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4.5.2026 | Additional capital totalling EUR 200 million will enable the gradual ramp-up of the project. Keliber is the first lithium project in Europe with integrated production from mine to refinery.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/state-to-inject-eur-40-million-in-capital-into-finnish-minerals-group-for-ramp-up-of-keliber-lithium-project
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30.4.2026 | The General Government Fiscal Plan guides the planning of public finances. It covers central government, wellbeing services counties, municipalities, statutory earnings-related pension funds and other social security funds.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/10623/government-decides-on-general-government-fiscal-plan-for-2027-2030
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6.11.2025 | Finland submitted the national exploration programme required by the European Critical Raw Materials Act to the European Commission on 12 September 2025. The programme has now been published on the website of the Geological Survey of Finland. The proposal for the programme was prepared by the Geological Survey of Finland and the programme was approved by Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/national-exploration-programme-under-european-critical-raw-materials-act-submitted-to-commission
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8.5.2026 | In his EU policy speech at Aalto University on Friday 8 May, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo stressed that Europe and the European Union are still the best guarantee of security for citizens in an unstable global situation. He noted, however, that Europe needs to be much stronger in order to defend its values.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-only-a-strong-europe-can-defend-its-values
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5.3.2026 | Finland has provided Ukraine with an extensive package of equipment for combating oil spills. The package included donations compiled by the Finnish Border Guard and rescue departments, and materials procured by the Ministry of the Interior. A total of 35 truckloads of oil spill response equipment were delivered to Ukraine.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/finland-delivers-oil-spill-response-equipment-to-ukraine
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23.1.2025 | Sixteen projects located in Finland have applied for strategic project status at the European Commission under the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act. The Commission will decide which projects will be granted the strategic project status. On 23 January 2025, the Finnish Government stated it would not use its national right to object to any of the applications.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/16-finland-based-projects-apply-for-strategic-project-status-under-eu-critical-raw-materials-act-finland-refrains-from-its-right-to-object
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Annex II [Original: English and French] Proposed amendments to the ATP 1. Throughout the text of the ATP Replace multiplication symbols "*", "." and "." by "×" in the existing equations. (Reference document: informal document INF.11) 2. Throughout...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/delegate/file/159123
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9.12.2025 | For the first time, biotechnology is among the proposed themes of IPCEIs. The EU Member States want to promote biotechnology projects by including biotechnology in Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs). Together with Germany and Estonia, Finland has been preparing three thematic IPCEI proposals for biotechnology since November 2024.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/ipcei-funding-can-now-be-used-to-speed-up-biotechnology-projects
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28.11.2025 | On 27 November 2025, the European Commission published a new Bioeconomy Strategy, which replaces the strategy from 2018. The strategy provides a framework for a competitive and sustainable EU bioeconomy, with the objective of reducing dependency on fossil raw materials and raising the degree of processing and value added of EU bio-based products. The core of the strategy is to boost the development of bio-based products and to accelerate their wide-spread introduction.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/eu-s-new-bioeconomy-strategy-aims-to-ensure-eu-competitiveness-and-security-of-supply
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15.12.2025 | The EU environment ministers will meet in Brussels on Tuesday 16 December. The ministers will exchange views on the new EU Bioeconomy Strategy published by the Commission on 27 November. The agenda also includes conclusions on the EU’s 8th environment action programme. Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala will represent Finland at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/environment-ministers-to-discuss-eu-bioeconomy-strategy
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18.11.2025 | The updated list of dual-use items subject to export controls in the EU, adopted by the European Commission in September, entered into force on 15 November 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/update-to-eu-control-list-of-dual-use-items-enters-into-force
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26.1.2026 | The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, will visit Helsinki on Monday 26 January. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is the premier development financier on the African continent and a key partner for Finland in advancing sustainable economic growth and development in Africa at a time when global economic and security policy shifts are reshaping development funding.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/african-development-bank-president-dr.-sidi-ould-tah-to-visit-helsinki
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17.12.2025 | The Government’s legislative reforms and the one-stop service at the Finnish Supervisory Agency, which will begin operating on 1 January 2026, will promote economic growth that is based on the cleanest solutions and will strengthen our comprehensive security. “The Government’s historic reforms concerning the permit procedures enter into force at the right moment. In different parts of Finland th...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/significant-legislative-reforms-to-boost-green-transition-and-investments
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17.11.2025 | EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Síkela will visit Helsinki and Espoo on 17–18 November 2025. The main themes of the visit will be digitalisation and critical raw materials.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finnish-solutions-to-feature-prominently-during-commissioner-sikela-s-visit
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13.11.2025 | With a budget of almost EUR 28 million, the ACWA LIFE project is one of the most significant projects during the history of water resources management in Finland. The eight-year project to be started in the beginning of 2026 will improve the status of waters by enhancing river basin management planning and actions based on this in five areas.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/significant-eu-funding-to-acwa-life-project-to-improve-status-of-waters-in-finland
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24.10.2025 | Finland’s circular economy solutions and active role in developing nature funding for companies were strongly highlighted at the European Business & Nature Summit 2025 in Helsinki. In connection with the event, Minister Multala met Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall and Eric Mamer, Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/minister-multala-preserving-biodiversity-supports-europe-s-competitiveness-and-stability-of-societies-finland-at-forefront-in-developing-new-funding-solutions
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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.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/prime-minister-orpo-to-visit-africa-for-summit-and-trade-mission
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25.11.2025 | The EU ministers responsible for education, youth, culture and sport will meet in Brussels on 27–28 November. The Council’s agenda includes vocational education and training, the European Education Area, the Erasmus+ programme, the importance of culture for democratic resilience, the AgoraEU programme, and democracy and transparency in sport. The Oulu European Capital of Culture 2026 project will also be presented at the meeting.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/eu-s-education-youth-culture-and-sports-council-to-convene-on-27-28-november
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29.10.2025 | The meeting of the China–Finland energy cooperation working group was held on 23 October 2025 in Suzhou, China, in cooperation with the National Energy Administration of China (NEA) and Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. Finland was represented by Riku Huttunen, Director General of the Ministry’s Energy Department.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/three-new-candidates-for-pilot-projects-under-china-finland-energy-cooperation
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4.11.2025 | Rapporteur Veli-Matti Mattila proposes in his report measures such as continuing electricity tax relief and streamlining permit procedures for data centres with high value added.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-sets-out-measures-to-attract-data-centres-with-high-value-added