Current affairs

Read the instructions for travelling carefully. The entry to Finland and to the Schengen-area is always decided by the border control. Visa free travel enables you to travel without visa for short stays up to 90 days in any 180 day period. If you plan to stay in the area longer, find out if you need to apply for a residence permit beforehand. If you plan to work in Finland, you need to apply for a residence permit for work beforehand.

Some of the prices of services provided by the Finnish missions and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs will rise. The new prices will enter into force on 1 September 2023.

Heads of Finland’s missions abroad and foreign policy leaders will meet again at the Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission in Helsinki on 21–23 August.

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.

Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto's keynote address at the Fletcher School Commencement May 21, 2023.

As of 15 May, the email addresses of the staff members at Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs and missions abroad will be, as a rule, in the format [email protected]. The change is part of the overall harmonisation of the Government’s email addresses.

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.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs completes Finland’s relief effort in Sudan on Thursday 27 April.

Kosovo Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Kosovo, organizes an international general fair on 26-29 April 2023 in Pristina. “Pristina 2023” fair is a traditional event where companies have the opportunity to promote their products and services in all sectors. The fair will host a wide range of local and international exhibitors/companies, aiming to network and enhance cooperation. The Embassy of Finland is participating at this fair in Kosovo with the aim of promoting Finnish products and services. A number of Finnish companies, distributers and sellers have positively responded to the invitation to participate. Various Finnish products and services will be exhibited, among them Fiskars products, Metso Outotec solutions, Connected Inventions devices, waste management solutions of Molok, BVG modular houses etc. These are well known products and innovative solutions from Finland: