Current affairs

Finland is proud to present its candidacy to a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2022–2024 term. Previously, Finland served as a member of the Human Rights Council for a period of one year starting in 2006, when the Council was newly established.

The prolonged COVID-19 epidemic has led to an exceptional situation for travellers. This summer, borders have gradually started to open up and, thanks to vaccinations, safe and healthy travel is possible to a greater extent. Many Finns are also spending their holidays abroad. However, it is important to remember that the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing and that infections are rising again in many holiday destinations popular among Finns. When travelling, it is important to act responsibly and observe guidelines in place to ensure health security.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has sent out for comments a proposal on amendments to the Decree of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Fees for Services Produced by the Foreign Service. The consultation round will be open until 6 August 2021. According to the proposal, the prices of identity cards and passports issued by missions abroad would be raised by 6 euros and 55 euros respectively.

Altogether, the run raised 59,000 SGD for marine protection. Find out below what our charity organisation, Coral Triangle Center, had to say about the results.

Over 10,000 students aged 13 to 20 from 27 Singapore education institutions met with European Union (EU) representatives in the second edition of the ‘EU at Your School’ project (#EUatYourSchool), where they got insights about the EU and its relations with Singapore. The project, which started on 31 March and will continue through July 2021, builds on the positive feedback of the inaugural edition in 2019.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs recommends exercising special caution when travelling to the EU and Schengen area The Ministry also recommends avoiding unnecessary travel to countries outside the EU and Schengen area, except for countries for which the restrictions on entry have been lifted.

Ambassador Vänskä presented prizes to some of the runners and intern, Taiju Marttila had a chat with them to find out how they ran over a hundred kilometers each all in a week.

TOVE will be screening at the Projector on Wednesday 23rd of June 8.30pm and Sunday 27th of June at 2pm at the Projector. Get your tickets now to not miss out on this cinematic masterpiece!

The race, called ‘The Nordic Green Run’, jointly organised by the Embassies of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, attracted more than 1,600 participants from the Nordic communities including local runners, to run as many kilometers as possible to protect marine biodiversity in waters surrounding Singapore.

The Nordic Embassies in Singapore are jointly organising a charity run for sustainability from 31 May - 6 June 2021 **(Please join Nordic Green Run 2022, 30 May - 5 June 2022)**