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MSC 110/21/Add.1 Annex 4, page 1 I:\MSC\110\MSC 110-21-Add.1.docx ANNEX 4 RESOLUTION MSC.575(110) (adopted on 26 June 2025) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SOLID BULK CARGOES CODE (IMSBC CODE) THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE, RECALLING Arti...

25.4.2026 | MSC 110/21/Add.1 Annex 4, page 1 I:\MSC\110\MSC 110-21-Add.1.docx ANNEX 4 RESOLUTION MSC.575(110) (adopted on 26 June 2025) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SOLID BULK CARGOES CODE (IMSBC CODE) THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE, RECALLING Arti...

24.7.2023 | The first stocktaking meeting of the UN Food Systems Summit held two years ago takes place in Rome on 24–26 July. Finland highlights its experiences as a frontrunner in providing school meals.

6.6.2022 | The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has announced a call for applications for projects aimed to support the development of solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production that will be open from 6 June to 18 July 2022. The application is part of the Catch the Carbon package of climate measures.

24.7.2023 | The first stocktaking meeting of the UN Food Systems Summit held two years ago takes place in Rome on 24–26 July. Finland highlights its experiences as a frontrunner in providing school meals.

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4.3.2025 | At the citizens’ assembly organised in February, the participants formulated knowledge-based and deliberated views on actions that guide energy policy and the energy consumption of households.

17.10.2022 | The ministerial meeting of the international School Meals Coalition will be held in Helsinki on 18 October. Finland and France are co-chairing the international School Meals Coalition, which promotes access to school meals globally.

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16.11.2021 | Barley porridge, macaroni casserole and chicken fricassee - Finns are familiar with the classics of school meals. The international goal now is to include all the world’s children in school feeding by 2030. Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari, who serves as the World Food Programme (WFP) School Meals Champion, explains why school meals pay off.

The amended programme document Interreg AURORA 2021-2027 VERSION 3.0 After reallocation of Interreg NEXT Kolarctic and Interreg NEXT Karelia 1 CCI 2021TC16RFCB027 Title (Interreg VI-A) Sweden-Finland-Norway (AURORA) Version 3.0 First year 2021 Las...

2.12.2021 | The UN estimates that 274 million people will need humanitarian assistance in 2022. The needs are increasing, for example due to the escalation of conflicts in Afghanistan and Ethiopia. Finland will increase its support for the alleviation of human suffering in crisis areas, which is why Finland will raise its funding for humanitarian assistance to EUR 113 million this year.

30.7.2021 | The UN Food Systems Summit will be held at the level of heads of state or government in connection with the UN General Assembly in September. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Jari Leppä and Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari represented Finland at the ministerial level Pre-Summit in Rome on 26–28 July.

Whistleblower protection Whistleblower protection safeguards people who report certain types of misconduct. In this case, a ‘whistleblower’ is a person who, in the course of their work, discovers a breach of European Union or national law concerni...

11.6.2021 | On 14 June, EU development ministers will discuss the EU’s cooperation with middle income countries and exchange views on human development. On Finland’s proposal, the ministers will receive an overview of promoting school meals in the partner countries for development cooperation. Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will represent Finland in the informal video conference.

4.6.2021 | Finland and Norway negotiated on the restrictions on salmon fishing in the River Tenojoki during this spring. Because of the weak status of the salmon populations, the countries decided to ban salmon fishing in the main stem and tributaries of the River Tenojoki. Similarly, Norway banned salmon fishing in the Tana Fjord and on the outer coast on both sides of the Tana Fjord. This week, however, Nor...

31.8.2021 | Funding is now being collected to purchase the Myllykoski hydropower plant in Kuusamo. The idea is to demolish the plant so that threatened lake trout will be able to migrate freely to large areas of streams and lakes. A binding preliminary agreement was signed and the first deposit paid to Koskienergia Koskivoima Oy on 31 August. The project receives support from the migratory fish programme NOUSU of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

5.3.2026 | March 2026 1 Finland simplification proposals Contents 1. Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) (EU) 2023/1791 ................................................. 3 2. Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) (EU) 2022/2577 ....................................

27.3.2026 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Ministry of Finance have completed a joint outlook review of the current state of transport taxation and financing, and options for reform. The review report is the first part of the Government’s comprehensive reform of transport taxation and financing set out in the Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Government.

29.5.2020 | Laittomasti pyydetyn lohen määrä Itämerellä on romahtanut Kansainvälisen merentutkimusneuvosto ICES:n mukaan. Tänään julkaistun raportin mukaan syynä on meritaimenen pyyntikielto, jonka Suomi ajoi läpi EU:n kalastusneuvostossa. Aiemmin Itämeren pääaltaalla pyydettiin jopa yli 40 000 lohta siten, että ne raportoitiin taimenena.