Foreign Ministry's press releases

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. In honour of the centenary celebrations, Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will end his tour of Finnish schools by attending an event organised at The English School in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, on Monday 21 May.

Finland is greatly concerned about the extensive use of force and the loss of lives at the Gaza border demonstrations.

100-year-old Ministry for Foreign Affairs with its partners will organise a Crisis Management Now event on 17 May from 10.00 to 17.30 in Kellohalli at the Abattoir complex in Kalasatama.

The Capital of Metal campaign sets out to determine which Finnish city deserves to be known internationally as the Capital of Metal. It also spotlights Finland’s position at the centre of the global heavy metal community: Finland has more metal bands per capita than any other country.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Canada and the UN Headquarters in New York from 8 to 11 May.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini's tour of schools will take him next to Turku and Salo.

Nina Suomalainen will start as Executive Director of Justice Rapid Response on 7 May 2018.

On Friday 4 May, the President of the Republic and the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discussed issues relating to international crisis management.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs marks its centenary year by presenting its activities in events organised in different parts of Finland. On Wednesday 9 May, a public event will be held in Turku City Library.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Anne-Mari Virolainen will visit Israel, the Palestinian territory and Jordan from 5 to 10 May 2018. The aim of the visit is to get an update of the humanitarian situation and to seek ways to promote trade relations and bilateral cooperation.