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25.11.2025 | Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will visit Rome and the Vatican on 26 November to meet Antonio Tajani, the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-valtonen-to-visit-italy-and-the-vatican
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28.11.2025 | Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will visit Rome and Turin with a business delegation on 1–3 December.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-tavio-to-lead-high-tech-team-finland-trade-mission-to-italy
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24.10.2025 | Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen: Italy will participate in NATO’s Forward Land Forces in Finland Ministry of Defence Publication date 24.10.2025 12.35 Type: Press release Italy will participate in NATO’s Forward Land Forces (FLF) in Finland. Fi...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-italy-will-participate-in-nato-s-forward-land-forces-in-finland
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4.9.2025 | For Forest + is a group that promotes the interests of the forested Member States in the EU. Now Italy and Latvia are also members, besides Austria, Finland, France, Slovenia and Sweden. The For Forest Group + held the first meeting in its new composition in Slovenia on 28–30 August 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/for-forest-group-of-forested-eu-countries-grows-again-as-italy-and-latvia-join-in
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24.10.2025 | Statement regarding Italy’s participation in NATO’s Forward Land Forces in Finland Ministry of Defence Publication date 24.10.2025 10.44 Type: Press release Italy has announced its participation in NATO’s Forward Land Forces (FLF) in Finland. Defe...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/statement-regarding-italy-s-participation-in-nato-s-forward-land-forces-in-finland
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1.12.2023 | Finland and Italy will put forward joint initiatives to promote a consistent approach on the external dimension of migration policies and countering migration-related malign influence.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-and-italy-join-efforts-to-counter-instrumentalization-of-migration
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30.4.2026 | The European countries participating in Santa Marta express their strong support for the Santa Marta First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels and appreciate the leadership as shown by Colombia and the Netherlands. Santa Marta establishes an action-oriented platform to scale up work and to elevate energy transition. This is critical for addressing the climate emergency.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/european-countries-support-the-santa-marta-first-conference-on-transitioning-away-from-fossil-fuels
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Minister Skinnari’s Italy visit focuses on smart low-carbon transport solutions - Finnish Government
2.5.2022 | Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will visit Italy on 2–5 May.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-skinnari-s-italy-visit-focuses-on-smart-low-carbon-transport-solutions -
9.3.2026 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will be in Italy to support Team Finland at the Paralympic Games in Milan-Cortina on 11 and 12 March. According to the Finnish Paralympic Committee, Prime Minister Orpo is the first Finnish prime minister to watch the Paralympic Games in person.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-to-cheer-on-finnish-athletes-at-paralympic-games
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27.5.2021 | The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) deemed on 27 May 2021 the complaint made against Finland to be manifestly ill-founded and decided to not investigate it.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/the-european-court-of-human-rights-ruling-concerning-the-matter-of-returning-asylum-seekers-to-italy
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25.1.2019 | Minister of the Interior Kai Mykkänen will visit Italy and Greece on 27–30 January. During his visit Mykkänen will meet, for example Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior Matteo Salvini and Greek Minister for Immigration Policy Dimitris Vitsas. Mykkänen will also visit a first reception centre (hotspot) on the Greek islands.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/ministeri-mykkanen-italiaan-ja-kreikkaan
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28.2.2026 | Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will visit Rome, Italy, from 2 to 3 March. During her visit, she will meet Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, attend an Italian-Finnish business forum and speak at the Arctic Circle Forum about Finland's Arctic foreign and security policy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-valtonen-to-visit-rome
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11.3.2026 | Minister of Science and Culture Mari-Leena Talvitie has signed a joint statement from the ministers responsible for culture from 22 European countries, sent to the organisers of the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Allowing the Russian Federation’s participation is unacceptable, and the ministers call on the Venice Biennale to reconsider its decision.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/european-ministers-criticise-russia-s-participation-in-the-venice-biennale
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16.3.2026 | Joint statement on Cold Response 26 and NATO’s Forward Land Forces in Finland by the Ministers of Defence of Finland, Sweden and Norway on 16 March 2026.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/joint-statement-on-cold-response-26-and-nato-s-forward-land-forces-in-finland-by-the-ministers-of-defence-of-finland-sweden-and-norway
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4.12.2025 | The economy of wellbeing offers tools for policy makers to secure the preconditions for a good life both for the current population and future generations. A new working paper by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) analyses how wellbeing economy practices have been integrated into decision-making in ten countries. This comparison will also help Finland create its own governance model.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/international-examples-to-help-finland-create-governance-model-for-wellbeing-economy
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16.3.2026 | Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen hosted the countries participating in FLF Finland at the Cold Response 26 exercise at Rovajärvi on 16 March 2026.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/defence-ministers-of-finland-sweden-and-norway-at-cold-response-26-implementation-of-flf-finland-progressing-rapidly
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1.4.2020 | In this unprecedented situation, it is legitimate that Member States adopt extraordinary measures to protect their citizens and overcome the crisis. We are however deeply concerned about the risk of violations of the principles of rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights arising from the adoption of certain emergency measures. Emergency measures should be limited to what is strictly necessa...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/statement-on-eu-member-states-emergency-measures-and-eu-s-common-values-by-belgium-denmark-finland-france-germany-greece-ireland-italy-luxembourg-the-
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16.2.2026 | Finland's Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen has chosen Rovaniemi as the location for NATO’s Forward Land Forces (FLF) Multinational Staff Element (MNSE).https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-nato-s-forward-land-forces-multinational-staff-element-to-be-established-in-rovaniemi
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11.2.2026 | The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Finnish missions abroad provided consular services to approximately 245,000 customers in 2025. In addition, the Ministry’s 24/7 service was contacted around 6,700 times over the course of the year.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-ministry-s-consular-services-assist-over-245-000-finns-around-the-world-in-2025