Foreign Ministry's press releases

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Uruguay and Argentina from 22 to 27 March.

Sunday 18 March marked the fourth anniversary of the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by Russian Federation. Finland condemns the illegal annexation by Russia, which is against the international law.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs marks its centenary year by presenting its activities in events organised in different parts of Finland. In cooperation with the municipality of Kittilä, the Ministry will organise a public event on 19 March.

The EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) will meet in Brussels on 19 March. Finland's representative at the meeting will be Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini.

The Arctic Council, the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the World Meteorological Organization WMO will come together for joint meetings in Levi next week. Hundreds of guests from different parts of the world will arrive in Levi.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Anne-Mari Virolainen will make a Team Finland visit to Ethiopia and South Africa from 12 to 16 March. She will be accompanied by a delegation representing 30 Finnish companies and other stakeholders.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, signed orders to restrict steel and aluminium imports with the exception of imports from Canada and Mexico.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will continue his school visits, which focus on the prevention of violent radicalisation, in March in Lapland. On Tuesday 13 March, Minister Soini will visit the Ounasvaara upper secondary school in Rovaniemi and another upper secondary school in Kemijärvi. The school visits aim to enhance young people’s knowledge and awareness of the importance of Finland's foreign and security policy in the prevention of violent radicalisation.

The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania, Ditmir Bushati, will visit Helsinki on Monday 12 March and have a meeting with Foreign Minister Timo Soini.

The new visual image of the Foreign Ministry’s Europe Information communicates a picture of an open provider of information, which, in active interaction with the citizens, seeks to promote communications and discussion about EU matters.