22.2.2022 | Birgitta Vuorinen joined the Finnish Embassy in London in early January as a senior specialist in higher education and science policy. She relocated to London from the Ministry of Education and Culture, where she worked as Director of the Division for Higher Education Policy. The UK thus became the ninth area of expertise for the Team Finland Knowledge network. Vuorinen’s task is to follow higher educat...

31.5.2021 | The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare have updated the guidelines on how to prevent coronavirus infections in connection with public events and gatherings and when using public premises.

19.11.2020 | On 19 November 2020, the Government submitted to Parliament a proposal supplementing the budget proposal for 2021.

12.6.2020 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin spoke on the phone with her Norwegian colleague Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

4.2.2021 | When a pilot licence or pilotage exemption certificate needs to be renewed, pilots can demonstrate fully their knowledge of the route through training in a ship simulator.

4.2.2021 | When a pilot licence or pilotage exemption certificate needs to be renewed, pilots can demonstrate fully their knowledge of the route through training in a ship simulator.

4.6.2020 | Finland participates in work promoting global access to vaccines Ministry for Foreign Affairs Publication date 4.6.2020 17.30 Type: Press release At the Global Vaccine Summit on 4 June 2020, Finland pledged EUR 2.5 million to the Vaccine Alliance ...

16.12.2020 | Due to the second wave of COVID-19 this autumn, air transport has not been able to recover from the COVID-19 crisis as was anticipated in the summer. This has had a particularly strong impact on the air transport situation in Finland. For example, Finnair continues to operate at only around ten per cent capacity, and the company’s operations are currently loss-making. The company has suffered and will continue to sustain substantial losses due to the pandemic and resulting travel restrictions.

15.6.2020 | Based on the situational assessment received on Monday 15 June, the Government has determined that the COVID-19 epidemic can be managed using the regular powers of the authorities. In its plenary session today, the Government issued decrees repealing the use of powers under the Emergency Powers Act and announced that the current situation in the country no longer constitutes a state of emergency as referred to in section 3 of the Emergency Powers Act.

9.12.2020 | In its meeting on Wednesday 9 December, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs discussed Finland’s positions leading up to the December European Council (10–11 December) and the Euro Summit (11 December). The topics on the agenda for the European Council are the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, security issues and external relations. The European Council may also discuss the recov...