Current affairs
7.4.2020
If you are travelling abroad, return to Finland!
Due to the prevailing emergency conditions based on the Emergency Powers Act, the Government has decided to restrict traffic at Finland’s external borders starting on Thursday 19 March at 00.00. Finns travelling abroad are encouraged to return to Finland as soon as possible.
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6.3.2020
Coronavirus advice for travellers: Ministry for Foreign Affairs monitors coronavirus situation
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Finland’s Missions are monitoring the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in cooperation with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), and they are in constant contact with key actors with regard to the situational picture and any necessary measures.
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29.1.2020
Updated Visa Code to apply from 2 February 2020
The EU is revising its Visa Code in order to facilitate visa procedures for travellers and to respond more effectively to the challenges posed by illegal migration. Finland will start applying the new Visa Code on 2 February 2020 together with other Schengen countries.
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13.2.2014
27.10.2011
Topical EU issues on the agenda of Finland’s and Luxembourg’s Foreign Ministers
“We were both foreign ministers when negotiations on EU membership started with Turkey in 2005. It was very much the foreign ministers who took the lead on that, and we remain committed to the issue. A European Turkey fulfilling the membership criteria is in European strategic interests,” said Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja at a press conference held together with Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn of Luxembourg in Helsinki on 27 October.
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