Current affairs
6.12.2018
GREETING FROM PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC SAULI NIINISTÖ TO FINNISH EXPATRIATES AND FINNS ABROAD ON 6 DECEMBER 2018
Dear Friends,another year has passed. It is once again time for me to wish you all a happy Independence Day. I know, of course, that you are proud to fly the flag for Finland every day of the year. It won't surprise you to hear that the autumn here in Finland has again been long and dark and we now all look forward to the light and joy the December festivities will bring.
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3.12.2018
Statement by President of the Republic of Finland, Mr. Sauli Niinistö, at the Leaders’ Summit COP24 in Katowice, Poland, 3 December 2018
In Finland, we are already feeling the impact of climate change in our neighbourhood. The Arctic region is warming twice as fast as the global average. As the current chair of the Arctic Council, Finland is pushing to reduce the emissions of black carbon. The Arctic cannot be saved without CO2 mitigation, but reducing black carbon would bring additional and more immediate results in slowing down the temperature rise. And saving the Arctic is needed to save the globe.
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28.11.2018
Prime Minister Sipilä and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker discuss the future of Europe
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker met on 8 November in Helsinki. In their meeting, Sipilä and Juncker had a wide-ranging discussion on the development of the EU and the challenges it will face in the future. The leaders also discussed Finland’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union, as well as the country’s priorities for the Commission’s new five-year work programme.
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30.10.2018
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25.7.2018
Finnish Sauna is a lifestyle trend, an essentially Finnish experience – and a tool for diplomacy
The Embassy sauna in Warsaw was the setting for an interview with the Ambassador of Finland in the June-August issue of Monocle magazine. Inspired by this, we also look at the role of the sauna in Finnish everyday life and of course at Finnish sauna diplomacy.
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26.6.2018
20.6.2018