Current affairs
3.6.2019
3.12.2018
Experiencing life in a refugee camp through virtual glasses
The number of refugees in the world is on the rise. How are families and children going about their daily lives in a refugee camp? The 360-degree video jointly produced by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Finnish Red Cross is set in the Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya.
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26.11.2018
Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä in health and energy sector focused visit
Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä visited Kenya 31.10. – 2.11.2018. The Minister led a Team Finland delegation of 14 Finnish businesses, universities and investors, representing Finnish expertise in the energy, health and education sectors.
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15.10.2018
6.7.2018
Mr George K Maringa selected as FCP representative from Kenya
Mr George K Maringa, reporter at KTN News Kenya, has been selected among many competitive Kenyan applicants to participate in the Foreign Correspondents' Programme (FCP) this summer in Finland, organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
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18.5.2018
Update: Finland improves visa and residence permit application procedures in Kenya
Finland will outsource the submission of Schengen visa applications and residence permit applications in Kenya to visa application centre (VAC) maintained by VFS Global. VAC will be opened in Nairobi on 6 June 2018.
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4.5.2018
New Ambassadors to Beirut, Nairobi and Oslo
At the presidential session on Friday 4 May, the President of the Republic decided to appoint the following Ambassadors: Tarja Fernández to Beirut, Erik Lundberg to Nairobi and Mikael Antell to Oslo. They will assume their new functions on 1 September 2018.
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29.1.2018
30.11.2017
Finland Supports Female Peacekeepers Training Course
The eight United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Female Officers Training Course recently came to a close in Nairobi. The course, with significant support from Finland, brought 40 female officers from 31 different countries to Kenya for the second time
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