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6.9.2022 | Suomi lähetti kansainvälisen pelastustoiminnan asiantuntijan Pakistaniin auttamaan monsuunitulviin liittyvän humanitaarisen avun koordinoinnissa. Asiantuntija lähti Suomesta tiistaina 6.9.

8.9.2021 | FAQ – How to apply for an entry permit from Afghanistan to Finland and how to get consular services in Afghanistan? Ministry for Foreign Affairs Publication date 8.9.2021 7.57 Type: News item I am a Finnish citizen/ I have a residence permit to Fi...

1.9.2022 | Ulkoministeriön hallinnonalalle esitetään yhteensä 1,3 miljardin euron määrärahoja. Ulkoministeriön talousarvion keskiössä on Ukrainan tukeminen myös vuonna 2023.

15.7.2021 | On Thursday 15 July, the President of the Republic appointed a new ambassador to Copenhagen and non-resident ambassadors to Liechtenstein and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

15.7.2021 | Tasavallan presidentti on määrännyt esittelyssään torstaina 15. heinäkuuta uuden suurlähettilään Kööpenhaminaan ja sivuakkreditoinnit Liechtensteiniin sekä Bosnia ja Hertsegovinaan.

3.11.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin will represent Finland at the meeting of the Heads of State and Government on Monday 7 November, and during the ministerial week between 14 and 18 November the Finnish delegation will be led by Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Maria Ohisalo.

1.9.2022 | The Government proposes EUR 1.3 billion in appropriations for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Support for Ukraine will continue to be at the heart of the Ministry’s budget in 2023.

9.11.2023 | Former President of the Republic of Finland, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Ambassador and State Secretary of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Martti Ahtisaari passed away in Helsinki on 16 October 2023 at the age of 86. He was born on 23 June 1937 in Vyborg.

10.9.2021 | Today, on 13 September 2021, the United Nations is organising a High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan. The UN estimates that approximately half of the population of the country need humanitarian assistance. Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will represent Finland at the meeting.

19.5.2021 | Human rights defenders play an important role in strengthening democracy-building and in supporting sustainable development. At the same time, however, human rights defenders continue to be subjected to sanctions, which are getting even tighter. The shrinking space of civil society and restrictions on freedom of expression threaten the position of human rights defenders. At an event in April, Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto exchanged views with women human rights defenders (WHRDs).

6.4.2021 | Climate and economic policies were discussed by the finance ministers of over 60 countries at the meeting of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action on 6 April 2021. In its spring meeting, the Coalition acquired eight new member countries, including the United States, Japan and South Korea.

6.4.2021 | Yli 60 maan valtiovarainministerit keskustelivat ilmasto- ja talouspolitiikasta, kun valtiovarainministerien ilmastokoalitio kokoontui tiistaina 6. huhtikuuta. Koalitio sai kevätkokouksen yhteydessä kahdeksan uutta jäsenmaata, muun muassa Yhdysvallat, Japanin ja Etelä-Korean.

21.12.2022 | “Even though this year will go down in the history books for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we have still been fortunate enough to record some favourable developments,” writes Pekka Haavisto, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in relation to the 2022 year in foreign policy.

26.8.2021 | Finland suspended its development cooperation with Afghanistan after Taliban took control of the country. However, the results of development cooperation in the past 20 years will not be lost, says Senior Specialist Merja Mäkelä.