis for deploying intelligent transport systems and using transport data. Comments may be submitted until 9 May 2025.

31.10.2023 | Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen and Danish Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard met in Copenhagen on 31 October. They discussed youth and gang crime and its prevention, young offenders below the age of criminal liability and Finland's new Government Programme.

8.8.2024 | The Ministry of Justice will move to shared premises with the Ministry of Education and Culture at Meritullinkatu 10, Helsinki on 12 August 2024. The premises have been renovated to meet the needs of both ministries.

14.4.2023 | The Non-Violent Childhoods Action Plan contains 93 different measures to combat violence against children and young people in 2020–2025. The aim is also to help victims of violence. According to a recent mid-term evaluation, the implementation of the Action Plan is progressing well.

1.12.2022 | On 30 November 2022, Minister of the Interior Krista Mikkonen and experts in several fields discussed youth crime and the emergence of gangs and gang crime. The round table meeting included experts by experience, parties engaged with young people through preventive work and authorities.

2.2.2023 | In the first supplementary budget proposal for 2023, the Government proposes an increase of EUR 6.9 million for the administrative branch of the Ministry of the Interior. A total of EUR 2.477 million is proposed for the police to prevent and combat youth crime. EUR 1.037 million is proposed for strengthening multi-professional and preventive Anchor work by the police. In addition, the Government propo...

12.4.2022 | Participation in the European Football Championships attracted the most attention for Finland around the world last year, according to a media review by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. At the same time, the top themes of previous years continued in the global press: Finland’s societal strengths, happiness and the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

26.1.2023 | Eurooppa- ja omistajaohjausministeri Tytti Tuppurainen puhui vainojen uhrien muistopäivän juhlassa Helsingissä 26. tammikuuta 2023. Puhe muutosvarauksin.

14.1.2021 | Afghan hopes painted on blast walls Ministry for Foreign Affairs Publication date 14.1.2021 13.48 Type: News item At the 2020 Afghanistan Conference in November Afghanistan and the international community committed to joint development objectives ...