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10.4.2026 | Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP Inger Andersen will visit Finland on 13–14 April. Andersen will meet representatives of Finland and other Nordic countries to discuss ways to strengthen the UN’s work on environmental matters. Andersen will also meet Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala and various stakeholders.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/unep-executive-director-visits-helsinki-to-discuss-ways-to-strengthen-un-work-on-environment-with-nordic-countries
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19.5.2025 | Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman and Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio appointed a new Team Finland Executive Group on 16 May 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/new-team-finland-executive-group-aims-for-stronger-and-clearer-guidance-on-export-promotion
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10.6.2025 | Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and European Commission Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy Stéphane Séjourné will meet in Helsinki on Thursday 12 June.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-and-commission-executive-vice-president-sejourne-to-meet-in-helsinki
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30.10.2023 | UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Kirsi Madi as Assistant Secretary-General, responsible for leading the Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships of UN Women.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/kirsi-madi-appointed-as-deputy-executive-director-of-un-women
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17.10.2022 | Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Catherine Russell will visit Finland on 19 October. Russell was invited to Finland by Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/executive-director-of-unicef-catherine-russell-to-visit-finland
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3.10.2022 | Minister of Defence Kaikkonen met Chief Executive of European Defence Agency Ministry of Defence Publication date 3.10.2022 16.56 Type: Press release Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen met Jiří Šedivý , Chief Executive of the European Defence Age...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-kaikkonen-met-chief-executive-of-european-defence-agency
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12.6.2025 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo called for swift reform of the EU single market in his meeting with Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Stéphane Séjourné on Thursday 12 June in Helsinki. Executive Vice-President Séjourné is responsible for prosperity and industrial strategy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-calls-for-stronger-eu-single-market-commission-executive-vice-president-sejourne-visiting-finland
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14.10.2022 | Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) David Beasley will visit Finland on 18 October. He will attend the ministerial meeting of the School Meals Coalition in Helsinki.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/executive-director-of-world-food-programme-david-beasley-to-visit-finland
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16.6.2022 | Executive Secretary Robert Floyd of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) is visiting Finland from 15 to 17 June at the invitation of Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto. The will includes a tour of Finland’s CTBTO monitoring network.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/executive-secretary-of-the-comprehensive-nuclear-test-ban-treaty-organization-robert-floyd-visits-finland
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1.12.2021 | Sima Sami Bahous, appointed as Executive Director of the United Nations gender equality organisation UN Women in September, will visit Finland on 8–9 December.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/executive-director-of-un-women-sima-sami-bahous-to-visit-finland
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29.11.2021 | Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will meet Dr Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Friday 3 December.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/executive-director-of-united-nations-population-fund-natalia-kanem-to-visit-finland
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26.8.2021 | Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), will visit Finland from 30 to 31 August.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/green-climate-fund-executive-director-yannick-glemarec-to-visit-finland
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21.4.2022 | At their meeting in Helsinki on 21 April 2022, Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka and Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) Juhan Lepassaar stressed the role of companies in ensuring the cyber security of society.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-harakka-and-executive-director-lepassaar-support-needed-to-improve-cyber-security-of-companies
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21.4.2022 | At their meeting in Helsinki on 21 April 2022, Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka and Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) Juhan Lepassaar stressed the role of companies in ensuring the cyber security of society.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-harakka-and-executive-director-lepassaar-support-needed-to-improve-cyber-security-of-companies-1724219
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14.10.2021 | The Ministry of the Interior has launched a legislative project to make executive assistance provided by the police to child welfare and emergency social services free of charge. Free executive assistance cannot be implemented without a legislative amendment. The free executive assistance provided by the police would concern, for example, the search for a child who has left a child welfare institution without permission and the return of the child to the child welfare institution.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/free-provision-of-executive-assistance-to-child-welfare-and-emergency-social-services-by-the-police-made-statutory
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23.6.2021 | On 23 June, the Government submitted to Parliament a government proposal for a new act on executive assistance to the police by the Defence Forces. The key points of the proposal relate to the preparedness of the authorities, and the regulation on very exceptional situations and armed assistance. The aim is to update the legislation on executive assistance provided to the police.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/new-act-would-clarify-when-the-police-may-request-executive-assistance-from-the-defence-forces
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18.2.2021 | The Ministry of the Interior has prepared a proposal on changing the decree on fees charged by the police. The starting point for the proposal is that the provision of executive assistance provided to child welfare and social and crisis emergency services by the police would be free of charge in the futur. The aim is to guarantee that the most vulnerable individuals, such as children, will receive the required assistance in acute situations.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/proposal-for-free-provision-of-executive-assistance-to-child-welfare-and-social-and-crisis-emergency-services-by-the-police
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29.10.2021 | The European Commission’s Executive Vice-President and Commissioner in charge of competition and digital policy Margrethe Vestager will visit Helsinki on Friday 29 October. She will discuss current issues related to competition and state aid, the implementation of EU industrial strategy and digitalisation with Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen and Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/ministers-haatainen-and-lintila-to-discuss-eu-competitiveness-with-the-commission-s-executive-vice-president-vestager
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20.5.2026 | The Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy of the Finnish Government has outlined that the expenditure Finland will be reporting under NATO’s 1.5 per cent target for defence- and security-related spending will include statutory readiness and preparedness duties or capabilities critical to homeland defence that are sustained and developed by other branches of government than the Ministry of Defence.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-finland-will-exceed-nato-s-1.5-target-for-defence-and-security-related-spending-in-2026
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5.3.2026 | Finland’s Ministry of Defence will circulate for comments a draft government proposal to amend the Nuclear Energy Act and the Criminal Code.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/finnish-government-proposes-to-amend-nuclear-energy-act-and-criminal-code-to-strengthen-nato-s-deterrence-and-defence