Current affairs

This strategic ‘Evaluation of Agriculture, Rural Development and Forest Sector Programmes in Africa’ supports the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland in identifying relevant and effective approaches and instruments to support implementation of current programmes and planning of future cooperation in these sectors.

The new Ambassador of Finland to Zambia Pirjo Suomela-Chowdhury presented her credentials to President Edgar Chagwa Lungu on 21 January 2019.

A possibility to vote by post will be introduced in the parliamentary elections of spring 2019. This means that eligible voters who reside abroad permanently (expatriate Finns) and eligible voters who reside in Finland but are abroad at the time of the elections may vote by post. Advance voting will be arranged at Finnish diplomatic and consular missions abroad in the same manner as before.

Helsinki’s new central library, Oodi, is the place to go if you want to read a book, meet up with your friends, borrow a cello or cut metal with lasers.

ThisisFINLAND proudly presents four short animated videos that celebrate the Finnish Christmas season.

A possibility to vote by post will be introduced in the parliamentary elections of spring 2019. This means that eligible voters who reside abroad permanently (expatriate Finns) and eligible voters who reside in Finland but are abroad at the time of the elections may vote by post. Advance voting will be arranged at Finnish diplomatic and consular missions abroad in the same manner as before.

On Friday 9 November, the President of the Republic appointed Counsellor for Foreign Affairs Pirjo Suomela-Chowdhury as Head of the Finnish Embassy in Lusaka starting on 19 November 2018.

Suspicions concerning misuse of funds by the central government exacerbate the situation in Zambia. Juha Savolainen, Director of the unit responsible for cooperation between Finland and Zambia, reports on the situation.

Finland supports the implementation of Zambia's national social protection policy. The work is funded through a nationwide social cash transfer programme and the UN's social protection programme. The support has strengthened the social protection of the poorest households in Zambia. The poorest and most vulnerable households, especially women and girls, have benefited from the programme

The goals of the new private sector programme are to create more jobs, increase turnovers, expand trade relations and increase the number of Zambian and Finnish companies trading.