The Ministry for Foreign Affairs will phase in a new visa system during February and March 2020. After its introduction, visa applications can be processed efficiently, fast and reliably.

Embassy of Finland in Washington D.C. is hosting the Mind-Building exhibition this spring and early summer. Mind-Building presents Finnish public libraries and library architecture throughout time. The exhibition will be open for public every first Tuesday of the month from February until June (February 4, March 3, April 7, May 5 and June 2, 2020), from 4pm to 7pm. Welcome to view it!

One of the key objectives of Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU has been to turn the European Union into a global climate leader. The 90 diplomatic and consular missions of Finland abroad have now risen to the challenge. The missions have addressed climate change in diverse ways, ranging from ways to exercise political influence to environmentally friendly choices in everyday life.

Former US Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis wrote a letter for the Embassy of Finland’s #WinterWar80 seminar on 11th of December 2019, commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the beginning of the Winter War. This letter was read out loud at the event.