Foreign Ministry's press releases

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Washington DC from 5 to 9 February.

The MFA has granted EUR 4,295,000 to international non-governmental organisations for 2018–2019.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykkänen will visit Washington DC from 1 to 2 February. Minister Mykkänen will have meetings with Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross and other representatives of the administration. The aims of the visit are to strengthen the countries' bilateral commercial and economic relations and to hold discussions on the transatlantic trade agenda and topical development questions.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has granted a total of EUR 911,000 in discretionary government transfers to nine organisations working in the field of foreign and security policy.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has granted EUR 370,000 in discretionary government transfers to 15 civil society organisations’ (CSOs) Europe information. The total number of supported projects is 18.

As a part of its 100th anniversary, the MFA will present its activities in various public events to be organised in different parts of the country.

Based on preliminary data, 52,615 persons cast their votes in Finland's missions abroad in advance in the first round of the presidential election. This is the highest ever voter turnout abroad.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland together with the Abilis Foundation will co-host the Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network meeting in Helsinki, Finland, from 31 January to 2 February 2018. More than 90 important international partners and donors engaged in development cooperation and humanitarian aid will gather in Helsinki.

The inauguration of the President of the Republic of Finland will take place on Thursday 1 February 2018.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will continue his school visits, which focus on the prevention of violent radicalisation, by touring in the counties, too. On 29 January, Soini will travel to Nurmes and Siilinjärvi; he will visit the upper secondary school in Nurmes and the Ahmo comprehensive school and the municipal upper secondary school in Siilinjärvi, near Kuopio.