Current affairs
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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4.12.2019
Media event on the EU's Eastern Partnership in Helsinki
As part of the programme of Finland's Presidency of the Council of the EU, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the European Commission will co-organise a media event Stronger Together – Eastern Partnership Media Conference in Helsinki on 11–12 December. The aim of the event is to support the EU's Eastern Partnership (EaP) policy and to promote reforms, civil society activities and resilience of societies in the partner countries.
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6.9.2019
New Head of Mission to Baghdad, side-accreditations and an authorisation to the Bahamas
At the presidential session on 6 September 2019, the President of the Republic decided to appoint a new Head of Mission to the Embassy of Finland in Baghdad, Iraq, and to grant several side-accreditations and an authorisation to represent Finland.
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18.6.2018
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23.8.2017
Speech by FM Soini at the Reception of the 25th anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations with Eastern European and Central Asian countries
Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini at the Reception of the 25th anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations with Eastern European and Central Asian countries, Helsinki 23 August 2017.
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23.8.2017
Speech by former Ambassador Reinilä at the Reception of the 25th anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations with Eastern European and Central Asian countries
Speech by former Ambassador Laura Reinilä at the Reception of the 25th anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations with Eastern European and Central Asian countries, Helsinki 23 August 2017.
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