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  1. 23.1.2026 | Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen held a speech at the opening gala of Finland’s NATO DIANA Innovation Accelerator on 22 January 2026.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-s-speech-at-the-opening-of-finland-s-nato-diana-innovation-accelerator
  2. 4.9.2025 | The National Finnish Food Day was celebrated on 4 September. Finnish cuisine also featured prominently in training organised in Helsinki for international chefs working at Finnish missions abroad, with rye bread – Finland’s national food – taking centre stage.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/international-top-chefs-take-inspiration-from-traditional-finnish-ingredients
  3. 6.11.2025 | The annual meeting of Nordic and Baltic ministers for Digitalisation adopted a declaration promoting the adoption of European Digital Identity Wallets. The long-term ambition is to create an open and interoperable Nordic region.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/nordic-ministers-for-digitalisation-move-digital-integration-forward-in-the-nordic-and-baltic-countries
  4. 11.9.2025 | JKMM Architects selected to design landmark waterfront building at the conclusion of an international, open and anonymous competition launched in April 2024. The international design competition received 624 proposals from around the world.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/jkmm-architects-wins-global-competition-to-design-finland-s-new-museum-of-architecture-and-design-in-helsinki
  5. 31.3.2025 | Joint Finnish-Swedish proposal prepared for dipnet fishing in the Torne River rapids for inscription on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The decision on inscription is due in December 2026.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/dipnet-fishing-tradition-along-the-torne-river-proposed-for-inscription-on-the-list-of-unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage
  6. 14.7.2025 | The United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development will convene in New York from 14 to 23 July. The annual forum reviews progress made by the world’s countries in attaining the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/un-high-level-political-forum-on-sustainable-development-to-start-on-monday-finland-to-present-its-voluntary-national-review-led-by-prime-minister-orpo
  7. 25.8.2025 | "We are living through an exceptionally powerful transformation on the international scene. In the current challenging operational environment, we need a strong Foreign Service to promote Finland’s interests."
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/opening-address-by-state-secretary-jukka-salovaara-at-annual-meeting-of-heads-of-mission-2025
  8. 15.12.2021 | UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee has inscribed Kaustinen folk fiddle playing to its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at its currently ongoing meeting in Paris on December 15. The Nordic clinker boat tradition, which Finland proposed for inscription together with the other Nordic countries, was also inscribed. Currently, UNESCO’s lists of intangible cultural heritage include more than 600 elements from around the world.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/kaustinen-folk-fiddle-playing-and-nordic-clinker-boat-tradition-inscribed-to-unesco-list-of-intangible-cultural-heritage
  9. 4.3.2025 | Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne will represent Finland at the informal meeting of EU telecommunications ministers in Warsaw on 4 and 5 March 2025. The meeting was convened by the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/cybersecurity-on-the-agenda-of-the-informal-meeting-of-eu-telecommunications-ministers-minister-ranne-finland-is-a-cybersecurity-leader
  10. 2.4.2025 | Opening Statement, LDC Future Forum 1 April 2025, Lusaka, Zambia Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/opening-speech-by-minister-tavio-at-the-the-least-developed-countries-future-forum
  11. 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...
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/delegate/file/125008
  12. 7.3.2025 | The 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place in New York between 10 and 21 March 2025. Finland will be represented at the session by a broad-based delegation headed by Minister Sanni Grahn-Laasonen.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/finland-continues-to-promote-gender-equality-and-human-rights-loudly-at-session-of-un-commission-on-the-status-of-women
  13. 10.1.2024 | Finland's next element to be inscribed on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity concerns the dipnet fishing tradition along the Torne River. The proposal concerning the living tradition along the border river will be prepared in cooperation with Sweden, which will also coordinate the multinational application. The aim is to submit the application to UNESCO in March 2025.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/ttorne-river-dipnetting-culture-to-be-prepared-for-nomination-for-unesco-s-list-jointly-by-finland-and-sweden
  14. 15.11.2024 | Independence Day is for everyone, both adults and children. This year, two children born in 2014 from each municipality have been invited to the National Opera House to celebrate 107 years of Finnish independence.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/children-s-independence-day-celebration-to-be-held-on-4-december-at-the-national-opera-house
  15. 6.12.2023 | The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed the knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production on the UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In Finland, the Ministry of Education and Culture is in charge of matters related to intangible cultural heritage and the Finnish Heritage Agency is responsible for implementing the Convention and coordinating the application processes.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/handcrafted-glass-know-how-inscribed-on-unesco-s-list-of-intangible-cultural-heritage
  16. 29.3.2019 | The Ministry of Education and Culture nominates Finnish sauna bathing for inscription on UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Finnish Heritage Agency together with sauna associations has drawn up the nomination proposal, Sauna Culture in Finland. Minister of Culture Sampo Terho has signed Finland’s proposal. The decision on whether the nomination is accepted will be received in December 2020.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/suomalainen-saunaperinne-unescon-aineettoman-kulttuuriperinnon-listalle
  17. 28.5.2026 | The Permanent Secretaries of Finland’s ministries have drawn up a joint review of the country's strategic situation and key approaches to solutions for the next two electoral terms. Finland's Choices was published on Thursday 28 May 2026. It offers interested parties a foundation of information that rests on an assessment by public officials.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/permanent-secretaries-debate-on-public-services-needed-in-lead-up-to-parliamentary-elections
  18. 11.4.2024 | The Kalevala, the national epic of Finland, was awarded the European Commission’s European Heritage Label on 11 April 2024. The European Heritage Label is granted to sites, monuments, documents or events that have a particular significance for European history, culture and integration. The label was now granted to seven applicants.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/living-epic-kalevala-receives-european-heritage-label
  19. 16.1.2024 | A permanent grave memorial for former president Martti Ahtisaari will be erected at Ahtisaari’s grave on St. Martin’s Day, 10 November 2024, exactly one year after the former president’s funeral. The Prime Minister’s Office has appointed a committee for the memorial project and will organise a design competition for the memorial in spring 2024.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/design-competition-for-former-president-ahtisaari-s-grave-memorial-to-be-held-in-spring-2024
  20. 4.3.2025 | Speech by Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen about Finland’s approach to European security at an event entitled "Keeping the peace on NATO’s longest border with Russia", hosted by Chatham House on 4 March 2025.
    https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/speech-by-minister-valtonen-in-london-at-an-event-hosted-by-chatham-house