Foreign Ministry's press releases

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Friday 25 May 2018 at Finlandia Hall.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will host a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Finland, Germany, Sweden and Denmark in Helsinki on 25 May.

Finland has been sharing its public sector expertise with the EU’s neighbouring regions for 20 years now. The Twinning instrument, a tool for supporting good governance, has provided support, for example, to the eastern European countries which became EU Member States in 2004 and 2007. At the moment, there are ongoing Twinning projects in the Western Balkans, Turkey and the EU’s eastern and southern neighbouring countries.

The EU’s Foreign Affairs Council will meet on 22 May in Brussels with EU trade ministers playing a key role. In Brussels, Finland will be represented by Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Anne-Mari Virolainen.

The EU Foreign Affairs Council, led by member-state development ministers, will convene in Brussels on 22 May. Finland will be represented by Anne-Mari Virolainen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will attend the Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe at Elsinore, Denmark, on 17–18 May 2018.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Anne-Mari Virolainen will meet Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate and Deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lövin and Minister for EU Affairs and Trade Ann Linde in Stockholm on Thursday 17 May.

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.