Tag "Finland"
Back to homepageMinister Virolainen to make a Team Finland visit Ethiopia and South Africa
NordenBladet — Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Anne-Mari Virolainen will make a Team Finland visit to Ethiopia and South Africa from 12 to 16 March. She will be accompanied by a delegation representing 30 Finnish companies and other stakeholders.
Read MoreMinister Virolainen: The United States’ decision to restrict imports of steel and aluminium is very unfortunate
NordenBladet — The President of the United States, Donald Trump, signed orders to restrict steel and aluminium imports with the exception of imports from Canada and Mexico. Tariffs of 25% are to be placed on steel and 10% on aluminium
Read MoreForeign Minister Soini to visit schools in Lapland
NordenBladet — Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will continue his school visits, which focus on the prevention of violent radicalisation, in March in Lapland. On Tuesday 13 March, Minister Soini will visit the Ounasvaara upper secondary school in Rovaniemi
Read MoreMinister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania Ditmir Bushati to visit Helsinki
NordenBladet — The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania, Ditmir Bushati, will visit Helsinki on Monday 12 March and have a meeting with Foreign Minister Timo Soini. The aim of the meeting is to discuss
Read MoreForeign Minister Soini: Finland supports solutions to the conflict that respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
NordenBladet — Foreign Minister Soini reiterated Finland’s strong support to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine at his meeting with Pavlo Klimkin, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Kiev on 5 March. The ministers discussed the situation in Ukraine,
Read MoreMinister Virolainen: barriers to trade should be removed, not increased
NordenBladet — The President of the United States Donald Trump announced on 1 March that he was going to institute tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium. The tariffs would be 25% for steel and 10% for aluminium. The decision
Read MoreEurope Information’s new visual image
NordenBladet — The new visual image of the Foreign Ministry’s Europe Information communicates a picture of an open provider of information, which, in active interaction with the citizens, seeks to promote communications and discussion about EU matters. The new visual
Read MoreHistorical archives of Finnish missions abroad to be published online
NordenBladet — The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland will launch an online service containing all the reports of Finnish missions abroad from 1918 to 1926. The online service will be launched on International Open Data Day, 3 March 2018.
Read More
Record number of travellers registered their travel details last year via Matkustusilmoitus.fi
NordenBladet — In 2017, the Finland´s Foreign Ministry received nearly 267,000 travel notifications, up by almost 96,000 on the previous year. This was more than ever before. The number of countries and regions visited was 198. Matkustusilmoitus.fi is an online
Read MoreVisa applications by Russians up nearly 60 per cent
NordenBladet — A total of 827,475 Schengen visa applications to visit Finland were submitted in 2017, resulting in 816,796 issued visas. In 2017, Russians submitted 60% more visa applications to Finland than in 2016. The number of visa applications made
Read More