Current affairs

What happens when you fall in love with Finnish design and cannot live without it? You might just end up working in Finland’s cutting-edge mobile game industry.

The affairs on the agenda of the meeting between Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja and Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Song Tao on 29 October included enhancement of bilateral relations between Finland and China, the economic situation of the eurozone and, as regards questions of international politics, Syria and the nuclear weapons issue of Iran.

China has within a short space of time become a very interesting market for cultural exports. The 2010 Shanghai World Expo provided a unique springboard for Finnish cultural exports to China. This autumn will see the launch of the Shanghai Radical Design Week, which is organized under the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 framework.

The President of the Republic appointed today, 17 February, the following heads of mission:

The Government decided on 16 February to propose to the President of the Republic the following ambassadorial appointments.

The President of the Republic appointed today, 17 February, the following heads of mission:

The Foreign Ministry continues to implement the savings required by the Government’s proposal for the budget and spending limits by closing down Finland’s Consulate General in Canton, China and the Consulate in Las Palmas, Spain, during 2012. Las Palmas will operate as an Honorary Consulate. Finland’s representation on the west coast of the United States will be concentrated in the mission located in the Silicon Valley of California.

Speech by Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja in The Aleksanteri Institute’s conference “The Dragon and the Bear: Strategic Choices of China and Russia” on November 9th 2011 in Helsinki.

Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb will make an export promotion and internalisation trip to Shanghai, China, on 18–20 October.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has appointed Mikko Puustinen to the post of press counsellor at the Embassy of Finland in Beijing.