Current affairs

Are you interested in catering- and housekeeping superior’s tasks in the charming, third biggest city of the Netherlands? Embassy of Finland is looking for a Catering and Housekeeping Superior for the Ambassador's residence in The Hague for a fixed contract starting on 1st February 2024 or as agreed until 31st March 2026. Probationary period is one month. The position is part of Embassy’s locally employed staff and the contract is subject to terms and conditions of employment of locally employed staff and Dutch legislation.

Finland will hold its presidential elections on Sunday 28 January 2024. Advance voting will be possible abroad from 17 to 20 January 2024. The election day for a possible second election (second round) will be 11 February 2024, and advance voting abroad will be possible from 31 January to 3 February 2024.

Expatriate Finns, i.e. those have the right to vote in Finland and live permanently abroad, are entitled to vote in the Parliamentary and Presidential Election. Expatriate Finns can also vote in the Elections for the European Parliament unless they are registered on the electoral roll of their country of residence.

Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs is planning to launch a tendering process for outsourcing its entry permit application submission services in 2024. As a preparation for the upcoming tendering process, the Ministry will survey the market in autumn 2023.

Comments on the Ministry for Foreign Affairs proposal may be given at lausuntopalvelu.fi until 8 August 2023.

Comments on the draft government proposal may be submitted to the lausuntopalvelu.fi service until 15 August 2023.

Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Transport and Communications Minna Kivimäki has been nominated a candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). There are altogether seven candidates for the post.

Finland will join NATO on Tuesday 4 April. We collected the daily events and links to live webcasts from Brussels.

Finland seeks election to the International Maritime Organization Council (IMO) for the 2024–2025 term.

Finns are once again actively travelling abroad. Over the years, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has been reminding travellers of things to take into account when travelling abroad to make sure their trip runs as smoothly as possible.