Current affairs
6.2.2017
27.1.2017
Finland - unquestionably a pioneer of democracy
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs will participate in the campaign 100 Acts for Gender Equality organized by the National Council of Women of Finland and the Council for Gender Equality as part of the celebrations and official programme of the centenary of Finland’s independence. The Embassy´s act is to introduce once a month one person or an event that promoted gender equality and women's rights.
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20.1.2017
16.1.2017
Finnish photographer sees light alone in landscape
Anyone who has visited a bustling Helsinki café knows that stereotyping the Finns as antisocial is outdated and exaggerated. Yet award-winning Finnish photographer Mikko Lagerstedt has made a career out of displaying the beauty and nuances of solitude (see slideshow).
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13.1.2017
4.1.2017
2.1.2017
New Year Speech by President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö on 1 January 2017
Milestone anniversaries are important to us. For some, it is a certain age, for others when a community reaches round figures. Many of us remember that significant events, good or bad, happened so and so many decades ago.
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31.12.2016
30.12.2016