Finland

Twelve EU Member States have submitted a request to the EU Commission to activate the national escape clause under the Stability…

Europol has launched a new Operational Taskforce (OTF), codenamed GRIMM, to address the growing threat of violence-as-a-service and the targeted…

The European Commission has approved a €2.3 billion Finnish scheme to support investments in strategic sectors and to help industrial…

The EU Commission issued a positive preliminary assessment of Finland's request for €378.1 million under NextGenerationEU, the centrepiece of Europe's recovery efforts to build…

The Internation Criminal Court and many international leaders condemn the issuance by the US of an Executive Order seeking to…

On Wednesday, 5 February 2025, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ms Radmila Shekerinska, will meet...

Between April and November 2024, law enforcement, judicial, customs, medical and anti-doping authorities from 30 countries joined forces in Operation…

On Thursday and Friday 23 and 24 January, European Commission Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto will visit Finland to discuss the EU's…

The Finnish economy is recovering from the 2023 recession, supported by easing inflation and real wage growth. However, the rebound…

At the meeting in Helsinki, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced the launch of a new military activity by NATO…

The European Commission has approved a €400 million Finnish scheme to help companies decarbonise their production processes and to support investments in…

The MSP is part of the EU's multilateral efforts to correct market imbalances on global raw materials markets and promote mutually beneficial…

For the first time, ACER has published its Country Sheets on retail electricity markets across EU Member States and Norway.…

The end of November marks an important milestone for the IAEA, whose motto is ‘Atoms for Peace and Development’. The…

Despite sanctions, EU imports from Russia reached EUR 42 billion in 2023—over half the economic support the EU has provided…

Following a hard landing in 2023, Finland’s economy is beginning to rebound, with modest growth anticipated in 2025 and beyond.…

The Nordics and Europe must invest more in Ukraine's defense industry. This is the message from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen…

A criminal group that had set up an international smuggling route for prescription pills was taken down during a large-scale…

Finland's second payment request concerns 23 milestones and four targets. It covers reforms that aim at attracting talent to study and work in…

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Australia, Canada,…

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Sweden deeply regret Israel’s decision to no longer facilitate Norway’s representation to the Palestinian Authority (PA)…

Petteri ORPO, Prime Minister of Finland, has suggested Henna Virkkunen as Member of the European Commission.

The Nordic ministers responsible for migration and immigration issues met in Rosendal, western Norway, Thursday and Friday this week in…

The Nordic transport ministers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have gathered in Gothenburg on 14 August 2024 and…

The European Commission decided to open an infringement procedure by sending a letter of formal notice to Denmark, the Netherlands,…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Prysmian, world leader in the power and telecom cables sector, have signed a new,…

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an amendment to Finland's map for granting regional aid until 31 December…

The European Commission has approved a €200 million Finnish scheme to support the production of renewable fuels of non-biological origin and the deployment of energy…

The Finnish recovery and resilience plan consists of €1.95 billion in grants. It includes 143 milestones and targets, 19 reforms…

The transaction relates primarily to the wholesale, retail distribution and servicing of commercial vehicles, as well as to the sale…

The United States remains deeply concerned about the racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist (REMVE) threat worldwide and is committed…

EU Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra will be in Finland to meet with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, and with other national representatives,…

Destination Earth (DestinE) is a flagship initiative of the Commission, aiming to develop a highly accurate digital twin of the…

Preliminary results of the European elections in Finland.

The agreement paves the way for improved financing terms, including lower interest rates, and is supported by InvestEU, an EU programme to…

Find here information on electoral rules, poll opening and closing times and candidates for the 2024 European election in EU…

At the end of May, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson hosted a Nordic-Ukrainian Summit in Stockholm, in which Ukrainian President…

Mr Grossi addressed the Nordic Nuclear Forum with a speech on nuclear energy’s role in tackling climate change, and the…

In connection with the Nordic summit in Stockholm on 13–14 May, in which Germany also took part, Mr Kristersson and…

"Since the hybrid attack launched by Belarus in November 2021 against Latvia, Poland, and Lithuania, we all know how Putin…

In March, the Commission presented a European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), together with a European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP). This ambitious set of new…

NATO's Secretary General praised Helsinki’s many contributions to NATO, saying Finland takes security and defence seriously: "You have long made…

On 23–24 April 2024, the President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb and his wife Suzanne Innes-Stubb will pay…

On 22 March 2024, Minister of Employment Arto Satonen invited Katarina Murto, Chair of the Trade Union of Education (OAJ)…

The Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) will deepen the close cooperation between Finland and the United States in the areas of…

Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will meet Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström in Helsinki on 25–26…

The development measures of the employment and economic development services (TE services), the Finnish Immigration Service and the Ministry of…

The European Council discussed the challenges facing agriculture and the concerns raised by farmers. EU leaders noted that the EU’s…

The President of the Republic decided on Finland’s accession to the NATO Status of Forces Agreement and the Paris Protocol…

Finland suspended its annual five million euro payment to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in…