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27.5.2026 | Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will visit Lisbon on 27–29 May. During his visit, he will meet Portugal’s Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Miguel Pinto Luz and Minister of Defence Nuno Melo and speak at a business event held by AICEP Portugal, which promotes international engagement.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-foreign-trade-and-development-tavio-to-visit-portugal-to-promote-commercial-and-economic-relations
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5.12.2025 | At the presidential session on Friday 5 December, the President of the Republic appointed Christian Lindholm to serve as Ambassador in Lisbon. The President of the Republic appointed Eija Rotinen, Head of Mission at Finland’s Embassy in Bogotá, to Panama and the Dominican Republic.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/new-ambassador-to-portugal-and-non-resident-ambassador-to-panama-and-the-dominican-republic
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22.11.2024 | Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland Sari Essayah met Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Portugal José Manuel Fernandes in Helsinki on 22 November. The bilateral meeting between the ministers was part of Minister Fernandes’s programme of his visit to Finland. During the visit, Minister Fernandes met various representatives of the administrative branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/ministers-of-finland-and-portugal-met-in-helsinki
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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/euroopan-maat-tukevat-santa-martassa-jarjestettya-ensimmaista-konferenssia-koskien-siirtymaa-pois-fossiilisten-polttoaineiden-kaytosta
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12.3.2026 | Finland and seven other EU Member States have signed a non-paper that stresses the important role of a strong emissions trading system in the EU. The non-paper is their response to the discussion where certain Member States hope for major changes to the emissions trading system and a lower price for emission allowances.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/minister-multala-strong-eu-emissions-trading-system-secures-investments-and-competitiveness
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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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24.7.2024 | Finland will participate in a rescue service deployment by sending 48 experts in international civil protection to Portugal. These experts will be tasked with helping local authorities manage wildfires. The first of two groups will leave for Portugal at the beginning of August.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-to-send-rescue-personnel-to-portugal-to-help-manage-wildfires
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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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27.5.2025 | We are deeply concerned by recent legislative and constitutional amendments infringing on the fundamental rights of LGBTIQ+ persons which were adopted by the Hungarian Parliament on 18 March and 14 April 2025 following other anti-LGBTIQ+ legislation already introduced in previous years.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/declaration-of-austria-belgium-czechia-denmark-estonia-finland-france-germany-ireland-latvia-lithuania-luxembourg-the-netherlands-portugal-slovenia-sweden-on-recent-legislative-and-constitutional-amendments-infringing-on-the-fundamental-rights-of-lgbtiq-p
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16.3.2026 | The EU Environment Council will meet in Brussels on Tuesday 17 March. Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala will represent Finland at the meeting. Minister Multala stresses that now it is highly important to defend a consistent climate policy and, in particular, the emissions trading system.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/finland-stresses-predictable-climate-policy-at-meeting-of-eu-environment-and-climate-ministers-bioeconomy-strategy-and-emission-standards-of-automotive-industry-also-on-agenda
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14.8.2023 | Finland is deploying the first group of 24 rescue workers on Wednesday 16 August to help Portugal manage wildfires.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/first-group-of-rescue-workers-leave-for-portugal-to-fight-wildfires
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18.5.2023 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin will be in Lisbon on 18–21 June 2023 to take part in a meeting of the Bilderberg Group.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-to-visit-portugal
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25.7.2023 | By decision of the Ministry of the Interior, Finland is preparing to send 48 rescue workers to Portugal to help manage wildfires. The Emergency Services Academy Finland is the employer of the rescue service personnel who will be deployed to Portugal.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-prepares-to-send-international-civil-protection-experts-to-fight-wildfires-in-portugal
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18.3.2025 | 7th February 2025 His Excellency Donald Tusk Prime Minister of Poland His Excellency António Costa President of the European Council Her Excellency Nadia Calviño President of the European Investment Bank Joint Letter by Finland, Belgium, Bulgaria,...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/documents/194055633/209444355/EIB%20Letter%20January%202025_Final.pdf/416f8bdf-c53a-601c-b66a-158d1b02c1f4?t=1742293591682&download=true
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18.8.2025 | By decision of the Ministry of the Interior, Finland has sent a module for ground forest firefighting to Spain to help manage wildfires raging across the country. The module will be deployed in Spain for about a week.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-sends-module-for-ground-forest-firefighting-to-spain
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12.11.2025 | The Sports Ministers of 33 countries and the European Commission have expressed their grave concern about the decision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in September to discontinue the partial suspensions of the National Paralympic Committees of Belarus and Russia from the Paralympic Games.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/sports-ministers-express-concern-over-ipc-decision-not-to-maintain-suspensions-on-russia-and-belarus-1
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13.5.2022 | Portugal’s Minister for Foreign Affairs João Gomes Cravinho will visit Finland on 13 May and have a meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-portugal-to-visit-finland
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27.1.2025 | The EU General Affairs Council (GAC) will meet on Tuesday 28 January in Brussels. In the meeting, the GAC will continue its annual rule of law dialogue with country-specific discussions on the rule of law situation in Hungary, Portugal, Romania and Slovenia. The Council will also discuss the priorities for Poland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU. Finland’s Permanent Representative to the European Union, Jori Arvonen, will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/eu-general-affairs-council-to-discuss-rule-of-law-issues-and-priorities-for-poland-s-eu-council-presidency
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27.4.2025 | Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will visit Morocco with a business delegation on 28–30 April 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-foreign-trade-and-development-ville-tavio-to-lead-trade-mission-to-morocco
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21.9.2021 | Minister Ville Skinnari will visit Lisbon on 21–24 September 2021. The aim of the visit is to strengthen the commercial relations between Finland and Portugal. Portugal offers significant opportunities for Finnish companies in such areas as bioeconomy and circular economy, energy, climate and digital transitions.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-development-cooperation-and-foreign-trade-ville-skinnari-to-visit-portugal