Ambassador Jouni Laaksonen presented his credentials to President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel at Prague Castle on 29 September 2026. With this ceremonial act, he officially took up his post as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Finland to the Czech Republic.

Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs has introduced its AI Assistant UMAI to an initial group of pilot users. The service enables the use of artificial intelligence to process information at national security classification level IV in a secure environment. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Government ICT Centre Valtori are acting as pilot organisations in the development of a common secure AI platform for central government.