Current affairs

All Finnish missions abroad and organisations issuing visas, including the Border Guard, Finnish Customs and the Police, started to use the new EU visa sticker on 11 November 2019

Ten up in our article series introducing the Honorary Consuls of Finland in the United Kingdom is Julian Phillips. Mr Phillips was appointed as Honorary Consul of Finland for Cardiff in 2001.

The Embassy of Finland is organizing an event for Finnish businesses in the UK on how they can prepare for the UK’s departure from the European Union. The event will take place on Wednesday 16th October from 11am to 12am at the Embassy of Finland in London (address: 38 Chesham Place, London SW1X 8HW), and is organized in co-operation with Business Finland and Finnish-British Chamber of Commerce.

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René Söderman, Jukka Pajarinen ja Emmi Kulta joined the Embassy of Finland in London during the past summer.

The Embassy of Finland in London held a high profile climate seminar at the official residence of Ambassador Markku Keinänen on Tuesday 10th of September 2019. The event was part of a larger Finnish EU presidency related programme organised by the Embassy. The event’s purpose was to present the climate objectives of both the Finnish Government and Finland’s EU Presidency, as well as create connections with British climate professionals and to find channels for cooperation between the two countries.

Finland and the EU are aiming to ratify an agreement in Brexit negotiations that would ensure an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. If the negotiated agreement does not enter into force, the withdrawal will be without an agreement. A no-deal Brexit is possible and it is good to prepare for it in advance. This would mean that the EU Treaties and EU legislation will cease to apply to the United Kingdom.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will visit London on 10 September and have a meeting with Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. Haavisto will also meet Tom Tugendhat, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons.

The Finnish Embassies in the UK and Ireland, in collaboration with Business Finland, joined forces for this year’s Team Finland Day in form of a Brexit Roundtable that attracted approximately 20 companies interested in hearing about this topical issue. Team Finland day was held on 22th August.

Every August the annual Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival turn the capital of Scotland into a world of arts and culture for three weeks. This autumn, as previous years, the Finnish-British collaboration From Start to Finnish brings five productions to the Festival Fringe. We've listed some below.