Current affairs

Belgrade, 25th January 2017 - Ambassador of Finland to Serbia Mr. Pertti Ikonen hosted an event in his Residence to kick off a year of celebrations for Finland’s 100 years of independence.

Finland is supporting investigations into Kosovo war crimes and the fate of persons who went missing during the Kosovo war. The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) and the Serbian authorities have spent a number of years investigating war crimes committed during the Kosovo war. In connection with this, EULEX and the Serbian Committee for Refugees and Migrants are conducting excavations to search for the remains of people who were executed or went missing due to these crimes. For

The Embassy of Finland and Innovation Fund organized a reception at the Ambassador's residence on 16 November to mark the participation of Serbian startup OrganicNet in Europe's leading startup event Slush 2016 in Helsinki.

Finland is transferring expertise to Macedonia in an EU Twinning project titled "Strengthening the medium term budgeting for effective public financial management", which was started in December 2015 and will continue until November 2017.

In the spirit of the Helsinki Sauna Day on Saturday 29 October, it was time to fire up the Embassy sauna that had been in disuse for altogether too long, and to invite some guests over to enjoy the heat.

Finland, along with France and Lithuania, is participating in a two-year Twinning project aimed at improving and enhancing the transport sector in Serbia. The project was launched in 2015 and is worth € 1.75 million.

Five Finnish top-level companies – Ariterm, KPA Unicon, Miksei, Molok and Valmet – gathered at the Ambassador's residence on Wednesday 12 October to present what they have to offer in the field of bioenergy to Serbian stakeholders.

If Divna Nikolic, the housekeeper at the Embassy of Finland in Belgrade, had retired next year, she would have been celebrating her personal anniversary – 50 years of work in the Embassy – together with Finland celebrating its 100 years of independence. 

Embassy of Finland, Finnish consumer goods company Fiskars, and Fiskars' local garden tool distributor Agromarket jointly organised a promotional event at Ambassador’s Residence on 27 September. The event was aimed at introducing Fiskars garden products to local stakeholders and business representatives.

The Embassy of Finland and the Nordic Business Alliance organized the event “Nordic Innovative Business in Serbia” at Ambassador Pertti Ikonen’s residence on 6th September. On this occasion, representatives of Nordic companies had an opportunity to discuss with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic how to improve business climate in Serbia.