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10.11.2023 | The photos entered to the landscape photo contest again offer a view of October landscapes. A photo taken in Kuopio won the best photo award in this year’s contest, organised by the Ministry of the Environment and Finnish Environment Institute.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/lake-landscape-on-frosty-morning-wins-landscape-day-photo-contest
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26.2.2026 | 6480/1/26 REV 1 1 EN Council of the European Union Brussels, 25 February 2026 (OR. en) 6480/1/26 REV 1 COMPET 207 RC 4 IND 122 MI 141 NOTE From: General Secretariat of the Council To: Delegations Subject: AOB for the meeting of the Competitiveness...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/documents/1410877/252371313/Competition+Policy+non-paper+from+Czech+Republic,+Estonia,+Finland,+Ireland,+Latvia,+Romania+and+Slovenia.pdf/488815b9-6607-78da-9376-d60d2162a1f5?t=1772091284785
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7.9.2020 | The year of celebration for European landscapes Ministry of the Environment Publication date 7.9.2020 3.44 Type: News item This autumn, we are celebrating landscapes as it is the 20th anniversary of the European Landscape Convention. Vibrant lands...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/the-year-of-celebration-for-european-landscapes
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16.1.2026 | The International Press Center (IPC), which has been administered by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, is closing. The reasons for the closure are the center's reduced activity in recent years and the need to allocate resources to other communications activities.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/international-press-center-closes
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30.1.2026 | The new European forest partnership project prepared under the lead of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry progresses. The final Grant Agreement related to the partnership is to be signed by the end of May 2026. The first call for applications for research funding should open in autumn 2026.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/extensive-eu-forest-partnership-project-progresses-ministry-of-agriculture-and-forestry-of-finland-has-key-role-in-coordination
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18.11.2025 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will visit Rovaniemi, Finland, on 20 November.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-valtonen-to-visit-rovaniemi
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11.11.2025 | NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska will meet Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen during her visit to Helsinki on 12 November.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/nato-deputy-secretary-general-shekerinska-to-meet-finland-s-foreign-minister-valtonen
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10.12.2025 | A new OECD report, prepared at the request of the European Commission, sets out a roadmap to strengthen resilience, competitiveness and security in Finland’s eastern border regions. The report was launched in Helsinki on 10 December.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/tsi-report-recommends-actions-finland-should-take-to-improve-resilience-and-competitiveness-of-its-eastern-border-regions
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12.11.2025 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen hosted a meeting of Nordic defence ministers in Helsinki today on 12 November 2025. According to Minister of Defence Häkkänen, the Nordic countries will build air forces that are capable operating together both in peacetime and under emergency conditions.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-nordic-countries-will-build-air-forces-capable-of-combined-operations
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24.10.2025 | The European Partnership ‘Forests and Forestry for a Sustainable Future’ brings together about 100 organisations from 28 countries to develop forest research and strengthen international cooperation. Finland acts as the coordinator of the project, with the work led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/forest-partnership-coordinated-by-finland-brings-european-forest-organisations-together
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29.10.2025 | As part of the lecture series "Raffles lecture" at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in Singapore Minister Elina Valtonen delivered the following speech on 28th October 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/lecture-by-minister-elina-valtonen-at-the-iiss-in-singapore
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12.6.2025 | Opening Remarks by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen, OSCE Chairpersonship Conference on Climate and Safety in Hanaholmen, Espoo 11 June 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/opening-remarks-by-minister-elina-valtonen-conference-on-climate-and-security
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26.6.2025 | Minister for European affairs and ownership steering Joakim Strand spoke at the EU Arctic Forum 26 June 2025, Kittilä, Finland. Check against delivery.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/speech-by-minister-for-european-affairs-joakim-strand-at-the-eu-artic-forum-26-june-2025
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20.1.2025 | Minister of Education Anders Adlercreutz and the Ministry's experts will take part in the Educa Fair on 24-25 January.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/the-ministry-of-education-and-culture-at-the-international-educa-fair-2025
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14.1.2025 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Joakim Strand will visit Brussels on Wednesday 15 January. During the visit, Minister Strand will meet with Commissioner for Budget and Administration Piotr Serafin and Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos. He will also take part in the Sustainable Energy Reimagined conference.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-european-affairs-strand-to-visit-brussels-1
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13.2.2025 | The Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs met on Thursday 13 February to discuss proposals for a new EU sanctions package against Russia and for additional tariffs on imports of agricultural products and certain fertilisers from Russia and Belarus into EU countries. The meeting also discussed the ECOFIN meeting and informal meeting of Ministers for European Affairs being held next week.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/ministerial-committee-on-european-union-affairs-discusses-eu-responses-to-russia-s-war-of-aggression-against-ukraine
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11.12.2024 | Finland will receive EUR 50 million in additional funding from the European Commission to strengthen surveillance at the eastern border through the EU Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (BMVI). Finland’s 1,340-kilometre-long border with Russia is also an external border of the EU. More effective surveillance of the border will strengthen the security of the EU as a whole in the changing landscape of hybrid threats and instrumentalised migration.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-receive-eur-50-million-in-additional-funding-to-strengthen-surveillance-at-eastern-border
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5.12.2024 | On 5 December 2024, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment received an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report from Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO). The report assesses the environmental effects of a potential extension to the service life of Olkiluoto 1 and Olkiluoto 2 nuclear power plant units as well as an increase to their thermal power.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/tvo-submits-to-the-ministry-an-eia-report-on-continued-use-of-olkiluoto-ol1-and-ol2-plant-units
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17.12.2024 | Consultation has begun on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report concerning the lifetime extension and increased thermal power of the Olkiluoto 1 and Olkiluoto 2 nuclear power plant units of Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO). Comments on the report will be accepted at the Lausuntopalvelu.fi service from 17 December 2024 to 14 February 2025. In addition, a hearing event open to the public will be held in Eurajoki on 6 February 2025https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/eia-report-consultation-on-the-lifetime-extension-of-ol1-and-ol2-plant-units-begins
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8.5.2025 | Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen's speech at the NATO Nuclear Policy Symposium on 29 April 2025 Publication date 8.5.2025 11.50 | Published in English on 31.10.2025 at 15.24 Type: Speech Distinguished guests, experts and friends of nuclear polic...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/minister-of-defence-antti-hakkanen-s-speech-at-the-nato-nuclear-policy-symposium-on-29-april-2025