Current affairs

Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman and Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio appointed a new Team Finland Executive Group on 16 May 2025.

According to preliminary data, a total of 5,291 votes were cast in advance in the 2025 county elections and 8,310 votes in the municipal elections at Finnish missions abroad. In the dual elections, a total of 180 votes were cast on board Finnish vessels. In the 2022 county elections, 2,923 advance votes were cast, and about a hundred crew members cast their vote on board ships. In the 2021 municipal elections, 2,693 advance votes were cast, and over a hundred crew members voted on board ships.

58th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council: General Debate on Item 10- technical assistance and capacity-building. Statement by Finland, delivered by Ms. Karoliina Heikinheimo-Perez, First Secretary, on 2 April 2025.

58th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council: General Debate on ITEM 6 - UPR Outcomes. Statement by Finland, Delivered by Ms. Anu Konttinen, Chargé d'affaires, 26 March 2025.

58th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council: General Debate on ITEM 4 - Human Rights Situations that require the Council’s attention. Statement by Finland, Delivered by Ms. Anu Konttinen, Chargé d'affaires, 20 March 2025.

This is FINLAND Magazine is now available in English. Part of the 'This is FINLAND' country brand media, promoted across several channels, the Magazine targets an international readership.

58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council - Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing. Statement by Finland on behalf of the Nordic Baltic states, Delivered by H.E. Ambassador Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Permanent Representative of Finland, 7th of March 2025.

58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: International Women’s Day Joint Statement, presented by Mexico and Finland on behalf of 53 countries. 7 March 2025.

58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Panel discussion on the realisation of human rights in sustaining and increasing the gains made in the HIV response and leaving no one behind, Statement on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic Countries, Delivered by H.E. Ambassador Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Permanent Representative of Finland, 6 March 2025.

58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council; Interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights defenders, Statement by Finland on behalf of the Nordic Baltic states, Delivered by H.E. Ambassador Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Permanent Representative of Finland, 5 March 2025