Current affairs

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Finland will hold its presidential elections on Sunday 28 January 2024. Advance voting will be possible in Singapore from 17 to 19 January 2024. The election day for a possible second round will be 11 February 2024, and advance voting in Singapore will be possible from 31 January to 2 February 2024.

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.

At the presidential session on Friday 12 May, the President of the Republic decided to appoint six new Ambassadors. The Government appointed Counsellor for Foreign Affairs Erik Lundberg to continue as Deputy Director General of the Political Department.

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.