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29.5.2026 | This is a routine monthly test of public warning sirens. Sirens are tested at 12.00 noon on the first Monday of each month, except on public holidays.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/public-warning-sirens-to-be-tested-again-on-monday-1-june
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3.6.2026 | The Government's second supplementary budget for the year proposes funding for the Finnish Border Guard and the police to strengthen counter-drone capabilities and to make removals from the country more effective. Funding will also be provided for a new citizenship test. The Government submitted its second supplementary budget proposal for 2026 to Parliament on Wednesday 3 June.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/supplementary-budget-allocates-funding-for-drone-defence-removals-from-the-country-and-citizenship-test
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16.6.2026 | A citizenship test will be introduced in Finland at the beginning of 2027. The test will assess knowledge of Finnish society and its key principles. The President of the Republic approved the amendments to the Citizenship Act on 16 June. The citizenship test will be introduced after the required legislative amendments have entered into force at the beginning of 2027.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/citizenship-test-to-be-introduced-in-early-2027
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16.4.2026 | Finland plans to introduce a citizenship test to assess applicants’ knowledge of how Finnish society works and its key principles. The Government submitted the proposal to Parliament on 16 April. The test would be introduced after the legislative amendments enter into force at the beginning of 2027.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/government-proposes-to-introduce-citizenship-test
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22.12.2025 | Finland is set to introduce a citizenship test. Civic knowledge would be added as a new requirement for acquiring citizenship. The Ministry of the Interior has sent out for comments proposed amendments to the Citizenship Act and certain other acts.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/citizenship-test-to-assess-knowledge-of-finnish-society-and-its-key-principles
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19.2.2025 | A working group of the Ministry of the Interior explored the possibility of introducing a citizenship test as a requirement for acquiring Finnish citizenship. According to the Government Programme, the Citizenship Act will be reformed by tightening the requirements for acquiring Finnish citizenship.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/report-exploring-introduction-of-citizenship-test-now-complete-
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13.4.2023 | Four Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres) launched an experiment on more flexible labour market tests in autumn 2021. The aim was to increase labour mobility between regions and ease permit processes related to immigration of foreign workforce by introducing common policies. The experiment did not have a significant effect on work-based immigration, but it increased cooperation between the regions.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/regional-pilots-on-labour-market-tests-have-been-completed
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14.8.2026 | The Ministry of Defence has awarded a government grant of EUR 4.8 million to the programme for northern Finland for a project to develop 5G/6G network technology that supports homeland defence. A consortium led by the University of Oulu will be responsible for implementing the project.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-hakkanen-oulu-5g-6g-project-to-receive-government-grant-of-eur-4.8-million
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29.12.2021 | Around 16,200 new COVID-19 cases were reported between 20 and 26 December, while in the previous week the number of new cases in Finland was around 13,800. On 29 December, the total number of confirmed cases of the Omikron variant was 172. The burden on hospital care and intensive care remained stable over the Christmas holidays.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/positive-covid-19-tests-on-rise-accounting-for-10.7-per-cent-of-all-tests-last-week
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2.3.2022 | On Wednesday 2 March, Minister Tuppurainen’s PCR test for COVID-19 came back positive.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-european-affairs-and-ownership-steering-tytti-tuppurainen-tests-positive-for-covid-19
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14.3.2024 | Finland to boost its high-technology profile in NATO – An accelerator and two test centres to be established in Finland Ministry of Defence Publication date 14.3.2024 14.02 Type: Press release The Board of Directors of NATO’s Defence Innovation Ac...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/finland-to-boost-its-high-technology-profile-in-nato-an-accelerator-and-two-test-centres-to-be-established-in-finland
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16.4.2021 | The hospital districts, the Åland Central Hospital and the Defence Forces will get free rapid tests for COVID-19 to combat and curb the COVID-19 pandemic.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/finland-distributes-covid-19-rapid-tests-to-hospital-districts-aland-central-hospital-and-defence-forces
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14.9.2021 | In future, COVID-19 testing will primarily focus on unvaccinated people who have been exposed to the virus and are experiencing symptoms and on vaccinated people who still continue to be at risk of serious illness from COVID-19. This is stated in the national strategy for COVID-19 testing and tracing updated by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/national-strategy-for-covid-19-testing-and-tracing-updated-to-target-testing-and-tracing-more-accurately
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30.1.2023 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has instructed airlines that people travelling from China to Finland should be required to present proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken no more than 48 hours before the start of their trip. Passengers should also wear a mask or respirator during flights.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/passengers-arriving-in-finland-from-china-should-be-required-to-present-proof-of-negative-covid-19-test
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30.1.2023 | Av alla som reser från Kina till Finland ska flygbolagen enligt social- och hälsovårdsministeriets rekommendation kräva ett intyg över ett negativt covid-19-test som tagits högst 48 timmar före resan. Resenärerna ska också använda munskydd eller ansiktsmask under flygresan.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/sv/-/1271139/av-de-som-reser-fran-kina-till-finland-kravs-ett-negativt-covid-19-test
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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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6.12.2021 | The COVID-19 test taken by Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Monday 6 December has come back negative. The Prime Minister will return to the office on 7 December.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-s-second-covid-19-test-negative
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22.6.2022 | On 22 June, the Ministerial Working Group on COVID-19 received an epidemiological review as well as an overview of the updated vaccination strategy and testing and tracing strategy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-working-group-on-covid-19-vaccination-strategy-and-testing-and-tracing-strategy-are-up-to-date
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1.9.2021 | ELY Centres will launch a regional experiment on labour market tests that will introduce common guidelines on work permits in selected areas. This is expected to increase labour mobility between regions and ease permit processes related to foreign workforce. The pilot does not mean that labour market tests will be discontinued.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/regional-pilots-on-more-flexible-labour-market-test-to-begin-
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10.12.2021 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has updated the national strategy for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing. The principles for testing are still to detect infections quickly, curb the spread of infections among the population and protect particularly people who are at an increased risk of contracting a severe case of COVID-19.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/national-strategy-for-covid-19-testing-and-contact-tracing-updated-due-to-changes-in-epidemiological-situation