Current affairs

The Embassy of Finland in Canberra is conducting a survey of the Finnish community in our region. The purpose of the survey is to receive some feedback on the organisation of Finnish parliamentary elections in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs completes Finland’s relief effort in Sudan on Thursday 27 April.

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

On 4 April, Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will deposit Finland's instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty. Minister Haavisto will deposit the instrument of accession in Brussels with the Government of the United States. Finland will become a NATO member country at the moment of the deposit. Minister Haavisto will also represent Finland at the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs starting on the same day.