Current affairs
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17.1.2025
Travel doesn’t always go smoothly – Ministry for Foreign Affairs helps travellers abroad
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the missions abroad provided consular services to approximately 205,000 customers last year. Over the course of the year, the Ministry’s 24/7 service was contacted around 6,800 times in total.
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17.1.2025
Ministers Valtonen and Tavio to attend annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos
Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen and Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will travel to the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which will take place in Davos, Switzerland, on 20–24 January. President of the Republic Alexander Stubb will also attend the WEF.
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12.12.2024
New Ministry for Foreign Affairs decree on fees for 2025 enters into force on 1 January 2025
The new decree of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on fees charged for services provided by the Finnish Foreign Service in 2025 enters into force on 1 January 2025. Several services that are now provided free of charge will become subject to a fee as of 1 January 2025.
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11.12.2024
Service agreement ensures continuity of export promotion work
The Team Finland reform proceeds. After the transitional period, the foreign operations of Business Finland will be incorporated into the Foreign Service. The appropriation of Business Finland’s foreign network will be transferred to the administrative branch of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 1 January 2025. The service agreement ensures that the export promotion services will continue without interruption.
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10.12.2024
Outgoing Member’s pledge
Human Rights Council, Organizational meeting: Outgoing Member’s pledge, Statement by Finland, 9 December 2024.
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6.12.2024
Finland Debuts the World’s First National Soundscape
Finland is the first country in the world to commission a composer to create an official national soundscape. Ääniä is an original musical work by Lauri Porra, one of the country’s most celebrated composers. It takes the listener on a journey through the impressions, seasons and serene beauty of the happiest country in the world.
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5.12.2024
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9.10.2024
Item 10 - General Debate
United Nations Human Rights Council, 57th Session. Item 10 - General Debate, Statement by Finland delivered on 9 October 2024.
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1.10.2024
Interactive Dialogue on the Secretary-General's report on reprisals
United Nations Human Rights Council 57th session: Item 5 Interactive Dialogue on the Secretary-General's report on reprisals, Statement by Finland, 27 September 2024.
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26.9.2024
Interactive dialogue with the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
57th session of UN Human Rights Council: Item 3 & 5 – Interactive dialogue with the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Nordic Baltic statement, delivered by H.E. Ambassador Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Permanent Representative of Finland, 26 September 2024.