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7.5.2026 | The Government proposes legislative changes that would make it easier for people claiming unemployment benefits to study. According to the proposal, jobseekers aged at least 25 years could enrol for open higher education studies at universities, universities of applied sciences, community learning centres and summer universities without losing their unemployment benefit.

Governments and ministers You can browse the information on the site by government, minister, ministerial title and ministry. All ministers are listed for each government, along with their terms of office. The information on individual ministers i...

Governments and ministers You can browse the information on the site by government, minister, ministerial title and ministry. All ministers are listed for each government, along with their terms of office. The information on individual ministers i...

24.11.2025 | The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization IMO will meet in London from 24 November to 3 December 2025. Finland is a candidate for re-election as a member of the IMO Council. The Assembly will vote on the members of the new Council on Friday 28 November 2025.

6.11.2025 | The Assembly of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will elect a new Council for the forthcoming two-year term in November-December. Finland is seeking re-election to the Council. The Ministry of Transport and Communications has invited Finnish maritime education institutions to serve as advisers to the Finnish delegation at the Assembly. Finnish maritime education is a sought-after export to various parts of the world. 

22.12.2025 | The start of 2026 will see the entry into force of new acts and decrees. This press release provides a summary of the most important changes in the Ministry of the Interior’s government branch.

20.11.2025 | Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will attend the European Union–African Union Summit in Angola on 24–25 November. From there, Prime Minister Orpo will continue on to South Africa, where he will take part in a trade mission promoting bilateral relations between Finland and South Africa on 26–27 November.

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.

7.2.2025 | Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne has invited Jussi Laatikainen, Bachelor of Social Sciences, to serve as her Special Adviser.

10.2.2025 | Municipalities and operators involved in Finland's critical infrastructure took part in the first national cyber exercise of the year at Jamk University of Applied Sciences between 3 and 7 February 2025. The exercise brought together cybersecurity, management and communications professionals especially from the north of Finland and Northern Ostrobothnia.

6.2.2025 | The Research and Innovation Council is identifying national strategic choices for RDI policy and activities before the Government’s mid-term policy review in April. As part of the preparations, the Council will hold a consultation round from 26 February to 10 March and an open stakeholder event on 28 February 2025. In the earlier stages of the process, stakeholders emphasised the need to take a long-t...

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7.10.2024 | A government-level cyber coordination group led by National Cyber Security Director Rauli Paananen has praised the cyber expertise of Finnish security authorities after taking part in the KYHA national cyber security exercise in September.

28.10.2024 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has appointed Niina Oresmaa as Director of the Division of Basic Public Services, Legal Rights and Permits at the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland. She will take up her duties on 1 November 2024. The term of her appointment will last until 31 December 2025.

15.6.2023 | The Finnish Science Award 2023 has been awarded to Olli Ikkala, Professor of Physics at Aalto University. Ikkala’s research interest is to develop new functional materials that are often inspired by materials found in nature. Ikkala's internationally recognised career is based on a combination of profound multidisciplinary expertise, networking skills and an ability to train new researchers.

27.10.2023 | In 2024–2026, the higher education cooperation of Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs will prioritise teacher education, climate change and the circular economy, and food security. The Foreign Ministry grants just over EUR 6 million to the seven projects approved for the partnership programme.

5.4.2024 | Finland will feature prominently at the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) in mid-April. A leading country in circular economy, Finland will showcase circular economy innovations and cooperation models. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs will participate in this super week of circular economy.

22.8.2023 | The Ministry of Education and Culture has appointed a working group to prepare an increase in tuition fees for non-EU and non-EEA university students. The working group is also expected to propose legislation to prevent the circumvention of tuition fees and to re-introduce university application processing fees.

23.11.2023 | On 23 November 2023, the Government appointed new members to the Research and Innovation Council. The purpose of the Research and Innovation Council is to support the Government in developing its long-term, comprehensive research and innovation policy.

15.1.2024 | The mid-term evaluation of the Green Deal on emission-free work sites shows that almost all of the interim targets of the agreement have been reached. Electrification of machinery is a key tool to completely phase out fossil fuels.