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During Finland’s presidency of the Council of the EU which started at the beginning of July, Brussels will be featuring some of the top names in Finnish contemporary art and culture, as well as rising new talents. The broad cultural programme supports the priority themes of the EU presidency period.

ThisisFINLAND’s first Foreign Correspondents Programme (FCP) for alumni will bring to Finland ten journalists and media professionals who have participated in the programme in earlier years. The alumni programme will take place from 10 to 15 June. We aim to offer the participants an updated picture of Finland.

The President of the Republic appointed new Ambassadors on 6 April. Most of them will assume their functions on 1 September 2018.

The President of the National Security Authority of Belgium Claudia De Maesschalck and the Director of the Finnish Security Authority NSA Tarja Laitiainen signed today in Helsinki the Agreement on Mutual Protection of Classified Information (GSA) between the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Belgium.