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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.

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.

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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.

Government Banquet Hall The Government Banquet Hall, also known as Smolna, is located on Eteläesplanadi, which runs alongside Esplanade Park in central Helsinki. It serves as a banqueting and negotiating premises for the Government and the Prime M...

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.

16.6.2026 | Tuuli Koivu Kestääkö kasvu? 10-06-2026 2 Maailmantalouden kasvu jatkui sitkeänä läpi kauppasodan, mutta Hormuzinsalmen tilanne iskee varsinkin Eurooppaan 3 Kestääkö suomalaiskuluttajan kantti? Alkuvuosi on ollut hyvä ja vuoden 2026 kasvuennusteemm...

16.6.2026 | Tuuli Koivu Kestääkö kasvu? 10-06-2026 2 Maailmantalouden kasvu jatkui sitkeänä läpi kauppasodan, mutta Hormuzinsalmen tilanne iskee varsinkin Eurooppaan 3 Kestääkö suomalaiskuluttajan kantti? Alkuvuosi on ollut hyvä ja vuoden 2026 kasvuennusteemm...

Lähettäjä: Thomas Lax Vastaanottaja: LVM Kirjaamo Aihe: En nätkoncession för verksamhet i det digitala mobiltelenätet i landskapet Åland i frekvensområdena 452,425 – 456,925 och 462,425 – 466,925 megahertz Päivämäärä: maanantai 19. toukokuuta 2025...

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.

3.3.2026 | Pääjohtaja Olli Rehn Suomen Pankki Euroalueen ja Suomen talouden näkymät ja rahapolitiikka Talousneuvosto 26.2.2026 Julkinen | SP/FIVA-EI RAJOITETTU 26.2.2026 1 Geopolitiikan vuosi on alkanut kovin ronskisti Yhdysvaltojen johdolla – epävarmuudesta...

3.3.2026 | Pääjohtaja Olli Rehn Suomen Pankki Euroalueen ja Suomen talouden näkymät ja rahapolitiikka Talousneuvosto 26.2.2026 Julkinen | SP/FIVA-EI RAJOITETTU 26.2.2026 1 Geopolitiikan vuosi on alkanut kovin ronskisti Yhdysvaltojen johdolla – epävarmuudesta...

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.