Daily News from Scandinavia

Record number of advance votes abroad

NordenBladet — Based on preliminary data, 52,615 persons cast their votes in Finland's missions abroad in advance in the first round of the presidential...

The Global Action on Disability Network meets in Helsinki

NordenBladet — The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland together with the Abilis Foundation will co-host the Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network meeting...

Baltic states join forces for 12 film festivals in centennial year

NordenBladet - The Baltic film institutions renewed their mutual cooperation agreement at Trieste Film Festival. An addendum sets out the plan to run 12...

Foreign Ministry at the teaching and education event Educa

NordenBladet — The Educa Expo for the training and education sector in Finland will be held in the Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre in...

Foreign Minister Soini to visit schools in Nurmes and Siilinjärvi: I want to encourage...

NordenBladet — Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will continue his school visits, which focus on the prevention of violent radicalisation, by touring in...

Minister for Foreign Affairs Soini to World Economic Forum in Davos

NordenBladet — Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from 24 to 26...

Discretionary government transfers granted to CSOs working in foreign and security policy field

NordenBladet —  The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has granted a total of EUR 911,000 in discretionary government transfers to nine organisations working in the...

The new visual identity of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs reacts to world events

NordenBladet — The new visual identity of the Foreign Service conveys the message of an organisation that operates in a stable manner in a...

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini to Madrid

NordenBladet —  Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Madrid from 17 to 19 January. During his visit, Minister Soini will meet the...

Titta Andersson-Bohren appointed to Minister Mykkänen’s Special Adviser

NordenBladet — Titta Andersson-Bohren has been appointed to work as Special Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykkänen, starting from...